MPD WELCOMES RECRUITS

Swearing In Ceremony For 27 New Officers

The Madison Police Department will proudly welcome 27 new officers on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The swearing in ceremony is slated for 8:00 a.m. and oaths will be administered in the MPD classroom, which is located in room GR27 of the City County Building. New recruits are about to start 22 weeks of Madison Police Department Academy instruction. It will be followed by 12 weeks of field training, where recruit-officers are paired with veterans when responding to calls. The new class of officers includes: Mary Acton, age 22, Fenton Michigan Adrian Alan, age 25, Madison Wisconsin Amanda Analla, age 21, Franklin, Wisconsin Carlin Becker, age 35, Poynette, Wisconsin Keri Berling, age 26, Slinger, Wisconsin Rick Bruenig, age 39, Waunakee, Wisconsin John Christian, age 21, Madison, Wisconsin Jon Drollinger, age 22, Champaign, Illinois Nicholas Ellis, age 25, DeKalb, Illinois Richard Friday, age 25, Holland, Michigan Zachary Haggerty, age 25, Hanover, Illinois Glen Hill, age 22, Augres, Michigan Cary House, age 28, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan Roderick Johnson, Sr., age 31, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Shawn Kelly, age 29, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Sarah Mackesey, age 38, Madison, Wisconsin Sonny Martinez, age 23. Marquette, Michigan Alexandra Mayerhofer, age 32, Madison, Wisconsin Michael Mendenhall, age 23, Big Rapids, Michigan Brittany Meylor, age 29, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Gary Pihlaja, age 22, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Jacob Reno, age 29, Madison, Wisconsin Kenneth Riley, age 29, Plover, Wisconsin Anthony Ward, age 31, Fitchburg, Wisconsin Charles Warren, age 32, Brooklyn, Wisconsin Joseph Weberpal, age 22, Milton, Wisconsin Harrison Zanders, III, age 28, Davenport, Iowa