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Governor Appoints Sheriff Mascher to Board

Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher

Phoenix AZ (April 21, 2012)Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher has been appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to serve on the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board. His term began Wednesday, April 18, 2012.

The mission of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board is to foster public trust and confidence by establishing and maintaining standards of integrity, competence, and professionalism for Arizona peace officers and correctional officers. The Board’s vision is to produce and maintain the most professional peace officers in America.

Sheriff Mascher will be replacing Mohave County Sheriff Thomas Sheahan and fulfill a membership position representing a county with a population in excess of 200,000. Sheriff Mascher is honored by the appointment to the Board and the opportunity it will provide for direct representation of issues affecting law enforcement agencies in Yavapai County and around the State.

Lyle Mann, who is the Executive Director of POST, said, “I am looking forward to working with Sheriff Mascher as the Board takes on its many statutory responsibilities.”

Those duties also include the review of cases involving certified officers facing potential discipline for violation of POST rules. Results of these case decisions are published in “Integrity Bulletins” and posted on the Boards website.

The POST Board was originally created by the Arizona legislature in 1968 to address the need for minimum peace officer selection, recruitment, retention, training standards, and to provide curriculum and Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher standards for all certified law enforcement training facilities. The Board was also vested with the responsibility of administering the Peace Officer Training Fund.

In 1984, the legislature charged the Board with the added responsibilities of approving a state correctional officer training curriculum and establishing minimum standards for state correctional officers. Currently the Board provides services to approximately 170 law enforcement agencies encompassing over 15,000 sworn peace officers, 9,000 correctional service officers, and 16 academies.

 

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