ENFORCER
S P R I N G 2007
Another Proud Graduate of the Tennessee Peace
Officers Standards and Training Course
Left to right: Asst. Director of the Academy Mr. Crawford; Captain Karz Miller; and Director of the Academy Mr. Williams on Graduation Day, Dec. 9, 2006. Capt. Miller is the second Meharry DPPS officer to graduate from the Peace Officer Standards and Training Course.
By Lt. Theresa McKinnon
Professional Accountability Unit
The Department of Public Safety and Security invites faculty, staff and students of Meharry Medical College to join with us as we congratulate Captain Karz Miller, our second graduate of the Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training course (P.O.S.T.).
P.O.S.T. is the training curriculum that is mandatory for all Tennessee law enforcement officers to receive certification as a police officer in the state.
Captain Miller successfully completed the intensive 10- week training session at the Cleveland State Community College Law Enforcement Training Academy located in Cleveland, Tenn. He began his training on Oct. 3, 2006 and graduated on Dec. 9, 2006
The course included 14 general instructional areas and 67 individual topical areas including community policing, basic law (constitutional issues for police, affidavits, search warrants, reasonable/probable cause, among other topics) and other codes of law in the Tennessee Code Annotated.
He received specialized certification in the areas of DWI, standardized field sobriety tests, intoximeter EC-IR II operation, pressure point control tactics and defensive tactics. He also successfully participated in one week of firearms training at the military base in Catossa, Ga.
Other aspects of his training included successful completion of day and night stress and combat training with the Glock .40 caliber handgun, resulting in a score of 98 out of 100 on the P.O.S.T. shooting test.
Captain Miller also was required to tactically load and accurately shoot a 12-gauge shotgun as well as the AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle.
The course consisted of mandatory physical conditioning which involved agility, flexibility, endurance, daily strength activities, distance running (two miles) and a timed physical fitness obstacle course.
As a result of this high- caliber training course Captain Miller has received advanced fundamental police knowledge, skills and ability and has met the requirements set forth by The Tennessee Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission which ensures the citizens of Tennessee and the Meharry Medical College community that they are protected and served by officers that are capable, well prepared and confident.
His hard work and dedication are exemplary, and members of Meharry’s Department of Public Safety and Security are very proud of his accomplishment. Please join us in expressing our congratulations and appreciation to Captain Miller on a job well done. His efforts have added greatly to enhancing the abilities of the Meharry Department of Public Safety and Security.
Contrecia Tharpe, Dispatcher
Darrell Pannell, Officer
Junior Fields, Officer
Michael Merritt, Officer
Deborah Stennis, Officer
John Cherry, Officer
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