Twenty-one law enforcement officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline and Queen Anne’s counties graduated in the 94th 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 the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, featured a commencement address by Aaron Ritter, a retired U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician and founder of LIMB-itless Outdoors.
John C. Moses, director of criminal justice at Wor-Wic, Donald Rollyson Jr., associate director of the ESCJA, and Rob Dell’Erba, ESCJA coordinator, presided at the ceremony. Awards of certification and excellence were presented by agency representatives. Jacob Travers of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office was the class speaker.
In addition to Travers, graduates included Alexander Wallace of the Salisbury University Police Department; Joshua Banks and Steven Hutchinson of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office; Anthony Adkins and Richard Hill of the Fruitland Police Department; Cole Bennett and Elizabeth Peasley of the Pocomoke City Police Department; Gena Donalds, James Lerch Jr. and Timothy Stedding Jr. of the Ocean City Police Department; Matthew Swistak of the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office; Luke Whittington of the Crisfield Police Department; Jason Burton and Andrew Johnson of the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office; Kenneth Embert of the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office; Hugo Galan and Calvin Parker of the Easton Police Department; Chandler Dyott of the Federalsburg Police Department; and Jerald Kollock Jr. and Danielle Whited of the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office.
WICOMICO GRADUATES. Wicomico County law enforcement officers who graduated in the 94th 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, Joshua Banks and Steven Hutchinson of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office; Alexander Wallace of the Salisbury University Police Department; and Richard Hill of the Fruitland Police Department. In the back row, from left, are Jacob Travers of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office and Anthony Adkins of the Fruitland Police Department.
