The Santa Cruz Police
Department graduated three new officers from the police academy today. For the past 22 weeks they have been
attending the academy in San Mateo as part of the South Bay Regional Public
Safety Consortium (I know….it’s a mouthful). The rigors of academy life are not easy, and not everyone makes it through. Just graduating is a commendable feat.
The academy graduates are
David Rosell,
Adrienne Heebner
Marcel Cathrein
Prior to joining SCPD, David worked for years
as a Deputy Probation Officer at Santa Cruz County Probation. Adrienne has worked for years as a Dispatcher
at the Santa Cruz Regional 911 center.
Marcel worked as a security officer at the Boardwalk just prior to
joining our team.
In the academy they not
only learned the basics of police work from A to Z, but they also learned the
importance of community service and giving back. Their academy class (SB 120) raised money for
a number of charitable organizations and even worked serving food at Glide
Memorial Church.
The trainees will now
enter a 16 week field training program where they will be paired with training
officers. In the field training program
they will be challenged once again to pass tests and demonstrate their
capabilities on the job. They will be
evaluated daily and required to meet certain benchmarks in their training. Upon completion of the program they will be assigned
to work as solo patrol officers.
Congratulations to David,
Adrienne and Marcel. We are proud of
your accomplishments!
