Tech Students Certified as Class One Law Enforcement Officers

CREST HAVEN – Twelve students from the Cape May County Technical High School graduated as certified Class One Special Law Enforcement Officers (SLEO) from the Cape May County Police Academy on May 12, 2016. This program is administered by Director Thomas DePaul with the support of the Cape May County Association of Chiefs of Police. Mr. Matthew Pleasants is the Law and Public Safety program of study instructor.
These students are now fully trained and can be employed as Class One Special Law Enforcement Officers in Cape May County. Seniors from the Cape May County Technical High School in the last semester of the school year attended the Cape May County Police Academy one day per week to receive training beginning in February and ending in May. The students received training in criminal law, arrest, search and seizure, patrol techniques, observation and perception, civil disturbances, report writing, courtroom testimony, morals and ethics, defensive tactics, handcuffing, CPR, and first aid training.
The ceremony was attended by family and friends as well as academy staff and school administration officials. A letter of commendation from Senator Jeff Van Drew, Assemblyman Robert Andrzejczak, and Assemblyman Bruce Land was presented to each student. The students are now eligible to begin their policing career as a Class One Special Law Enforcement Officer.
The following students are graduates of the Cape May County Police Academy Class One Special Law Enforcement Officer Program:
Ashgan Abouelgheet, of North Wildwood; Anna Bobb, of Villas; Allison Knoll, of Eldora; Cristyn Edwards, of North Cape May; Katherine Ferrante, of Dennis Township; Taylor Regalbuto, of Cape May Court House; Aubrey McQuaid, of North Cape May; Christopher Sweeney, of Cape May Court House; Robert Edmunds III, of Dennisville; Westyn Sawyer, of Wildwood Crest; Patrick Lynch, of Ocean View; and Richard Connelly III, of Rio Grande.