Sixty-seven police cadets, representing 35 agencies from Fort Kent to South Berwick, graduated July 16 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.
The 39th event is the largest graduating class in the program’s history, and has the most female graduates of any class with 16 women. Also for the first time, Forest Service Rangers attended the 18-week training program, which teaches and trains cadets to deal with the rigors of the job.
Graduates include:
Jeffery N. Aeschlimann, Rockland Police Department;
Jordan T. Alber, Windham Police Department;
Anthony J. Balko, Westbrook Police Department;
Olivia E. Bergeron, Lewiston Police Department;
Christopher N. Bible, Brunswick Police Department;
John W. Burke, Portland Police Department;
Robert P. Byrne, Biddeford Police Department;
Gabrielle R. Charter, Maine State Police;
Daniel A. Demers, Jay Police Department;
Joseph D. Dighton, Lewiston Police Department;
Jesse L. Dow, University of Maine Police Department;
Emerson T. Duplissie-Cyr, Maine Warden Service;
Mia A. Durgin, Westbrook Police Department;
Jeremy P. Dwelley, Maine State Police;
Lexis E. Elston, Maine Marine Patrol;
Travis D. Emerson, South Portland Police Department;
Dalton P. Favreau, Maine State Police;
Andrew J. Fitzpatrick, Brunswick Police Department;
Peter T. Formanski, Maine State Police;
Cameron T. Fowler, Maine State Police;
Mariah A. Gleaton, Maine State Police;
Donald L. Gray, Portland Police Department;
Tyler A. Harhart, Maine State Police;
Kyle R. Haseltine, Somerset County Sheriff’s Office;
Mikayla J. Hodge, Waterville Police Department;
Julia D. Horst, Maine Warden Service;
Madison T. Killian, Maine Warden Service;
Benjamin I. Kolko, Dexter Police Department;
Kaelyn M. Kuni, Maine Marine Patrol;
Isaac S. Labonte, Sabattus Police Department;
Ryan B. LaRose, South Berwick Police Department;
Haley J. Maguire, Biddeford Police Department;
Kevin S. Mailloux, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office;
Tanner H. Mann, Scarborough Police Department;
George A. Maxsimic, Bangor Police Department;
Jake P. McAlinden, Old Town Police Department;
John R. McLean, Portland Police Department;
Emily M. McPadden, Wells Police Department;
Garrett M. Moody, Maine Warden Service;
Robert B. Nejad, Maine State Police;
Craig A. Nilsen, Maine State Police;
Daniel J. Patterson, Orono Police Department;
Cole O. Pelletier, Fort Kent Police Department;
Jordan M. Peters, South Portland Police Department;
Andrew R. Peterson, Maine State Police;
Melody L. Pinkham, Maine State Police;
Bryce D. Randall, Gorham Police Department;
Tyler R. Richardson, Maine State Police;
Seth A. Rolfe, Waterville Police Department;
Zavier N. Roman, Lewiston Police Department;
Denver D. Roy, Maine State Police;
Matthew W. Ryan, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office;
Eric C. Sanborn, Gorham Police Department;
Cameron M. Santiago, Brunswick Police Department;
Quinci L. Stewart, Brewer Police Department;
Tyler D. Stockwell, Bangor Police Department;
Terri A. Teller, Maine Forest Service;
Adam T. Tichy, Saco Police Department;
Zipporah C. Velasco, Westbrook Police Department;
Jacob D. Webster, Portland Police Department;
Robert J. Welch, North Berwick Police Department;
Dakota G. Willhoite, Fairfield Police Department;
Kevin T. Wilson, Portland Police Department;
Ryan C. Wilson, Brunswick Police Department;
Jerold C. Winslow, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office;
Troy W. Worster, Augusta Police Department; and
Joshua W. York, Skowhegan Police Department.
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