Mayor Karl Dean and Chief Ronal Serpas tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10 a.m. will welcome the 53 members of Police Recruit Session 62, the class that represents the first increase in the authorized strength of the Nashville police force in six years.
Fifty of the police officer trainees are being funded by an $8.6 million federal stimulus grant that will pay their full salaries and benefits for a period of three years. The receipt of the grant allowed the police department’s sworn positions to grow from 1,315 to 1,365.
Five months of rigorous physical and classroom training are ahead of Session 62. Members will graduate in early April 2010.
Media representatives are invited to attend tomorrow morning’s welcome. The department’s Training Academy is located at 2715 Tucker Road in Bordeaux.
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