Twenty-six law enforcement officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, Talbot, Caroline, Queen Anne’s and Garrett counties graduated in the 86th 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 Ross Buzzuro, chief of the Ocean City Police Department.
John C. Moses, director of criminal justice at Wor-Wic, Donald Rollyson Jr., assistant director of the ESCJA, and Rob Dell’Erba, ESCJA coordinator, presided at the ceremony. Awards of certification and excellence were presented by agency representatives. Patrick M. Keller Jr. of the Ocean City Police Department was the class speaker.
In addition to Keller, graduates included Zachary A. Coco of the Delmar Police Department, Carissa M. Martin and Layla M. Renshaw of the Salisbury Police Department, Ean W. Spencer of the Berlin Police Department, Jarred W. Forsythe, Jon A. Laverty and Andrew M. Rop of the Pocomoke City Police Department, Emma Hamilton-Blackford, Terrance L. Jankouskas, Justin M. Koser, Benjamin E. Panitch, Isaiah C. Stoner, Ryan R. Walker and Jessica N. Wieber of the Ocean City Police Department, Viridiana Villafuerte-Tellez of the Crisfield Police Department, Catelin H. Clopein, Christopher A. Doyle and Nicholas C. C. Lange of the Easton Police Department, Justin E. Wivell of the Cambridge Police Department, Abigail V. Ayers, Cody J. Holder and Samuel P. Ruffo of the Caroline County Sheriff’s Department, Alexis L. Johnston of the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office and Travis R. Alexander and Andrew H. Anderson of the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office.
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