Maine Criminal Justice Academy Sets New Milestones

There’s really great news coming out of the most recent graduating class at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro, Maine.

The Basic Law Enforcement Training Program reached a major achievement Friday in its long history with the largest graduating class ever. That includes 67 police cadets with graduates from all over the state - from southern Maine in South Berwick to northern Maine in Fort Kent. The cadets represent 35 Maine agencies.

There’s even more to the milestones. The 39th Basic Law Enforcement Training Program just graduated the most females with 16 women in the program (see photo above). Also, even another first, the Maine Forest Service Rangers attended the program that goes for 18 weeks. 

Shannon Moss, Public Information Officer, Maine Department of Public Safety said the training is an “intense residential program” designed to train and teach cadets how to deal with the challenges of their jobs.

It was nice to see family and friends in attendance at the ceremonies. The crowd included law enforcement officers as the diplomas and badges were given out to the cadets. A large part of the event took place at the parade deck.

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Below we’ve added the names of all the graduates of the 39th Basic Law Enforcement Training Program.

Congratulations and best wishes to the latest Maine law enforcement officers as they enter their new careers.

1. Jeffery N. Aeschlimann, Rockland Police Department
2. Jordan T. Alber, Windham Police Department
3. Anthony J. Balko, Westbrook Police Department
4. Olivia E. Bergeron, Lewiston Police Department
5. Christopher N. Bible, Brunswick Police Department
6. John W. Burke, Portland Police Department
7. Robert P. Byrne, Biddeford Police Department
8. Gabrielle R. Charter, Maine State Police
9. Daniel A. Demers, Jay Police Department
10. Joseph D. Dighton, Lewiston Police Department
11. Jesse L. Dow, University of Maine Police Department
12. Emerson T. Duplissie-Cyr, Maine Warden Service
13. Mia A. Durgin, Westbrook Police Department
14. Jeremy P. Dwelley, Maine State Police
15. Lexis E. Elston, Maine Marine Patrol
16. Travis D. Emerson, South Portland Police Department
17. Dalton P. Favreau, Maine State Police
18. Andrew J. Fitzpatrick, Brunswick Police Department
19. Peter T. Formanski, Maine State Police
20. Cameron T. Fowler, Maine State Police
21. Mariah A. Gleaton, Maine State Police
22. Donald L. Gray, Portland Police Department
23. Tyler A. Harhart, Maine State Police
24. Kyle R. Haseltine, Somerset County Sheriff’s Office
25. Mikayla J. Hodge, Waterville Police Department
26. Julia D. Horst, Maine Warden Service
27. Madison T. Killian, Maine Warden Service
28. Benjamin I. Kolko, Dexter Police Department
29. Kaelyn M. Kuni, Maine Marine Patrol
30. Isaac S. Labonte, Sabattus Police Department
31. Ryan B. LaRose, South Berwick Police Department
32. Haley J. Maguire, Biddeford Police Department
33. Kevin S. Mailloux, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
34. Tanner H. Mann, Scarborough Police Department
35. George A. Maxsimic, Bangor Police Department
36. Jake P. McAlinden, Old Town Police Department
37. John R. McLean, Portland Police Department
38. Emily M. McPadden, Wells Police Department
39. Garrett M. Moody, Maine Warden Service
40. Robert B. Nejad, Maine State Police
41. Craig A. Nilsen, Maine State Police
42. Daniel J. Patterson, Orono Police Department
43. Cole O. Pelletier, Fort Kent Police Department
44. Jordan M. Peters, South Portland Police Department
45. Andrew R. Peterson, Maine State Police
46. Melody L. Pinkham, Maine State Police
47. Bryce D. Randall, Gorham Police Department
48. Tyler R. Richardson, Maine State Police
49. Seth A. Rolfe, Waterville Police Department
50. Zavier N. Roman, Lewiston Police Department
51. Denver D. Roy, Maine State Police
52. Matthew W. Ryan, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
53. Eric C. Sanborn, Gorham Police Department
54. Cameron M. Santiago, Brunswick Police Department
55. Quinci L. Stewart, Brewer Police Department
56. Tyler D. Stockwell, Bangor Police Department
57. Terri A. Teller, Maine Forest Service
58. Adam T. Tichy, Saco Police Department
59. Zipporah C. Velasco, Westbrook Police Department
60. Jacob D. Webster, Portland Police Department
61. Robert J. Welch, North Berwick Police Department
62. Dakota G. Willhoite, Fairfield Police Department
63. Kevin T. Wilson, Portland Police Department
64. Ryan C. Wilson, Brunswick Police Department
65. Jerold C. Winslow, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
66. Troy W. Worster, Augusta Police Department
67. Joshua W. York, Skowhegan Police Department