The officers come from 19 of New Jersey's 21 counties, with the most, 37, from Cumberland County, and 27 from Essex County.
TRENTON -- The latest class of state corrections officers officially graduated Tuesday during a ceremony at Trenton's Patriot's Theater at the War Memorial.
The officers were sworn in by Department of Corrections (DOC) Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan following an address by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno.
Class #237 by the numbers:
* The officers come from 19 of New Jersey's 21 counties, with the most, 37, from Cumberland County, and 27 from Essex County.
* The rest of the counties and number of officers: Ocean, 17; Hudson, 13; Burlington, 11; Mercer, 10; Union, 10; Bergen, 9; Camden, 8; Middlesex, 8; Cape May, 6; Monmouth, 5; Atlantic, 4; Gloucester, 4; Passaic, 4, and one each from Morris, Salem, Somerset and Warren.
* 21 of the officers have served in the U.S. military: 11 from the Army, 4 from the Marines, 3 from the Air Force and 3 from the Navy.
* 59 of the 177 officers have college degrees.
* 33 are from law enforcement families and 14 officers have other family members currently in law enforcement.
The following officers were honored with DOC training awards:
* Fred Baker Memorial Academic Award: Anthony Davanzo
* Michal R. Pofahl Memorial Firearms Award: Anthony Grasso Jr.
* Stone-Ratajczak Professionalism Award: Trent Darway
* Harry Ellifritz Award: Daniel Kemble
* Commissioner's Physical Fitness Award: Taj Lumanog, who was also named class president.
* Commissioner's Physical Fitness Award Most Improved: Paul Lewis
* Police Training Commission Merit Awards: Scott Fancher, Bryon Heinrich, Carlos Rosario and Michael Sammarone.
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