Carlos M. Thompson, investigator for the Tutwiler Police Department, displays the certificate he received upon his May 25 graduation from the Certified Investigator Program at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy in Pearl. He said the course included 400 hours of on-campus classroom instruction. Thompson has been in law enforcement for 7½ years, including the last 10 months in Tutwiler. (Special to The Sun-Sentinel)