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On October 27, 2016, the Noblesville Police Department held a ceremony to officially swear in five (5) of their newest police officers. The ceremony took place in the council chambers located at City Hall. In attendance for the event were Mayor John Ditslear, families, friends, members of the community, government officials and officers of the police department. Chief Kevin Jowitt officiated the ceremony.

The newly sworn officers are Brad Garrison, Brice Ferguson, Steven Meyer, Trevor Schmidt and Marley Cripe and all were officially hired on June 20, 2016. Shortly after being hired, the officers departed for the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (Plainfield, Indiana) where they spent 15 weeks receiving training in a variety of areas to include criminal and traffic law, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, human behavior, physical tactics and EMS awareness to name just a few. The officers successfully graduated from the law enforcement academy on October 20, 2016.

Since graduating from the law enforcement academy, the officers have received in-service training and will start the 16-week Field Training and Evaluation Program next week. During this next phase of training, the officers will be assigned to several different Field Training Officers (FTO) who will evaluate the performance of the new officers as they learn to apply their training from the academy to the day-to-day functions of being a police officer. After successful completion of the Field Training and Evaluation Program, the officers will then be certified to work by themselves in a solo-capacity role and will be assigned to a shift within the Patrol Division.

When all is said and done, the officers will have accumulated more than thirty-nine (39) weeks or 1,560 hours of training prior to being released to work as a police officer for the City of Noblesville.