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DOCJT: 22 graduate from Public Safety Dispatch Academy

Class includes graduates from 7-County area and nearby
Class photo accompanies full article

By Kelly Foreman

Richmond, KY - Tracey N. Finley, of the Burkesville Police Department, and Debbie Anne Ford, of the Barren--Metcalfe Emergency Communications Center were among twenty-two law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training.

The five weeks of training consisted of 205 hours of academy instruction to satisfy mandated training requirements. Major training areas included identifying the role and responsibilities of the dispatcher, correct phone and radio procedures, handling emergency and non-emergency calls for service, emergency medical dispatch protocols and use of the state and national criminal databases.

Dispatch basic training is mandatory for any sworn or civilian employee who will dispatch law enforcement officers by radio at a Criminal Justice Information Systems agency.


The graduates hail from communications centers across the state, and comprise DOCJT's 114th telecommunications academy class, which first began in 1999.

DOCJT also provides in-service and leadership training for Kentucky public safety dispatchers and law enforcement officers.

DOCJT is a state agency located on Eastern Kentucky University's campus. The agency is the first in the nation to be accredited under the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies' public safety training program designation. DOCJT also earned accredited through the International Association for Continuing Education and Training in 2013 - making it the nation's only law enforcement training academy to achieve dual accreditation by two independent accrediting organizations.

Class 114 graduates and their agencies are:
  • Brittany Lynn Adkins, Cynthiana Police Department, Trainee of Distinction

  • Justin Casey, Hopkinsville Police Department

  • Tracey N. Finley, Burkesville Police Department

  • Debbie Anne Ford, Barren--Metcalfe Emergency Communications Center

  • Jacob Fairley Harris, Menifee County E-911

  • Cassandra M. Hiatt, Bluegrass 911 Central Communications

  • Lacey Marie Hitchens, McLean County Sheriff's Office

  • Michelle L. Hoover, Estill County 911, Trainee of Distinction, graduate of 165 1/2-hour Non-CJIS Public Safety Dispatch Academy

  • Sherri Johnson-Snyder, Hopkinsville Police Department

  • Cody Alan McCubbins, Bullitt County Dispatch

  • Morgan E. Millspaugh, Murray Police Department

  • Gennell Mitchell, Fayette County Public Schools Police Department, Trainee of Distinction, graduate of 165 1/2-hour Non-CJIS Public Safety Dispatch Academy

  • Kayla Marie Morales, Hopkinsville Police Department

  • Lisa Pebley, Ohio County Sheriff's Office

  • Shawn Royse, Fleming County Dispatch

  • Jonathan D. Stone, Estill County 911, graduate of 165 1/2-hour Non-CJIS Public Safety Dispatch Academy

  • Christopher Kyle Thompson, Ballard County E-911

  • Kacey M. Weaks, Trigg County E-911

  • Sarah Wilhoite, Georgetown/Scott County E-911

  • Kayla Ann Willard, Bluegrass 911 Central Communications

  • Hayley N. Williams, Kenton County Emergency Communications Center, Trainee of Distinction

  • Lena R. York, Ohio County Sheriff's Office, Trainee of Distinction



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DOCJT: 22 graduate from Public Safety Dispatch Academy



2017-10-17 - Richmond, KY - Photo courtesy DOCJT.
Tracey N. Finley, of the Burkesville Police Department, and Debbie Anne Ford, of the Barren--Metcalfe Emergency Communications Center were among twenty-two law enforcement dispatchers graduated Friday from the Public Safety Dispatch Academy at the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training this month.

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