Jami Cook, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety and Director of the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST)
POCAHONTAS, AR Nov. 11— Black River Technical College’s Law Enforcement Training Academy (LETA) Director, Steve Shults, is pleased to announce that the guest speaker for the Fall 2021 LETA graduation will be Jami Cook, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Public Safety and Director of the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST).
Jami Cook was appointed as the Director of the CLEST on January 14, 2015, by Governor Asa Hutchinson. Prior to her appointment, she served as the Arkansas State Police Program Director, responsible for policies, procedures, training, strategic planning, research and development, and special projects. In 2009, she was appointed as a Commissioner to the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training. She started her law enforcement career as a Newport Police officer in 1994.
Director Cook earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology at Arkansas State University and a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
The Fall 2021 LETA graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, November 12 at 1:00 p.m. in the Randolph County Development Center on the Pocahontas campus. Graduation is open to the public.