KELSEYVILLE, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office is welcoming two new officers from the latest class of CHP Academy graduates.

Officer Wyatt Griffith and Officer Blake Bartlett were among 102 officers who graduated on Friday, July 12, at the Academy in West Sacramento.

After 26 weeks of intensive training, the group was officially sworn in.

Newly promoted officers receive extensive in-field training with experienced officers for approximately four months.

Lake County is a special area, different from larger metropolitan areas, with its unique landscape and rural roadways that will test these officer’s skills.

The agency said its ultimate goal is to get all newly promoted officers ready to face the challenges they will encounter on a day-to-day basis so they can provide the highest level of safety, service and security to the people of California.

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