Last summer, Matt decided to apply as a patrol officer with the City of Boise. After a several months long application/interview/background check process, he was offered the position! We were all so excited for him... but next came months of training. Matt started his training in March with the City of Boise (3.5 months). Next came 10 weeks of Idaho POST academy - Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training. I remember when the background check person asked me if I was okay with Matt going to POST... I of course said yes, and honestly didn't really understand why he asked me. Well, at the time, I didn't realize that POST is 10 weeks long, and Matt would only get to come home on the weekends! He had to report Sunday evening and would get to come home Friday evening... even though POST is just a few miles down the road! We couldn't go visit and he couldn't leave. Let me tell you, it was a long 10 weeks! I think it might have flown by for Matt, but for me and Kylee and Tyler, we were counting down the days until it was over.
Matt learned a lot at POST and overall I think it was a really good experience for him. Part way through the academy, the almost 50 people in his class (from different agencies all over the state), voted Matt in as class president. That meant, among other things, that Matt got to speak at graduation! He gave an awesome speech, and the POST director commented that in the 10 years that he has worked at POST, Matt's speech was by far one of the best he has ever heard (keep in mind that there are quite a few academy groups to come through POST every year!).
Needless to say, we are proud of Matt and his accomplishments up to this point. We are so happy that he is happy and enjoying his new job. He just finished his second week of FTO (field training), where he drives in a car with another officer. He will wrap up his FTO the end of November and then will start on his own in December.
Here are a few more pictures from POST graduation:
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