Another 23 police graduated from the Victoria Police Academy today and will take to the beat across the state in coming weeks, Parliamentary Secretary for Police and Emergency Services Danielle Green said.
Ms Green said more than 5800 recruits had passed through the academy since 1999, significantly strengthening Victoria Police’s frontline.
“The Brumby Labor Government is committed to ensuring Victoria Police has the powers and resources to help keep Victorians safe,” Ms Green said.
“All of today’s graduates have undertaken 23 weeks of intensive training at …

A ceremony was held Wednesday morning for a group of new officers who have graduated from the Allegheny County Police Academy.
The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. to graduate 57 new officers, including six Allegheny County police officers, four new Allegheny County sheriff deputies and one officer for the district attorney.
Nine others will now be working for police departments in Allegheny and Beaver Counties.
The other 37 graduates paid their way through the academy and will now be looking for a position with local police departments.
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The Rocky Mount Police Department’s 16th Police Academy will hold its graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Nash Community College in the B&I Center.
Twelve police cadets will graduate from the Academy. The Rocky Mount Police Department extended and invitation to the community to celebrate the graduates’ accomplishments.
Eight of these cadets were hired as part of a grant received from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Hiring Recovery Program (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act).
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Harford County Sheriff L. Jesse Bane and Warden Elwood Dehaven are pleased to announce the 18th graduating class of Entrance Level Correctional Officers. The ceremony held on Thursday, November 12th and honored four graduates: Kevin Kegley, Sarah S. Phillips, Schultz Jr., Andrew M. Van Helten. Sarah S. Phillips was named class valedictorian. Kevin Kegley was selected by his peers to place the ceremonial class flag onto the “guide on”, an honor bestowed on him by his fellow classmates.
Lieutenant Carl Brooks, Director of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Training Academy welcomed …

Deptford Twp. New Jersey – Nine men and one woman will graduate from the Gloucester County Police Academy on Thursday, December 10, at 6 p.m. in the Physical Education Center on the campus of Gloucester County College.
Fred H. Madden, director of the Police Academy, will welcome family and friends of the graduates, as well as senior law enforcement professionals and college officials. Gloucester County College President Russell A. Davis will provide the opening remarks.
The keynote address will be presented by retired Sheriff Charles W. Gill of the Gloucester County Sheriff’s …

Friday’s graduation ceremony for the Abilene Police Department Academy No. 49 was marked by many firsts.
The group was Chief Stan Standridge’s first, and the cadets were the first class to give a donation to a member of the community, Love & Care Ministries.
“It’s exciting to see that even before they graduated, they gave an example of what it means to serve those they protect by giving Pastor Mark Hewitt a love offering,” Standridge said. “These new officers embody what makes this community so unique — which is Christian values carried …

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - The Lubbock Police Department welcomes 13 new officers after the Police Academy graduation Friday evening. Even with these new officers, LPD is still nearly 50 officers short of what they should have.
The class started off with 20 recruits but only 13 made it through the academy, bringing LPD’s total to 374 sworn officers. That’s 48 shy of the 422 authorized amount of officers the city should have.
“More and more folks are coming to Lubbock all the time, and as they do that the department has to grow too so …

The Reinhardt College Police Academy graduation on Dec. 18, 2009, will mark a first for the State of Georgia and for the College. These graduates will be the first to benefit from a unique partnership between the state and a private institution of higher learning to award Basic Law Enforcement training and certification to future peace officers. The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. at the Alpharetta Presbyterian Church, 180 Academy Street in Alpharetta, Ga.
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The Connecticut State Police graduated 73 new State Troopers, all members of the 117th Training Troop. Department of Public Safety Commissioner Leonard C. Boyle and Colonel Edward Lynch, Commanding Officer of the State Police, congratulated the graduating class during a ceremony at Jorgensen Auditorium at the University of Connecticut. Gov. M. Jodi Rell was the keynote speaker at the event. The 117th training troop entered the Connecticut