{"id":1309888,"date":"2019-05-02T17:52:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T23:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=977334"},"modified":"2019-05-02T17:52:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T23:52:34","slug":"19-graduate-from-cmcs-law-enforcement-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/19-graduate-from-cmcs-law-enforcement-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"19 graduate from CMC\u2019s law enforcement academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8310120705664\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-977334-963\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates sit and listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates sit and listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates sit and listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Castle Rock Police Chief gives the commencement address during the Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduation on Thursday afternoon at the Spring Valley Campus.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Castle Rock Police Chief gives the commencement address during the Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduation on Thursday afternoon at the Spring Valley Campus.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Castle Rock Police Chief gives the commencement address during the Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduation on Thursday afternoon at the Spring Valley Campus.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-3-1024x665.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Colorado Mountain College President Carrie Besnette Hauser takes a group photo of the CLETA graduates along with Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley (middle) after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-3-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Mountain College President Carrie Besnette Hauser takes a group photo of the CLETA graduates along with Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley (middle) after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Mountain College President Carrie Besnette Hauser takes a group photo of the CLETA graduates along with Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley (middle) after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-4-1024x637.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduate and new Hayden Police Officer Tague Humenik is greeted by is family after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-4-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduate and new Hayden Police Officer Tague Humenik is greeted by is family after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduate and new Hayden Police Officer Tague Humenik is greeted by is family after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/19-graduate-from-cmcs-law-enforcement-academy\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/19-graduate-from-cmcs-law-enforcement-academy\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Colorado Mountain College\u2019s Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy celebrated 19 graduates Thursday. Each wore a law enforcement uniform instead of a cap and gown.<\/p>\n<p>As the graduates listened to commencement speaker Jack Cauley, Castle Rock chief of police, they knew they were prepared for jobs with police or sheriff\u2019s departments.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a grant from AT&amp;T, six of CLETA\u2019s 2018-19 graduates were able to attend college to prepare themselves for a new career.<\/p>\n<p>The $11,850 in funds administered by the Colorado Mountain College Foundation cut tuition costs nearly in half for the half-dozen newly minted graduates, helping them take the necessary steps to serve their Colorado communities as police officers.<\/p>\n<h4>An \u2018exceptional program\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>Roberta Robinette, president of AT&amp;T Colorado, said she discovered CLETA after Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger told AT&amp;T about an \u201cexceptional program\u201d at CMC.<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T supports law enforcement through its extensive FirstNet infrastructure, a nationwide communications network dedicated to America\u2019s first responders and the public safety community in partnership with the First Responder Network Authority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAT&amp;T is proud to support CLETA and the law enforcement community,\u201d said Robinette. \u201cWe are committed to advancing public safety and helping first responders keep our communities safe, whether through training programs, like CMC\u2019s, or through technology.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Henninger acknowledged AT&amp;T and the difference the company makes in promoting safety throughout Colorado\u2019s rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe support of AT&amp;T has been critical for developing future police officers and deputy sheriffs for the mountain region,\u201d Henninger said. \u201cMany would not be able to attend without this scholarship assistance. I am proud of the partnership between CLETA and AT&amp;T.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each AT&amp;T grant recipient received $1,900 to complete the academy\u2019s basic law enforcement program, which is the only one of its kind within CMC\u2019s 12,000-square-mile service area. The cost for in-district students to complete the 16-week, 612-hour training is approximately $4,300, appreciably less than other academies in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Already during the first semester of the scholarship, AT&amp;T CLETA graduates are in demand. For example, Spencer O\u2019Hara has a position with the Eagle County Sheriff\u2019s Office, while Eric Vargas and Paul Lazo are working with the Carbondale Police Department. Tanner Manning has joined the Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Office, and Ryan Chan was hired by the Ca\u00f1on City Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were all hired during this semester,\u201d said Stu Curry, CLETA program director.<\/p>\n<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.8310120705664\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-977334-315\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates sit and listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduates sit and listen to commencement speaker Castle Rock Chief Jack Cauley during the ceremony on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-2-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Castle Rock Police Chief gives the commencement address during the Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduation on Thursday afternoon at the Spring Valley Campus.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Castle Rock Police Chief gives the commencement address during the Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduation on Thursday afternoon at the Spring Valley Campus.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-3-1024x665.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Colorado Mountain College President Carrie Besnette Hauser takes a group photo of the CLETA graduates along with Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley (middle) after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-3-1024x665.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Mountain College President Carrie Besnette Hauser takes a group photo of the CLETA graduates along with Castle Rock Police Chief Jack Cauley (middle) after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-4-1024x637.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduate and new Hayden Police Officer Tague Humenik is greeted by is family after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-4-1024x637.jpg\" alt><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Colorado Mountain College CLETA graduate and new Hayden Police Officer Tague Humenik is greeted by is family after the graduation ceremony at the Spring Valley Campus on Thursday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/CLETA-GPI-050319-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post 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