Special to the WJH
Two local adults were among the most recent graduating class of cadets from the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Correctional Officer training program.
Skyler Davis of Waycross and Yasmin Broady of Blackshear were among 43 newly trained cadets at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. Both Davis and Broady have been assigned duties at the DJJ dentention center in Waycross.
“Juvenile Correctional Officers help ensure a safe and secure environment for rehabilitating and transforming the young lives we serve,” said DJJ Commissioner Shawanda Reynolds-Cobb said at the graduation ceremony July 11. “I’m so proud of our new officers' commitment to our youth as they strive towards a brighter future.”
Basic Juvenile Correctional Officer Training (BJCOT) is a comprehensive, 200-hour program that provides basic skills training in security practices and procedures. To complete the program, a cadet must meet established standards on written examinations that evaluate cognitive knowledge and performance-oriented studies.
Graduates are assigned to a detention center or development campus in one of 16 counties around the state. In addition to Ware, facilities also are located in Baldwin, Bibb, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Dodge, Floyd, Fulton, Hall, Laurens, Muscogee, Richmond, Rockdale, Thomas, and Wilkes counties.
