CONGRATULATIONS: To Yonkers Police Department police Recruits Michael Bellone, Megan Canty, Keith Defino, Dylan Deierlein, Vincent Dicaprio, Michael Fracchiolla, Kyle Gray, Michael Hodges, Ann Jimenez, Shaban Khan, Roger Khoury, Michael Klimetz, Catherine lara, Nicholas McGill, Jorge Miclat, Brendan Mulroy, Jared Newman, Daisy Payes, Frank Sabatino, Joseph Salameh, lauren Soto, Vincent Spano, William Sullivan, Euthimios Theotokatos, Elizabeth Tovar and Steven Velasquez

The new #YonkersPD officers, who completed 20 weeks of training at the police academy in #Valhalla, received their diplomas before a packed house at the #SUNYPurchase Performing Arts Center.

County Executive George Latimer, Deputy County Executive Kenneth Jenkins, Public Safety Commissioner #ThomasGleason and Westchester District Attorney #AnthonyScarpinoJr. presented the graduates of the 148th Session Basic Police Recruit Class with their diplomas and congratulated them for mastering the physical and academic demands of the Academy.

Public Safety Commissioner Gleason noted that the recruit school curriculum is constantly updated to reflect the challenges police officers face in today’s world.

He said they were well prepared for whatever might come their way and he urged them to always be focused on improving the lives of people they serve and protect.

“If you stay true to your ideals, and do what you know in your heart is the right thing, you will be able to put your head on the pillow at night knowing that you did this difficult and demanding job to the best of your ability,” Commissioner Gleason said.

In total Seventy-seven police recruits graduated Friday from the Westchester County Police Academy and are headed off to work at 15 law enforcement agencies in Westchester and one in #PutnamCounty.