New Officers Hit the Streets of Nashville
Twenty-one new Metro officers graduated from the police training academy on November 30 and were sworn-in by Mayor Bill Purcell. The 21 graduates are members of a "lateral" recruit class, meaning they left law enforcement careers in other cities to join Nashville's police department. Because of their prior law enforcement experience, the training time was eleven weeks, half that of a basic recruit class.
Officer Bradley Nave is congratuled by Recruit Operations Sergeant Kris
Delap after being named "Top Cop" of the graduating class.