Thursday evening, October 16 saw the final session (of nine weekly sessions) for the 29 enrollees of the Sheriff's Citizen's Academy at District 6 Headquarters, Jog Road, Boynton Beach.
In appreciation of the work that went in to putting the course together by Dist. 6 Captain Martin Bechtel and Detective Sgt. Al Moreno, the class, represented by Ralph Moccia,(Center in photo) presented plaques to each of the officers as a token of thanks for their outstanding efforts. Moccia serves as Security Officer of the Coalition of Boynton West Residential Associations (COBWRA). In addition a small utility table was purchased by the class for use in the District 6 Conference Room to commemorate this first Citizen's Academy class in the area.
Captain Bechtel presented diplomas to each of the citizen's who completed the course at the end of the evening.
Allen Hamlin, C.O.P Sergeant and Les Berrent, the C.O.P. Captain, both from the Vizcaya community, echoed the opinion of many of the students in the class.
"Each of the Sheriff department spokespersons that presented an explanation of their respective departments to the class each Thursday evening, with one or two exceptions, were credible and interesting. This included the Bomb Squad, Aviation Department, Narcotics, Crime scene Investigation, and others. Berrent is a retired member of New York City's finest.