{"id":2452222,"date":"2019-12-13T20:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T03:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/a-milestone-for-regional-law-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T20:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T03:48:00","slug":"a-milestone-for-regional-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/a-milestone-for-regional-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"A milestone for regional law enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alyse Vollmer, Amanda Severin and Andres Sandoval graduate from the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Friday, Dec. 13.<\/strong>
Thomas Phippen \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

For the first time, female graduates of Colorado Mountain College\u2019s Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy outnumber the males.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnow that I am proud of you, and all of us at the college are proud of you,\u201d CMC President Carrie Hauser told graduates at Friday\u2019s commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am also really, really proud that this is a class that is so diverse, and happens to be majority female,\u201d Hauser said.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s class included six male graduates and 10 female graduates.<\/p>\n

The academy class of 2018 was the first year in the history of the program, which dates back to the 1970s, where the men and women were equally represented in the graduating class.<\/p>\n

Returning to CMC\u2019s Spring Valley campus for the law enforcement ceremony was Fruita Police Chief David Krouse, who attended CLETA 25 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe campus looks a little bit different now,\u201d Krouse said. Friday\u2019s graduation was the first commencement to take place in the campus\u2019 new gymnasium.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems like yesterday I was in your seats, sharing your excitement of graduation from the academy and finally getting on with my career,\u201d Krouse said in his commencement address.<\/p>\n

The academy is a 12-week intensive course in police and law enforcement.<\/p>\n

The 16 graduates are heading to police departments in Aspen, Eagle, Silverthorne and Breckenridge, and several have positions at the Sheriff\u2019s offices in Grant and Eagle counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cAspen, I hope you\u2019re ready, because I know I am,\u201d said Amanda Severin, who along with Alyse Vollmer is an officer with the Aspen Police Department.<\/p>\n

Krouse offered six pieces of advice for a successful law enforcement career: respect, unity, transparency, innovation, authenticity and having fun.<\/p>\n

\u201cBe true to your morals, act with integrity in all that you do, never compromise your character. If you start with that, it will carry over into how you serve,\u201d Krouse said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember today, this moment. Remember why you chose this profession,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Krouse told the graduates it is essential not to let police work control every aspect of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave fun at work, be invested in your work, be proud of your work \u2014 you should be \u2014 have a life outside of the job, as well,\u201d Krouse said.<\/p>\n

One unexpected person received a degree at Friday\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n

Former Glenwood Springs Police Chief Terry Wilson attended a law enforcement training at CMC years ago, but \u201csomehow, though, he didn\u2019t quite earn his degree,\u201d explained Hauser.<\/p>\n

Wilson, who retired in September after 35 years of service and was recently named citizen of the year by the Resort Chamber Association, echoed Krouse\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollaboration, respect and teamwork. Trust me, those are the key things,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

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Alyse Vollmer, Amanda Severin and Andres Sandoval graduate from the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy at Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Friday, Dec. 13.Thomas Phippen \/ Post Independent For the first time, female graduates of Colorado Mountain College\u2019s Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy outnumber the males. \u201cKnow that I am proud of you, and all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 02:20:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}