Northeast Texas Community College held a commencement ceremony for cadets who completed the Northeast Evening Police Academy on September 23. Fourteen students completed the program, which offers flexible evening classes that allow working adults to train to become certified peace officers with the†Texas Commission on Law Enforce≠ment (TCOLE). Graduates are pictured (front row from left):†Alfred Jeffus of Gilmer, Joel Dyer of Mount Pleasant, Mary Flowers of Cookville, Jon Short of Pittsburg; Cody Davidson of Gilmer, Megan Yates of Pittsburg, Shawn Kennington of Pittsburg and Eliel Palacios of Mount Pleasant. Back row (from left) is Caleb Wall of Hughes Springs, Josh Blackstone of Mount Pleasant, Adam Hernandez of Mount Pleasant, Robert Moore of Mount Vernon, Chad Sessums of Paris and Dillon Richardson of Pittsburg. NTCC is currently accepting applications for the next evening academy. To learn more, or to sign up, call 903-434-8134 or e-mail continuinged@ntcc.edu.†
