RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Forty-one graduates of the Northern Nevada Law Enforcement Academy took part in the traditional pride run on Tuesday.
The men and women who graduated the academy put in 700 hours of training, according to the Washoe County Sheriff's Office.
Of those graduates, 17 will become deputies in the sheriff's office, 15 will join the Reno Police Department, four for the Sparks Police Department, two for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Police, two for Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Police and one for Jan Evans Juvenile Services.
The pride run lasted six miles, from the Regional Public Safety Training Center to the James D. Hoff Peace Officer's Memorial at Idlewild Park.
The formal graduation ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, at 10 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Silver Legacy.