Peace Officers Standards and Training graduates

Seven St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies and three from the Slidell Police Department graduated April 4 after a 92-hour Corrections Division course in Peace Officers Standards and Training, or P.O.S.T.

The corrections course, which helps better prepare deputies to work in a prison environment or Juvenile Detention Center, covers topics such as defensive tactics, booking procedures, report writing and the use of force lesson plans. Deputies also are trained in the use of pepper spray, which includes each officer being pepper-sprayed in order to learn firsthand about its effects.

The course, held at the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Training Center in Chalmette, was led by instructors Capt. Dennis Morgan, Lt. Kyle Brown, Cpl. Brandon Lewis and Dep. Darlene Ricks of the St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Corrections Division, along with Capt. David Gambino of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office.

St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office deputies who were graduates of the class are: Dep. Keith St. Germain Jr., Dep. Robert Oakley III, Dep. Brandon Gaudet, Dep. Jeremy Roig, Dep. Tristan Gray, Dep. Bradley Labure and Dep. Randall Parker.

Graduates from Slidell are: Dep. Jimmie Estes, Dep. Chastity Howell and Dep. Tyler Oulliber.

St. Bernard Dep. Jeremy Roig was the only student in the class to score a perfect 100% on the course.