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Here are the names of the 46 police officer graduates to serve throughout Massachusetts including Fall River, New Bedford, Cape Cod, Plymouth, Wareham, Swansea
WEST BARNSTABLE – Today, the Municipal Police Training Committee Executive Director Colonel Rick Rathbun (Ret.) and East Falmouth Academy Director Lt. Donald Mills (Ret.) announced the graduation of 46 police officers from the MPTC East Falmouth Police Academy’s 2nd Recruit Officer Course (ROC). The graduates successfully completed over 20 weeks of intensive, standardized training in all aspects of law enforcement and will now serve as full-time officers representing 24 police agencies across Massachusetts.
“Through our standardized curriculum and reform driven training, the MPTC is shaping a new generation of police officers prepared to meet the highest standards of public safety and accountability.” said MPTC Executive Director Colonel Rick Rathbun (Ret.). “This class represents a diverse group of individuals who have dedicated themselves to a demanding training process that prepares them for the realities of public safety work. We commend their perseverance and look forward to their contributions to departments statewide.”
In a graduation ceremony at the Cape Cod Community College earlier today, members of the 2nd ROC took an oath and received their badges for service. The new officers represented several police departments and agencies, including Bourne, Brewster, Brockton, Canton, Dean College, Dukes County Sheriff’s, Fall River, Falmouth, Harwich, Holliston, Marion, Mashpee, Massport, Nantucket, New Bedford, Norton, Norwell, Orleans, Plymouth, Provincetown, Scituate, Swansea, Wareham, and Yarmouth. They join over 400 officers who have graduated from MPTC Operated Academies in training year 2025-2026.
According to the MPTC, the Recruit Officer Course provides over 800 hours of course curriculum designed to prepare student officers for the safe and effective performance of their duties. In keeping with mandates established by the landmark 2020 police reform law, the MPTC curriculum includes de-escalation training based on new use-of-force policies and regulations. Student officers also receive uniform training based on best practices related to essential modern-day policing needs, including effective communication skills, victim-centered and trauma-informed incident response, missing persons and human trafficking investigations, mental health-related emergency response, active shooter and hostile event response, patrol duties, and officer safety and wellness.
Upon successful completion of the Academy, student officers have met all training requirements to be eligible for Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission certification.
The graduates are as follows:
Bourne Police Department
Olivia Barry
Robert Bitteker
Cameron Black
Brewster Police Department
Tyler Emmel
Tucker Tierney
Brockton Police Department
Jordan McDonald
Jason Perez
Jasmine Rosa
Canton Police Department
Leo Owens
Dean College
Kyle Couto
William Murray
Dukes County Sheriff’s Office
Ramon Espino
Fall River Police Department
Jerry Badio
Zachary Ferland
Tristan Fernandez-Penha
Alexander Marchando
Falmouth Police Department
Abigale Burns
Julia Croft
Carlos Freire
Harwich Police Department
Olivia Keiderling
Holliston Police Department
Costa Tsolirides
Marion Police Department
Robert Caldas Jr.
Mashpee Police Department
Dylan Hutchenrider
Evan Isenhour
Massport Authority
Ryan Quirk
Nantucket Police Department
Nicholas Lawrence
Jordan Shine
New Bedford Police Department
Kevin Crespo
Jacob Days
Ryan Saunders
Aylemnis Torres
Norton Police Department
Nicholas Ferraz
Norwell PoliceDepartment
John Milne
Orleans Police Department
Jeremy Wiley
Plymouth Police Department
Cameron Alden
Paul Crowley
Neil Lodi
Ryan Smith
Nathan Thomas
Provincetown Police Department
Sean Stewart
Scituate Police Department
Ryan Gruner
Swansea Police Department
Luke Carvalho
Wareham Police Department
Nicholas Brogioli
Yarmouth Police Department
Joseph Beaudoin
Jason Cimino
Madison Pawlina
