Dothan Police Welcomes 11 New Recruits

Rickey Stokes

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Posted by: RStokes
Date: Apr 28 2016 6:52 PM

DOTHAN:   Chief Parrish swore in 11 new recruits today. They will leave for the Police Academy in a few short weeks.

Help us welcome and congratulate these fine men and women and thank them for taking an oath to serve the City of Dothan.

Keep these 11 and their families in your prayers. For weeks they will be gone and  undergo extensive training. The training is mental in learning what they can do and can not do as law enforcement officers, how to handle situations, how to handle stress, and many other learning experiences.

In addition to the mental part of the training comes the physical. The recruits will run, jump, chase, perform on a firing range to qualify, and many other physical parts of the job.

Once the required police academy is over, the training is not. They will return to Dothan for additional training on Dothan. And then they will ride with a field training officer before they are ever turned over to work alone.

If the recruits are married, in addition to the school, they will be away from their families each week while in school.

Wish each of you well.

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