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).

The department also will recognize additional newly hired officers working within the Uniform Operations Division.