BOURNE – From Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office: On Friday evening, twenty-two men and women joined the uniformed ranks at the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office as Correctional Officers.
Sheriff James Cummings addressed the new correctional officers and approximately two-hundred people who attended the ceremony at Cape Cod Community College’s Tilden Arts Center:
“Tonight’s graduates will join our corrections staff in operating a safe and secure correctional facility, supervising inmates on a round-the-clock basis. These individuals are sentenced to our facility by the courts of Barnstable County as punishment – not for punishment. Today’s role of the Sheriff’s Office is more than security; we have a responsibility to rehabilitate the inmates to deter their return to jail once released.”
The 11-week academy included physical training and defensive tactics as well as hands-on problem solving and inmate contact, instruction that gives graduates a concrete start as they report for duty. Recruits were taught how to write reports, detect suicidal behavior, supervise and interact with inmates of all types, administer first-aid/CPR. They were also instructed in firearms training, handcuffing and other restraint techniques, ethics and professionalism, gang identification, and fire safety.
The following individuals graduated on Friday and received their silver correctional officer badge:
Christopher Barlow Fall River
Jonathan Bennett Harwich
Christopher Cochran Sandwich
Byron Davis Mashpee
Gregory Djaoen New Bedford
Dakota Eno-Proulx South Dennis
Shawne Gomes Plymouth
Sean Lowe Falmouth
Natasha Lyon West Harwich
Jason Mahoney Centerville
Liam Mahoney Westfield
Lorrie McDaniel Cotuit
Brendan Meehan Somerset
Robert Ortega Worcester
Ryan Pina West Wareham
Paul Pitts Holbrook
Edwin Polanco New Bedford
Brienchard St. Fleur West Yarmouth
Kyle Stecchi Mashpee
Elgin Stewart Hyannis
Tyler Walsh South Easton
Brandon Weston West Barnstable
The class president was Corrections Officer Jason Mahoney; class vice president was Christopher Cochran; class treasurer was Lorrie McDaniel; and class secretary was Natasha Lyon.
