FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 21, 2009

Monmouth County Police Academy graduates 37

FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Police Academy graduated 37 special police officers yesterday, in time to help bolster local law enforcement efforts during the busy summer months.

The graduating class trained for nearly 132 days over the course of 32 weeks in order to complete the 34th Basic Course for Class II Special Police Officers.

In the graduation address, Freeholder Lillian G. Burry praised the new officers and said it takes courage, dedication, integrity and good judgment to be a police officer.

“Police officers are a special breed of public servant,” Burry said. “All of you will be tested in a way most people do not understand. You will answer the call and place your lives on the line because that is what you are trained to do. You must always be prepared to protect our homes and our lives. As police officers you will make our communities better and safer places to live.”

Burry also reminded the new officers that even though they are in law enforcement, enforcing the law is only part of the job. She said they should expect to spend much of their time responding to medical calls and administering emergency medical services and attending to accident victims.

“The rest of the job is being good role models, friends and neighbors in the communities where you serve,” she said.
 
Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno praised the new officers for pursuing a career in public service. “Through dedication and diligence these fine young men and women successfully completed training and attained certification as law enforcement officers. I commend the officers for a job well done and wish them much success as they embark on a career in law enforcement.”    

Police Academy Director John G. McCormack said the new officers are trained and ready to begin protecting citizens in the communities they will serve. As special police officers, he said, they will be held to a higher standard of conduct and are expected to demonstrate an abiding sense of fairness. “The people you serve expect these things from you,” McCormack said.

Award winners are:
Richard T. O’Brien, Marksmanship Award; Thomas A. Krause, Academic Award; Thomas C. Rant, Physical Training Award; Thomas A. Krause, Traffic Officers Association Award; Frank Moschella, Outstanding Trainee Award, and James S. Beirne Jr., Merit Award.

*  A list of graduates is attached.

Graduates of Monmouth County’s 34th Basic Course for Class II Special Police Officers and the towns/agency where they will work:

David M. Barry, Avon
James S. Beirne Jr., Long Branch
Bryan T. Bonanno, Lake Como
Ryan J. Brand, Eatontown
Brian A. Bucossi Jr., Bradley Beach
Joseph D. Clayton, Belmar
Matthew L. Colonna, Long Branch
Gregory Crane, Sea Girt
Richard J. Crompton II, Avon
Kenneth D. Errickson, Sea Bright
Marc A. Eustace, Deal
Christopher F. Fiore, Long Branch
David E. Garcia, Bradley Beach
Peter S. Giblin, Little Silver
Joseph W. Glynn Jr., Rumson
Dorian V. Holmes, Matawan
Matthew J. Jones, Sea Girt
Thomas A. Krause, Manasquan
Michael J. Martone, Eatontown
Travis M. Morgan, Sea Bright
Frank A. Moschella, Sea Girt
Richard T. O’Brien, Long Branch
Michael R. Pantaleon Jr., Belmar
Jake B. Pascucci, Long Branch
Edwin Ramos, Belmar
Christopher M. Ranallo, Manasquan
Thomas C. Rant, Sea Girt
Andrew J. Redmond, Bradley Beach
Matthew G. Richardson, Belmar
Ryan M. Rodriguez, Lake Como
Mark G. Roma, Avon
Brenda I. Santiago, Belmar
Robert K. Scisco, Spring Lake
Brian T. Stone, Belmar
Keith R. Uricks, Sea Girt
Jesse J. Waterson, Manasquan
Michael J. Yee, Belmar 

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