Westchester County Police Academy

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CONGRATS EVERYONE!

77 cops graduate from Police Academy; list of grads

By RICHARD LIEBSON

rliebson@lohud.com

THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original publication: May 26, 2006)

PURCHASE — Law enforcement agencies in the Lower Hudson Valley celebrated their profession and welcomed 77 new members to the fold this morning at graduation ceremonies for the 121st Westchester County Police Academy basic recruit class.

"In my view, policing is more than a job or profession,'' Westchester County Police Commissioner Thomas Belfiore told the crowd of cops, family members and friends gathered at the SUNY Purchase College Performing Arts Center. "It is a craft... the learning never stops.''

The graduates, from 23 police departments and other agencies in the region, received basic training in all aspects of law enforcement and now return to their local headquarters.

Read more about this story tomorrow in The Journal News.

The graduates

Here's a list of graduates from the Westchester County Police Academy's 121st basic recruit class

Briarcliff Manor Police Department: William Bassett III

Dobbs Ferry Police Department: Sean P. Armstrong, Michael Huffman

Eastchester Police Department: Michael Mignone, Richard Natoli, Korynn M. Piliero

Greenburgh Police Department: Mark Delia, Dina A. Desimone, Benjamin Fontanilles, Patrick Grady

Harrison Police Department: Richard Abbate, William Curow, Paul A. Cuzzupoli, Melissa Favata, Carmine Gentile, Alexandra Gramigna, Joseph Parrello, Kevin Wong

Larchmont Police Department: Giovanni A. Formaro

Mamaroneck Village Police Department: Mark J. Ballantyne, David J. Ballone, Juan M. Gonzalez, Paul J. Massi, James P. O'Meara, Michael J. Valente

Mount Pleasant Police Department: Frank Cavallaro

Mount Vernon Police Department: Jason Dilegge, Cheryl Jarosz, Christopher Ridley

New Rochelle Police Department: Adalberto Aguilar, Matthew J. Glass, Dennis Kiernan, Robert D. Labarbera

North Castle Police Department: Joel Thomas, Raymond Thomas

Ossining Town Police Department: Angel L. Garcia Jr., Richad T. Maccarone,

Ossining Village Police Department: Jafeth Chavez

Peekskill Police Department: Fabian Gonzalez, Christian Gutierrez

Pelham Police Department:Ahmed Artola, Danny Green

Port Chester Police Department: Arthur Dusenbury, Jose Nieves, Reinaldo Santamaria, Michael Spizzirri

Scarsdale Police Department: Steven DelBene, Michael Mirabella

Sleepy Hollow Police Department: Michael Gasko, James Warren

SUNY Maritime Police: Andrew J. Ubaldi

SUNY Old Westbury Police: Mark A. Martinez

Westchester County Police Department: Darryl Benjamin II, William Cave, Paul Cusano, Christopher Finley, James G. Harrison Jr., James Murphy, Francis A. Pagliuca, Donald C. Palmer, Brian Powers, Shannon Reilly, Anthony Sica, Justin Szilva, Jennifer Vize

White Plains Police Department: Vincenzo A. Battaglia, John F. Leon, Daniel M. McMahon, Kevin A. Olenchak, Domenico Ruggiero

Yonkers Police Department: Stephen J. Arshanuse, Brett Bowman, Timothy J. Cooper, Steven Gonzalez, Michael Quatrocci, Billy Zielinski

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Congrats to them all and wishes for a safe and rewarding career.

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Benjamin Fontanilles, Giovanni A. Formaro, Mark J. Ballantyne,

Wow. They gave those guys guns! j/k Good luck to our fellow medics turned Gun Toters!

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Congrats to all and Goodluck and be safe out there!!!!!!

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You guys want to well wish the academy class, great. This thread will not be hijacked to complain about media coverage of other events. That has been discussed in these forums many, many times in the past.