Meet Greenwich Police Department's 3 New Officers

GREENWICH, CT — Three new officers were hired by the Greenwich Police Department this week during a ceremony in Town Hall before friends and members of their respective families, and police and town officials.

The three - Sabrina Diaz, Thomas Koppelmann and Vladimir Souffrant - are scheduled to attend the state's police academy in Meriden beginning at the end of the week. There they will spend about 14 weeks in training before returning to the department to begin their probationary officer duties, which lasts several more months.

"To get to this point, takes well over a year and is a very competitive process," Greenwich Police Chief James Heavey told the new officers during the ceremony on Monday, which was administered by Greenwich Selectman John Toner. "You've accomplished a lot, and we hope you accomplish more with this department."

Diaz, who was born in Greenwich and raised in Stamford, is a 2014 graduate of Westhill High School, who attended Norwalk Community College in pursuit of a degree in Criminal Justice.

She has interned with the Stamford Police Department and is studying Jujitsu at the Greenwich Jujitsu Academy.

Souffrant was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and also raised in Stamford, where he graduated from Stamford High School in 2007. In 2016, Souffrant earned a Bachelor's degree from Western Connecticut State University in Psychology with a minor in Biology.

He is a Platoon Leader and commissioned Second Lieutenant in the United States Army National Guard, for which he served two enlisted years.

Koppelmann was born in West Islip, NY, and grew up in East Islip, where he graduated from East Islip High School in 2015. He is currently a senior at the University of New Haven and is scheduled to graduate next month with a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology.

He interned with the New Haven Police Department, and he is a member of the American Criminal Justice Association in the Psi Omega Chapter.