The only cadet graduating Tuesday from the U.S. Indian Police Academy Advanced Training Center who was from North Dakota was Stanley Petit who currently serves as a Corrections Officer at the Gerald Tex Fox Justice Center located in New Town, ND.
Like all the graduates he completed 252 hours of correctional officer training evaluated by written examinations, hand-on labs, and pass/fail practical exercises. The courses completed were in Policy and Procedures, Correctional Security, Intake Procedures, Rights of Inmates, Use of Force, Communication, Suicide Prevention, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), Medication Protocols, Drug Awareness, Interviewing, Defensive Tactics, Baton, CPR, OC, and more. He also successfully completed 10 hours of legal subjects and 24 hours of physical fitness training.
Petit, is 45 years old, single, and is originally from Miami, Fla., but he’s lived in N.D. for eight years. He has already achieved the rank of Sergeant as a corrections officer for the Three Affiliated Tribes.
He said with this certification he is double certified in North Dakota and that should help bring him up in the ranks.
USIPA Advanced Training Center Staff
The USIPA Advanced Training Center Staff is Brandon Satepauhoodle Mikkanen, Chief of Training (Kiowa Tribe); Derylwin Cleveland, Deputy Chief of Training, White Mountain (Apache Tribe); St. Alex Chasing-Sainz, Instructor, (Standing Rock Sioux); Sgt. Derek Martin, Instructor; Sgt. Tresa Longie-Grey Water, Instructor (Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe); Sgt. David Prock, Instructor (U.S. Marine Veteran); Ms. Jani Adams, Training Specialist (Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe); Ms. Carma James, Training Specialist (Navajo Nation); Ms. Denise Young Bird, Law Enforcement Assistant (Mandan, Hidasta, Arikara Nation); Tim Pleasant, Instructor (U.S. Marine Veteran); and Michelle Kedelty, Corrections Program Specialist (Navajo Nation). The graduating class of 2026 motto is: “Rah, Rah, Kedelty Laws.”
The U.S. Indian Police Academy Staff
The U.S. Indian Police Academy Staff also includes Lane Adams, Deputy Chief of Training, Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe; Special Agent Jon Hawley, Senior Instructor, Gros Venture – Assiniboine; A/LT. Braden James, Senior Instructor, Navajo Nation; Sgt. Jessica Hawley, Senior Instructor, Crow Nation; Sgt. Jabin Pedro, Instructor, Cheyenne – Arapahoe; Sgt. Ronald Herring, Instructor, U.S. Army Veteran; Sgt. Murray Spence, Instructor, Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, U.S. Army Veteran; Ms. Estefana Nolen, Program Specialist, Tohono O’odham Nation; Ms. Carma James, Training Specialist, Navajo Nation; Ms. Marvene Lee, Training Specialist, Assiniboine – Sioux Tribe, U.S. Army Veteran; Ms. Analissa Goodsoldier, Program Specialist, Assiniboine – Sioux Tribe, U.S. Army Veteran; and Tim Pleasant, Legal Instructor, U.S. Marine Veteran.
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