The Hopkinsville Police Department has a new officer, as Officer Chris Little has graduated from the Basic Training Academy for the Department of Criminal Justice and Training in Richmond.
Officer Little will spend the next eight weeks with a Police Training Office, where he will continue to learn the ropes while building relationships within the community. When he successfully completes that further training, he will then begin his solo patrols.
The graduates of Class 546 received more than 800 hours of recruit-level instruction over 20 weeks. Major training areas include patrol procedures, physical training, vehicle operations, defensive tactics, criminal law, traffic and DUI, firearms, criminal investigations, cultural awareness, bias-related crimes and tactical responses to crisis situations.