On Nov. 14, the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC), announced their latest training graduates. Among the 27 graduates was Garrett Dykes with the Great Bend Police Department.
Dykes was presented with the Director's Award for Academic Excellence while at training in Hutchinson. Dykes received the award by having the highest academic score of his class. Dykes is the newest certified officer with GBPD.
Dykes was part of the 333rd basic training class at KLETC. Graduates received certificates attesting the satisfactory completion of a full-time basic course of instruction. They also received certification as Kansas law enforcement officers from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training, the state's law enforcement licensing authority.