42 Graduate From Delco Community College's Municipal Police Academy

RIDLEY, PA — Forty-two new police officers graduated from Delaware County Community College’s Municipal Police Academy on Thursday during a ceremony held at Ridley Middle School in Ridley Park.

The graduation class included 16 newly hired officers for SEPTA, nine Chester County Sheriff’s Office officers, two Chester City officers, two Drexel University officers, one Villanova University officer, and one Caln Township Officer. Among the graduating class were four female officers.

The guest speaker was The Honorable Judge Anne Marie Wheatcraft of the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.

Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Michael Repasky, 45, of Phoenixville, was a member of this class and a co-winner of the Quest for the Best Award with Alison Moyer of Downingtown.

The cadet award recipients also included Louis Oritz of Philadelphia, who received the Academic Award; Angelo Torres of Spring City and Kyle Stabinski of Garnet Valley, who earned the Physical Fitness Award; and Alison Moyer of Downingtown, who received the Quest for the Best Award.

Presiding over the ceremony were DCCC President Dr. Marta Yera Cronin and DCCC Municipal Police Academy Director William Davis, who has directed the academy for the past 33 years.

More than 95 percent of the municipal police officers in Delaware County and more than 75 percent of the police officers in Chester County graduate from the College’s Police Academy. Cadets are required to complete a 920-hour curriculum that includes extensive instruction in firearms, physical fitness, self-defense, Homeland Security, scenario training, and practical exercises.

The Academy is certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission.

Training and coursework take place at the College’s Marple Campus.

The MPA has been serving the community since 1977 and conducts mandatory Act 180 in-service training for current municipal police officers.

Below is the list of graduates, their hometowns, and where they are employed

• Analinda Aguilera, Kennett Square
• Dante Allen, Clementon, New Jerset — SEPTA
• Portia Anyumba Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Yuri Burton Philadelphia — Drexel University
• Angel Carrion Jr., Chester — Chester City
• Salil Copper-Hunter, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Devine Craddock, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Abdolahe Diawara, Philadelphia — Drexel University
• Sekou Dukuly, Glenolden — SEPTA
• Manuel Gerena III, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Charles Goodwin, Philadelphia
• Matthew Gorham, Glenmoore
• Marques Harmon, Douglassville — Chester County Sheriff’s Dept
• Khalif Hopkins-Bey, Wyncote — SEPTA
• Khalil Hopkins-Bey, Wyncote — SEPTA
• Falls Johnson, Malvern
• Mathieu Kanunde, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• James Lauffer, Horsham — SEPTA
• Mohammed Manasrah, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Dominique Mayfield, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Eric McCoach, Telford — SEPTA
• Anthony Minor, Media
• Alison Moyer, Downingtown — Chester County Sheriff’s Dept
• Yasir Munson Bashir, Philadelphia
• Luis Ortiz, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Kenneth Oxendine-Costello, Downingtown — Caln Township
• Lawrence Pierce, Oxford — Chester County Sheriff’s Dept
• Talib Powell, Lansdowne — SEPTA
• Zackery Ragin, Philadelphia — SEPTA
• Michael Repasky, Phoenixville
• Justin Ritter, Upper Darby
• Luke Scarpato, Wayne
• Samuel Shaffer, Bala Cynwyd
• William Smith, Glenolden
• Jessica Smith, Philadelphia — Villanova University
• Kyle Stabinski, Garnet Valley
• Elisha Stigora, Landenberg
• Joshua Strickland, Downingtown — Chester County Sheriff’s Dept
• Angelo Torres, Spring City — Chester County Sheriff’s Dept
• Rodney Urquhart, Douglassville — Chester County Sheriff’s Dept
• Leroy Whitaker, Chester — Chester City
• James Williams, Brookhaven