New officers will join law enforcement agencies across the state
Yavapai Community College, in a press release dated December 12, 2023, announced that 27 law enforcement recruits trained at the College’s Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy in Prescott participated in the traditional swearing-in and badge-pinning ceremony at the Prescott campus earlier this month.
At the ceremony, Community College President Dr. Lisa Rhine thanked the recruits for stepping into a difficult role during uncertain times. She said, “To say that it’s a very difficult time to be a police officer is truly an understatement. Thank you for your selfless decision to protect and serve and to take on the risks and demanding responsibility for all of us to live in a safe and secure community.”
Prescott Valley Police Chief Bob Ticer delivered the keynote address, congratulating them for the life of integrity it took to volunteer to join what he described as the “most noble profession on the face of the earth.”
The following are the NARTA Class 55 graduates and the police agencies they are joining:
Arturo Castillo, Jr., and Jason Tyler Ehlert, Chino Valley Police Department
Benjamin Samuel Bruner, Christian Brady Carter, Aaron Joseph Cote and Jennifer Jane Glover, Prescott Valley Police Department
Brandon Kalani Kawainui Callio, Page Police Department
Casey Sky Dragos, Camp Verde Marshal’s Office
Christopher Flowers, Nicholas William Hamilton, Douglas Allen Harwood, Nicholas David McKay, Brian Lee Sutton and Luis Alejandro Terrazas, Prescott Police Department
Michael Andrew Bentley, Oro Valley Police Department
Oscar Molina Teran, Payson Police Department
Richard James Avery, Bradley James Bartell, Jaden Elliot-Kai Berney and Tyler Jon Slim, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office
Travis Steven O’Donnal, Ryan Hunter Palmer and Corey James Tousley, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office
Ty Matthew Furr and Steele Domingo Salinas, Flagstaff Police Department
Victor Esteven Rodriguez, Maricopa Police Department
Zachary Joseph MacGregor, Jerome Police Department
Source: Yavapai Community College press release by JJ McCormack dated Dec. 12, 2023.
The Yavapai Community College-based Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy, NARTA, had 28 new police officers complete their 21-week training program in the fall semester. They participated December 8 in a swearing in ceremony at the Yavapai Community College Performing Arts Center.