Firth native graduates POST, receives Tactical Edge Award

FIRTH — A Firth High School graduate, Bingham County Sheriff’s deputy and Army National Guardsman graduated from the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training academy and was honored with the Tactical Edge Award on November 19.

Dallon Rowe, 21, graduated from Firth High School in 2017 and joined the Army National Guard shortly after. After finishing his training in the National Guard, Rowe decided he wanted to become a part of law enforcement.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to either join the military or be a law enforcement officer,” Rowe said. “Bingham County is my home county and they happened to be hiring at the time I was looking. I put my application in and the rest is history.”

Rowe joined the sheriff’s office in August of 2019.

“Man, he’s just done great things for us,” Bingham County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jeff Gardner told Community Pioneer. “He’s been a good example of what you expect of a good employee. Then we send him over to training, and he represented us as well as anybody could have.”

Rowe completed his five and a half week long detention certification at the POST academy on November 19. The training authorizes Rowe to work in the Bingham County Jail and fulfill any duties involving inmate detention.

“They go over use of force, laws of arrest and, basically, all the rules and regulations that pertain the the detention setting and what you can and can’t do as an officer,” Gardner said. “It just gives you a great foundation on starting your law enforcement career.”

Following his POST graduation, Rowe also received the Tactical Edge Award. The award is given by the leaders and trainees at POST to the person they would most want to have as their partner or backup; the person they would trust the most to work side-by-side with every day.

“I was surprised. I was pretty excited about it. It was an honor that my classmates thought of me that way,” Rowe said.

Rowe said he hopes to continue his training and eventually become a member of the Special Response Team.

“I’d like to get in on the search and rescue as well. I just want to explore all the options within the department,” he said. “I definitely see being in Bingham County for the long-term.”

Watch Rowe receive the Tactical Edge Award below.