St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands - The Virgin Islands Police Department, St. Croix District will be hosting the graduation ceremony for the Peace Officer Recruit Training Class 2023-1 on Monday, October 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at D. C. Canegata Recreation Center.

There will be twenty graduates in various law enforcement agencies as follows:

Bureau of Corrections

• Akeem Reynolds
• Jahlesha Prescott
• Xaise Angol

Legislature of the Virgin Islands

• Nicola Newton

Office of the Virgin Islands Marshal

• Josue Bermudez
• Phillip Popo
• Ebony Browne
• Carlos Cintron

Virgin Islands Police Department

• Karima Liburd
• Sherma Aurelien
• Menissa Joseph
• Tainisha Esquilin
• Janlee Cruz (Executive Security Unit)
• Charles Moorehead (Auxiliary Officer)
• John Bermudez (Auxiliary Officer)
• Paul Bermudez (Auxiliary Officer)
• Latifa Nurse (Auxiliary Officer)
• Justin Divine (Auxiliary Officer)
• Marco Chicos (Auxiliary Officer)

Virgin Islands Port Authority

• Jahsheim Richards

The ceremony is open to our media partners to capture the moment as these twenty Peace Officers Recruits are sworn in.

We extend our congratulations and best wishes to the new Peace Officers.