Long Beach
Police Department

Media Relations
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Long Beach, CA 90802
(562) 570-5273
10/25/2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Release #
Subject:
LBPD ACADEMY GRADUATION CEREMONY HELD YESTERDAY
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The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) is pleased to announce the graduation of LBPD Academy Class #97. The graduation ceremony was held yesterday, Oct. 24, 2023, at the Long Beach Performing Arts Terrace Theater.

Twenty-nine Long Beach Police Department recruits and three Redondo Beach Police Department recruits successfully completed five months of intense academic, physical, and practical training in areas such as patrol procedures and law enforcement tactics, firearms training, weaponless defense, criminal law, vehicle operations, community-oriented public safety, persons with mental health disabilities, cultural diversity/human relations, and procedural justice. 

Class #97 brings a wide range of talents from a variety of backgrounds to the Department.The graduating class includes the following officers: 

Long Beach Police Department

Officer Jesus Aguirre

Officer Victor Crespo-Pena

Officer Christopher Davenport

Officer Michael Espinoza

Officer Brandon Fahey

Officer Guillermo Fajardo-Soto

Officer Alberto Frausto

Officer Michael Garcia

Officer Saul Garcia

Officer Triston Gibson

Officer Erick Guevara

Officer Kevin Henry

Officer Angel Hernandez-Castillo

Officer Victor Islas

Officer Julissa Lopez

Officer Jeremy-Andrew Mabini

Officer John Marcelo

Officer David Martinez

Officer Michael McCullough

Officer Bryant Monzon

Officer Saul Ocampo

Officer Kyle Parra

Officer Marvin Pernell

Officer Alec Sanders

Officer Cole Savin

Officer Xavier Solorio

Officer Daniel Sullivan

Officer Mario Valencia Jr.

Officer Jared Williams

Redondo Beach Police Department

Officer Joel Musick

Officer Stephen Ott

Officer Tanner Schafer


The LBPD congratulates the graduates and wishes them continued success in their future careers as law enforcement officers in the City of Long Beach.