Sixth Cambridge-Northeastern Police Academy Graduates, Nine New Officers Join CPD

Cambridge, MA - The Cambridge Police Department announced that 30 new police officers graduated on Thursday, June 13, 2024, from the sixth Cambridge-Northeastern Police Academy class following a special graduation ceremony that was held at Northeastern University. The graduating officers join their respective departments after successfully completing 23 weeks of training, which started in January 2024.

The new officers represented nine different municipal and university departments from the greater Boston area. In addition to Cambridge, the other participating agencies were Belmont, Medford, Ashland, Southborough, Newton, Brookline, Simmons University, and Northeastern University.

The sixth class includes 9 new Cambridge Police officers:

• Three Cambridge officers graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS).  
  
  
• Four of the Cambridge officers identify as Black or Hispanic.
  
  
• Three are women.

• The new Cambridge officers range between 21-30 years old.
  
  
• Three of the Cambridge officers are bilingual and fluent in Spanish (Katerina Morales), Portuguese (Phillip DosSantos),and Tigrinya (Saimon Teclezghi).
  
  
• Officers Brendon Lewis and Saimon Teclezghi were participants in the Cambridge Police Cadet Program; they are the seventh and eighth Cadets to graduate from the Cambridge-Northeastern Police Academy and join the Cambridge Police Departments since it was reinstated in 2019.
  
  
• Officer Jennifer Gallagher had been a Dispatcher with the Cambridge Emergency Communications Department and has a “good” understanding of American Sign Language.
  
  
• Ashley Hamilton served in the United States National Guard, while Dominic Isidro served in the United States Air National Guard.
  
  
• Officer Cameron Medeiros previously worked as a Preliminary Investigator at Encore Boston Harbor.
  
  
• Officer Sabian Jenkins previously worked as a Financial Crimes Unit Investigator at Rockland Trust Bank.

The Cambridge - Northeastern Police Academy is a Massachusetts Police Training Council (MPTC) certified training academy for new student officers. All elements of the Academy experience are aligned with the four pillars of procedural justice: fairness, voice, transparency, and impartiality.  Recruits learn that policing is a “people business” and that their success as officers will depend in great part on their ability to listen to and talk with the community members whom they encounter.  A key element of the training is the focus on experiential learning by having officers engage in scenario-based activities and community outreach.