Traditional recognition and pinning ceremony held December 8

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.

In addition to swearing in each officer, there were individual performance awards and the traditional pinning of badges by the new police officers’ family and others.

The officers completing the program include the following:

Aaron Walters, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office

Adam Miller, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office

Adam Reed, Flagstaff Police Department

Bailey Ehrlich, Sedona Police Department

Benjamin Hamilton, Prescott Police Department

Blake Hanslik, Williams Police Department

Cesar Astorga, Prescott Police Department

Chandler Wilkinson, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office

Cody Fant, Camp Verde Marshal’s Office

Cody Neitch, Williams Police Department

Dylan Schrock, Prescott Police Department

Gabidson Boisrond, Yavapai Apache Police Department

Garrick Timson, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office

Grant Pithie, Prescott Valley Police Department

Gregory Bolding, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office

Kevin Waugh, Yavapai Apache Police Department

Michael Ryske, Oro Valley Police Department

Nathan Chavez, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office

Nathanial Carlson, Page Police Department

Raphael Pellegrino, Page Police Department

Seth Hatfield, Yavapai Apache Police Department

Stephen Wood, Hualapai Nation Police Department

Tanner Knight, Prescott Police Department

Tyler Tresch, Flagstaff Police Department

William May, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office

Xavier Altamirano, Oro Valley Police Department