Richmond Police Graduates 115th Basic Recruit Class

September 6, 2017

WHAT:                         Richmond Police 115^th Basic Recruit Class Graduation

WHEN:                         10 a.m. Thursday, September 7, 2017

WHERE:                        Cheek Theater, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard

BACKGROUND:           Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney, RPD Chief Alfred Durham and the Richmond Police Department are proud to welcome 21 new officers to the force and invite the public to their graduation and swearing-in ceremony tomorrow.

The class includes recruits from the Richmond metropolitan area and states such as Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey, and one from Australia.

An extra week was added to the traditional 30 week training schedule to accommodate an expanded curriculum that includes community engagement experiences in public housing communities, city schools and homeless shelters. The recruits will also graduate as certified bicycle officers.

As newly sworn officers, the six females and fifteen males will begin eight weeks of field training this Saturday; each paired with an experienced officer.

The entire Richmond Police Department would like to congratulate and welcome:

·   Treyvon Bailey

·   Courtney Berlack

·   Nicholas Bortle

·   Patricia Bruington

·   Taylor Clark

·   Jasmine Forbes

·   Raymond Grigsby

·   Adam Hanson

·   Brandon Henderson

·   Kenneth Johnson

·   Brittany Jones

·   Yusun Kim

·   William Kress

·   Joseph Leone

·   Michael McKinnon

·   Ryan Novak

·   Larry Russell

·   Zachary Seldes

·   Ny Sok

·   Brooke Spence

·   Alexis Tyree-Williams