Clarksville, TN – On Thursday, December 21st, 2017, eight officers from the Clarksville Police Department graduated from 12 weeks of training at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA).
Clarksville Police Department is known for hiring quality officers who often excel and are recognized at the Police Academy for their accomplishments.
Officer Ian Yang was selected as Class President and received the Casey-Fowler-Williamson Leadership Award.
![[Front Row] Michael Taylor, Victoria Medina (Top Academic Award), Ian Yang (Class President and Leadership Award), Tess Halford, Christian Canales. [Back Row] Steven Cash, Robert Dill, Benjamin Goble. (Jim Knoll, CPD)](https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Clarksville-Police-Department-has-Eight-Officers-Graduate-from-Tennessee-Law-Enforcement-Academy.jpg "[Front Row] Michael Taylor, Victoria Medina (Top Academic Award), Ian Yang (Class President and Leadership Award), Tess Halford, Christian Canales. [Back Row] Steven Cash, Robert Dill, Benjamin Goble. (Jim Knoll, CPD)")
Officer Victoria Medina achieved the honor of having the highest academic score for the academy class.
Additionally seven of the officers were selected to assume leadership roles as squad leaders.
We want to congratulate all eight officers on successfully graduating the academy. They will now embark on a 14 week field training program with veteran Field Training Officers to build on the basic law enforcement skills imparted to them at the academy.
After successful completion officers will be assigned to a unit within the Clarksville Police Department.
