Red River Parish Sheriff Glen Edwards is pleased to announce that Dean Allison and Keith McMellon have successfully completed the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Basic Correctional Peace Officer Training Academy.

On October 7, 2020 each graduate was awarded a Level 2 Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Basic Correctional Peace Officer certificate from the State of Louisiana. With the exception of arrest powers, Level 2 Officers are trained and certified to carry out many duties often performed by a POST certified patrol deputy (Level 1 Officer).

The Louisiana POST council requires that each Level 2 Officer complete a training course with a minimum of 249 hours. The training course consists of the core curriculum, numerous elective hours and POST Firearms certification.

The graduates did an excellent job representing our agency and community while attending the academy and expectations are that they will continue to do so as they begin to carry out their specific departmental duties.

Deputy McMellon was awarded the academy’s academic award for his achievement in the classroom and placed second in firearms proficiency. Deputy Allison had the honor of serving as chaplain for the academy class.

Sheriff Edwards would like to congratulate them both on their accomplishments.