VASSALBORO — Maine’s 63 newest police officers have graduated from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. These officers, including a few from the Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln county sheriff’s offices, as well as Belfast, Camden and Rockland, spent eighteen weeks in study and training. 

The graduation speaker was Maine Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck who told the new officers, “You’ve entered a noble and honorable profession to keep our communities safe. Maine law enforcement has many challenges,  but you have received the best training to protect the public, and to protect yourselves.”    

Among the many topics studied by the new officers were crime scene processing, emergency vehicle operation, first aid, traffic and criminal law, domestic violence and sexual assault.

The new officers are (alphabetical by department)

Dylan M. Morin - Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office

Laney M. Merchant - Ashland Police

Derek R. Drouin and Gabrielle P Gaedje - Auburn Police

Sabastian D. Guptill - Augusta Police

Nathan T. Pike - Baileyville Police

Bobbylee Gillespie, Kyle C. Kramer, Christopher R. Pina and Samuel Violette - Bangor Police

Elias J. Burne - Bar Harbor Police

Ryan L. Kaake - Bath Police

Colby J. Leavitt - Belfast Police

Jonathan R. Cotton, Joseph C. Donilon, Derek L. Moore and John D. Shirk - Biddeford Police

Joseph A. Hogan - Brunswick Police

Hunter R. Smith - Buxton Police

Mark Bennett and Paul J. Thompson - Camden Police

Benjamin P. Murphy - Carrabassett Valley Police

Amanda J. Hogg - Falmouth Police

David W. Davol  -  Franklin County Sheriff’s Office

Joseph A. Bourdelais - Gardiner Police

Errol V. Andrews and Nichole D. Dudley - Houlton Police

Eric Lowell - tuition student from Husson University

Christopher D. Carney - Kennebunk Police

Juan Alcala - Knox County Sheriff’s Office

Alexander N. Markellos and Anthony T. Zawistowski - Lewiston Police

Andrew Miner - Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office

Brianna M. Kenney - Lisbon Police

Walter R. Bachelder - Livermore Falls Police

Bryce Walker and Anthony P. York - Oxford County Sheriff’s Office

William Buckley, Samuel J. Coyne, Christopher Crout, Curran Huff, Patrick Landrigan, Matthew Payoczkowski - Portland Police

Samuel J. Fuller - Presque Isle Police

Tyler Monsees - Rockland Police

Chantel C. Allen, Joel C. Gott and Morgan L. Royal - Saco Police  

Andrew E. Bowman - Skowhegan Police 

Brandon G. Lambert and Racean Wood - Somerset County Sheriff’s Office 

Nono Mukwayanzo and Ginger Ryll - South Portland Police  

Lara Sarett - Topsham Police

Randi Mosley - University of Maine Police 

Kevin A. Santora - University Southern Maine Police

Joshua G. Staples - Waldo County Sheriff’s Office

Jonathan M. Curran - Washington County Sheriff’s Office

Sean S. Remick - Wells Police

Robert T. Hamilton - Windham Police

Matthew R. Buck - Winslow Police 

Andrew G. Delaney - Winthrop Police