WHITE PLAINS – Following completion of a 10-week academy, 37 new correction officers took their oaths of office on Friday as they embark on careers at the Westchester County Department of Correction.
Correction Commissioner Joseph Spano told the new officers that the new career they have chosen is one of the most challenging – but also most rewarding – in all of law enforcement. Correction officers play one of the most important roles in criminal justice. Over the last 10 weeks, we have provided you with many of the tools you will need to have successful careers. In turn, we expect that each of you will adhere to the Department’s core mission: recovery, rehabilitation and the safe return of those we serve to their home communities.”
Spano said based on the Department of Correction’s 30-plus programs, hundreds of partnerships and the steadfast dedication of its staff, it remains the only correctional agency in New York that is nationally accredited by three different oversight agencies.
“One of the unseen yet most important functions of county government is the safe running of a correctional facility,” said County Executive George Latimer. “In this county, we believe that there are no ‘throwaway people.’ The individuals in your custody have arrived there for many reasons and will look to you as mentors and role models. Rest assured that my administration will have your backs as you begin this new journey.”
This year marks the Department of Correction’s 50th year as a criminal justice agency, formed in 1969 from what were then functions of the county sheriff and the Department of Public Welfare. In merging these functions, Westchester County sought to extend the rehabilitative initiatives afforded to its sentenced offenders to pre-trial detainees, and to create a unified workforce of similarly-credentialed officers.
Correction Officers:
- Algbedo, Omosefe
- Arellano, Armando
- Arroyo, Miguel
- Baez, Kristopher
- Bellamy, Damien
- Boddie, Ryan
- Boro, Arne
- Brodie, Shyann
- Brooke, Christopher
- Brooks, Jasmine
- Campbell, Nicholas
- Castilho-Vigato, Otavio
- Chanchee, Steven
- Criollo, Jorge
- Dennard, Preston
- Farrell, Mackenzie
- Foster, Kimesha
- Gamboa, Jose
- Getter, Zhane
- Green, Michael
- Huggins, Ishemela
- Jimenez, Jasmin
- Jones, Marvin
- Lynk, Judan
- O’Shea, Christopher
- Pfeiffer, Kevin
- Poulson, Kirk
- Reilly, Tyler
- Roche, Patrick
- Rodriguez, Modesto
- Sandoval, Antonio
- Seraphin, Daniel
- Stewart, Matthew
- Thomas, Dexter
- White, Shawn
- Whiting, Thomas
- Yeagley, David
Promoted to Sergeant:
- Herman Dawson
- Jeffry Deigan
- Larry Vazquez, Jr.
