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NEW JERSEY COPS ■ MARCH 2014
Essex County Academy graduates 41
■ STORY AND PHOTOS BY ED CARATTINI JR.
After completing approximately six months of rigorous and
intensive training, on March 5, 41 academy recruits from Basic
Police Class BCPO 13-2 graduated from the Essex County College Police Academy in Cedar Grove.
Essex County College Police Academy Senior Training Advisor Peter Burgess (Retired, Irvington) has been training recruits
for the past 13 years. On Sept. 20, he walked into the Academy’s
main classroom, “Squad Bay,” and looked around at a group of
young, eager academy recruits and dialed in:
“They came in as individuals,” Burgess said, “and now they
are all leaving as a group. They are absolutely ready.”
Class BCPO 13-2 includes: Alternate Route: Matthew Calnan, David Ferrazzano, Jeremy Kieferle, David Lagan, Antho-
ny McDavitt; Alternate Route/Caldwell PD: Robert Paxson;
Belleville PD: John Mailot; Bloomfield PD: Marvid Camacho,
George Guadalupe; Essex County Sheriff’s Office: Richard
Brown, Victor Brown, Shai Carr, David Collins, Louis Duran,
Quyana Franklin, Dana Garcia, Joseph Leon, Welby Lloyd, Jude
Luongo, Lisandro Peralta, Robert Rosant; Hudson County Sheriff’s Office: Matthew Bellucci, Issam Doukali, Dominick Librie,
William Medina, Thomas Peterson, Adam Sela; Maplewood PD:
Sebastian Alvarez, Jamar Chiles, Jerry Nichols; Mendham Township PD: Robert Kalweit; Newark PD: Joseph Troise; Parsippany PD: Zazhary Koch, Jamie Mendez; Plainfield PD: Vanessa
Green, Damia Howe; Ridgewood PD: Michael Karcher; Verona
PD: Thomas Conroy, South Orange PD: Mark Wilkins; West
Orange PD: Sean Kelly, Daniel Valle. d