{"id":11979,"date":"2016-11-15T16:51:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T21:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=11979"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:07:41","slug":"natural-resources-police-basic-recruit-class-58-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/11\/15\/natural-resources-police-basic-recruit-class-58-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Resources Police Basic Recruit Class 58 Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Largest Graduation Class in Police History<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accessdnr\/albums\/72157676609086775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11981 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915023571_0547d4e7d1_o-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"30915023571_0547d4e7d1_o\" width=\"760\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915023571_0547d4e7d1_o-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915023571_0547d4e7d1_o-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915023571_0547d4e7d1_o-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a> Friends and family gathered at The John Carroll School in Harford County Saturday for the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/nrp\">Maryland Natural Resources Police<\/a> Training Academy&#8217;s 58th Basic Recruit Class Graduation Ceremony. The class was the largest in police history, with\u00a027 graduates.<!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accessdnr\/albums\/72157676609086775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11980 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30701549760_8930a59242_o-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"30701549760_8930a59242_o\" width=\"760\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30701549760_8930a59242_o-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30701549760_8930a59242_o-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30701549760_8930a59242_o-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, the graduation ceremony&#8217;s keynote speaker, with Natural Resources Police Colonel Robert K. Ziegler, Jr.\u00a0The Maryland Natural Resources Police is the state&#8217;s\u00a0oldest state law enforcement agency, and one of the oldest conservation law enforcement organizations in the nation.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accessdnr\/albums\/72157676609086775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11984 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915044591_27bdcd40bd_o-1-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"30915044591_27bdcd40bd_o-1\" width=\"760\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915044591_27bdcd40bd_o-1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915044591_27bdcd40bd_o-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/30915044591_27bdcd40bd_o-1-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>The recruits had seven and a half months of live-in academy training and will now conduct field training with a senior patrol officer for another 12 weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The new officers will bolster patrol areas across the state, enforcing fish and game laws, protecting state park visitors, carrying out search-and- rescue missions and acting as Maryland\u2019s lead law enforcement agency for maritime homeland security.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The class roster:<\/p>\n<table width=\"310\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23.5227px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23.5227px\" width=\"310\">NATHANIEL T. BRADLEY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">ANDREW M. BRAYMAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">JOSEPH W. CAW IV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">ANTONIO D. COLVIN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">ANDREW T. CUMMINS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">LIAM R. D\u2019AOUST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">McKENZIE J. DIVELBISS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">BENJAMIN D. DORSEY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">JEREMY P. ELMORE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">SHANE W. FALCONER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">JACOB M. GERZAK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">MICHAEL R. GREENFIELD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">MATTHEW C. GROLEAU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">JOSEPH C. HAMBRICK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">JASON S. HAYNES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">JOSHUA T. JONES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">JAMES E. MAJOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">BRIANNA R. McFARLAND<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">PAUL W. McMANNIS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">NATHANIEL P. MINNICK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">KYLE L. NEITZEL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">ERIC A. PIKE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">SIMON G. ROE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">HECTOR E. ROJAS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">ZACHARY S. RUARK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px\" width=\"310\">BRIAN D. WALTER III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"height: 23px;text-align: left\" width=\"310\">KEVIN J. WHITE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Largest Graduation Class in Police History Friends and family gathered at The John Carroll School in Harford County Saturday for the Maryland Natural Resources Police Training Academy&#8217;s 58th Basic Recruit Class Graduation Ceremony. 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