Atlantic City welcome 15 new officers during a graduation ceremony Friday at Atlantic Cape Community College.
“We are thrilled to be adding this fine group of new officers to the ranks of our police department,” Police Chief James Sarkos said. “We will continue to mentor and guide them as they start our field training officer program and look forward to them becoming productive members of our department, serving and protecting the community for years to come.”
The recruits completed 28 weeks of training, and will start their careers within the Operations Division.
State Sen. Vincent Polistina was the keynote speaker.
Sarkos and Deputy Chief Stacy Herrerias presented each new officer with their graduation certificate.
The new officers include Class President Kyle Bender, Vice President Francis Mallory Jr., who also won both the Training Commission Merit Award and the Physical Fitness/Intensity Award, Sergeant-at-Arms Glen Robinson Jr. and Alex Torres, who received the Physical Training/Overall Physical Fitness Award.
The other new officers are Giovanni Berardis, Trevor Brenner, Jermaine Clay Jr., Jorge Cruz, Sabri Drinks, Tahsin Hossain, Singleton McNeil, Joshua Munyon, Michael Regalbuto, Andy Nunez-Santos and David Vo.