SCPD Welcomes Three New Officers

SCPD GraduatesThree Officers from the Police Academy

Join us in welcoming Officer Richard Boolootian, Officer Randall Liska, and Officer Caleb Linman to the SCPD family.

Yesterday, Chief Mills swore in Officers Boolootian, Liska, and Linman. They took an oath to serve and protect our city.

Officer Richard Boolootian with Chief Mills 

Officer Randall Liska with Chief Mills

Officer Caleb Linman with Chief Mills

Their graduation culminated more than 880 hours of intense training over a 6-month period. During the Academy, the recruits completed testing on 43 different learning domains, as well as physical and scenario-based testing. Officer Liska, earned the honor as class Academy President. He also ranked #1 in training skills. We are very proud of all their accomplishments!

 

The officers now undergo several weeks of orientation before being assigned to an 18-week Field Training Program. During this program, they are paired with a Field Training Officer and evaluated each day. Upon completion of the Field Training Program, the officers are assigned to a patrol team to work as a solo beat officer.

Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Officer Richard Boolootian, Officer Randall Liska, and Officer Caleb Linman

Welcome Our 3 Newest Officers - SCPD Graduates 3 From the Police Academy Today

The Santa Cruz Police Department is proud to introduce our 3 newest Police Officers:

Jared Johnson

Elliott Rock 

Frederick Yoon

All three graduated today from the Basic Police Academy Class #SB133, at the South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium. 

Their graduation culminated more than 880 hours of intense training over a 22 week period.   During the Academy, the recruits completed testing on 43 different learning domains, as well as physical and scenario-based testing. Chief Vogel conducted their official "swearing-in" administering the Oath of Office.  

The new officers will now undergo a couple of weeks of orientation before they are assigned to our 18-week Field Training program.  During this program, they will be paired with a Field Training Officer and evaluated each day on their performance.  Upon completion of the Field Training program, the new officers will be assigned to a patrol team to work as a solo beat officer. 

We are proud of their accomplishment and we are excited to see them working in our community!

Please join us in a hearty welcome for our three newest Santa Cruz Police Officers. 

SCPD Graduates 4 New Officers From The Academy

There is your regular “proud” and then there is a higher level of “SCPD Proud”.  Today, we are definitely “SCPD Proud” to introduce our 4 newest Police Officers who took the oath of office after their graduation from the police academy earlier today.   

SCPD command staff and Mayor Lynn Robinson were on hand to witness the graduation ceremony for Academy Class SB 125 of the South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium……(wow that’s a mouthful).   

Meet our newest officers:

Left to Right; Elizabeth Howard-Gibbon, Bernadette Erlach, Chief Kevin Vogel, Sarah Benjamin, Dominique Hohmann

Elizabeth Howard-Gibbon is 26 years old.  Elizabeth previously worked as a contractor for the USGS and was an esteemed member of the Best Buy Geek Squad.  Elizabeth graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Anthropology.

Bernadette Erlach is 25 years old.  Bernadette previously worked in real estate and the food service industry.  She graduated from UC Davis with a B.S. in Human Development.

Sarah Benjamin is 26 years old.  She started here at SCPD as a volunteer and eventually was hired as a Police Records Technician.  She is now a full-fledged Police Officer.  Sarah graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.S. in Sociology.

Dominique Hohmann is 22 years old.  Dominique is the niece of the legendary (retired) Lieutenant John Hohmann from Scotts Valley PD.  Dominique comes to us from the Clovis area where she has previous experience working with their police department as a non-sworn CSO.

It is not too often that we have an academy class of 4 or more people.  It is even more unusual when all of our recruits make it through the grueling 6 month long course and graduate together.  They proved they are as tough as they come!!!   

What is extra-special about this group is that this marks the first time in SCPD history we have graduated an all-female academy class.  Chief Vogel is extremely pleased to provide this opportunity to these four fantastic women. 

Not only did these women rise to the top in the hiring process, but they graduated near the top of their academy class.  We are excited about their future here at SCPD. 

Our newest officers will have about a week of orientation work to complete, then they will hit the streets with their training officers for a 4 month Field Training Program and evaluation before they are solo beat officers. 

Please join us in welcoming these fantastic new officers!!! 

Three New Officers Graduate the Police Academy

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!