Twenty-five law enforcement officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline and Queen Anne’s counties graduated in the 79th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College at the corner of Route 50 and Walston Switch Road in Salisbury.

Graduation exercises, which were held in Guerrieri Hall at the college campus, featured a commencement address by David C. Massey, chief of the Ocean Pines Police Department.

John C. Moses, director of criminal justice at Wor-Wic, and Donald L. Rollyson Jr., assistant director of the ESCJA, presided at the ceremony. Awards of certification and excellence were presented by agency representatives along with Karen Kruger, executive director at the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions in Woodstock, Md. Officer Brian T. Nieto of the Ocean City Police Department was the class speaker. Closing remarks were made by Kruger.

In addition to Nieto, graduates included Kyle J. Dean, Ashley Hara, Kenji Hara, Joshua L. Lukaszewicz, Clayton J. Rush and Julian T. Sharp of the Salisbury Police Department, Phillip S. Webster of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office, Kyle S. Dalton of the Ocean Pines Police Department, Kyle C. Koerner of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Police Department, Connor J. Cooper and Lucas L. Nagel of the Caroline County Sheriff’s Department, Daniel A. Fallert and Curtis M. Knierim of the Denton Police Department, Matthew W. T. Medley, Stephen L. Mills and Elizabeth L. Stacey of the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, Ashley N. Collison and Jonathan P. Nikodemski of the Federalsburg Police Department, Christopher T. Clagett, Tracy D. Ferguson Jr. and Joey S. Miller of the Easton Police Department, and MaryBeth Barlow, Justin C. Custis and Eric L. Thomas of the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office.

WICOMICO GRADUATES.

Wicomico County law enforcement officers who graduated in the 79th entrance-level law enforcement class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown in the front row, from left, Kyle J. Dean, Ashley Hara and Kenji Hara of the Salisbury Police Department. In the back, from left, are Joshua L. Lukaszewicz, Clayton J. Rush and Julian T. Sharp of the Salisbury Police Department, and Phillip S. Webster of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office.

WORCESTER GRADUATES.

Worcester County law enforcement officers who graduated in the 79th entrance-level law enforcement class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown, from left, Brian T. Nieto of the Ocean City Police Department and Kyle S. Dalton of the Ocean Pines Police Department.

SOMERSET GRADUATE.

Kyle C. Koerner of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Police Department graduated in the 79th entrance-level law enforcement class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.

UPPER SHORE GRADUATES.

Graduates from the Upper Shore who were part of the 79th entrance-level law enforcement class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown in the front row, from left, Connor J. Cooper and Lucas L. Nagel of the Caroline County Sheriff’s Department, and Daniel A. Fallert and Curtis M. Knierim of the Denton Police Department. In the second row, from left, are Matthew W. T. Medley, Stephen L. Mills and Elizabeth L. Stacey of the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office, and Ashley N. Collison and Jonathan P. Nikodemski of the Federalsburg Police Department. In the third row, from left, are Christopher T. Clagett, Tracy D. Ferguson Jr. and Joey S. Miller of the Easton Police Department, and MaryBeth Barlow, Justin C. Custis and Eric L. Thomas of the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office.