10 Recruits Join the Ranks of Maui Police Department
Ten individuals joined the ranks of the Maui Police Department as the members of the 89th Recruit Class took their professional oaths during a graduation ceremony held Friday, Feb. 14, at the King Kamehameha Golf Club in Waikapū.
During the graduation ceremony, recruit Jensen Somera received the department’s Outstanding Recruit Award.
Other awards were issued to the following Officers:
Scholastic Achievement Award- Officer Skylar Falite
2nd Officer Jaryn Kuhaulua-Feiteira
3rd Officer Jensen Somera
Neil T. ENDO Firearms Award- Officer Tyler Bersamin
2nd Officer Marcus Range
3rd Officer Jensen Somera
M. Cecil “Rusty” DICKENSON Award for Physical Fitness- Officer Jensen Somera
2nd Officer Riley Johnson
3rd Officer Tyler Bersamin
Sensei Shinichi SUZUKI Arrest Defense Tactics Award- Officer Jaryn Kuhaulua-Feiteira
2nd Officer Tyler Bersamin
3rd Officer Fredrick Welch IV
Best Notebook Award- Officer Marcus Range
2nd Officer Riley Johnson
3rd Officer Jensen Somera
Ten Recruits completed eight months of intense physical and academic training before graduating and receiving their badges. The new officers are: Brittany Basso; Tyler Bersamin; Skylar Falite; Riley Johnson; Jaryn Kuhaulua-Feiteira; Kameryn Pupunu; Marcus Range; Jensen Somera; and Fredrick Welch IV.