Former Fort Dodge Police Department sergeant Evan Thompson will be one of 17 graduates of the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s 46th Basic Academy on Friday.

For the past 10 weeks, Thompson and the other recruits completed courses on laws of arrest, search and seizure, defensive tactics, arrest techniques, precision driving, firearms, emergency management services, criminal law, human relations, physical fitness, human trafficking, motor vehicle law and several other courses in law enforcement.

The graduation ceremony will be Friday in Johnston. Iowa DPS Commissioner Stephan K. Bayens will be the guest speaker.

Thompson worked for the FDPD for nearly seven years before his departure in January.