Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training public meetings in 2025
4 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training
The Louisiana Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) Commission will review requests to certify investigators for officer-involved shootings, voluntary surrenders, and revocation hearings for six officers. It will also discuss modifications to a POST qualification course and updates to master instructor policies.
- POST Officer-Involved Shooting Investigator Certification requests (approvals recommended)
- Voluntary surrender of POST certification by Curtis Thomas Bowers — Level 1
- Revocation hearings for Jason Robert Allgrunn, Terry Dewitt Bradshaw, Christopher Roy Alexander Hilliard, John Christopher Kelly, Stacy Len Smith Paul, and Donald Steele Jr. — all Level 1
- Request for modification of POST Qualification Course
- Review of POST Master Instructor Policies
Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training
The Louisiana Peace Officer Standards & Training Council will review officer certifications. The body is deciding on reinstatements, voluntary surrenders, and holding revocation hearings for several individuals.
- Ratification of School Resource Officer (SRO) Training Eligibility Requirement Waiver
- Certification voluntary surrenders for Anthony Cortez, Claudia Fay Fincher, and Sandra Lacaze
- Certification reinstatements for Parker Anthony Blanchard, Seth C. LaGrange, Odis Wayne Ledet, Jr., and Anthony Ray Veal
- Revocation hearings for Boyd John Adams, David Tyler Boyd, Damon John Broussard, Samuel L. Ellis, Mitchell James Guidroz, Ernest Adrian Rost, and Bryan Ricky Steinert
- Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) Investigator Certification Requests
The Council approved several certification reinstatements and voluntary surrenders. It revoked the Basic Peace Officer certifications of seven individuals due to criminal convictions and scheduled future revocation hearings for three others.
- Approved minutes of the 06/05/2025 meeting
- Ratified SRO Training Eligibility Requirement Waiver approved 07/17/2025
- Approved POST OIS Investigator Certification Requests
- Approved voluntary certification surrenders for Anthony Cortez, Claudia Fay Fincher, and Sandra LaCaze
- Approved certification reinstatements for Parker Anthony Blanchard, Seth C. LaGrange, Odis Wayne Ledet, Jr., and Anthony Ray Veal
- Revoked certifications for Boyd John Adams, David Tyler Boyd, Damon John Broussard, Samuel L. Ellis, Mitchell James Guidroz, Ernest Adrian Rost, and Bryan Ricky Steinert
- Scheduled future revocation hearings for Jason R. Allgrunn, Christopher Roy Alexander Hilliard, and Stacy Len Smith Paul
Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training
The Louisiana Peace Officer Standards & Training Council will meet to ratify a homicide investigator training waiver and a Level 2 academy approval, consider officer-involved shooting investigator certifications, and hold a Level 1 certification revocation hearing for Dwayne Michael Schexnider. The board will also address in-service training deficiencies and waiver requests.
- Ratification of a POST Homicide Investigator Training Waiver Request
- Ratification of a POST Level 2 Academy Approval
- POST Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) Investigator Certification Requests
- POST Certification Revocation Hearing for Dwayne Michael Schexnider (Level 1)
- 2024 POST In-Service Training Deficiencies and Waiver Requests (military, medical, other)
The Council approved several investigator certifications and training waivers. It also revoked the peace officer certification of Dwayne Michael Schexnider and all officers on the 2024 in-service training deficiency list, excluding two specific cases.
- Approved minutes of the 03/20/2025 meeting
- Ratified Homicide Investigator Training Waiver Request
- Ratified Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Level 2 Academy request
- Approved OIS Investigator Certification Requests (including pending)
- Approved voluntary certification surrender of Krista A. Shelton
- Revoked POST Basic Peace Officer certification of Dwayne Michael Schexnider
- Approved training waivers for Nicholas Vincent, Joshua Ewing, and Lacy Fields
- Revoked certifications of all other officers on the 2024 training deficiency list
Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training
The Louisiana Peace Officer Standards and Training Council will consider certification revocation hearings for 10 officers, review a training academy evaluation, and discuss updates to officer training requirements including a refresher course for out-of-state transfers and a new Officer Involved Shooting Investigator Certification.
- Certification revocation hearings for 10 named officers (Jason K. Acree, Allen Frank Busby, Michael George Hicks, Donald R. Johnson, Rodney J. Madere, Ronald Monroe, Derek Pertuis, David Thomas Silvers, Zain Paul Stillinger, Christopher Marquette Thomas)
- POST Basic Refresher/Out-of-State Transfer Course requirements
- POST Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) Investigator Certification with committee-recommended approvals
- Voluntary surrender of certifications by 9 named individuals
- Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office Training Academy evaluation
The Council approved new training requirements for military police and out-of-state transfers effective July 1, 2025. Members also approved several voluntary certification surrenders and revoked certifications for 10 individuals following criminal convictions or drug test failures.
- Approved 245-hour POST Military Police Officer course and eligibility guidelines
- Approved 265-hour POST Basic Refresher/Out-of-State Transfer Course
- Approved POST OIS Investigator certification requests
- Approved voluntary certification surrenders for 9 individuals
- Revoked certifications for 10 individuals due to convictions or drug tests
- Approved a future revocation hearing for Noah Hewitt Foreman
- Approved the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Training Academy evaluation
- Approved POST Exam Retest policy change for Refresher/Out-of-State Transfers