Thirty-one Columbus police officers graduated from the James G. Jackson Police Academy on Friday, plus 18 officers from other central Ohio agencies.
Wide smiles and proud relatives were abundant Friday morning at the James G. Jackson Columbus Police Academy, as
Morales said even though his two sons are older than many of his classmates, he was happy to be able to learn from everyone in the class and hopes some of his wisdom, partially coming from deployments during the Gulf War and to Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, was passed on to them. "I might become a firefighter then," he joked, referencing two members of the graduating police training class who are Columbus firefighters and arson investigators.
That need for service before protection was also referenced by First Assistant Chief LaShanna Potts, who said that the new Columbus police officers taking their oaths on Friday before embarking on 15 weeks of field training, need to continue standing up for what they believe in and what is right.
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