Long Beach Police Department

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CORRECTION - The location of the graduation has been updated in bold below to accurately reflect the venue. 

The Long Beach Police Department is pleased to announce the graduation of LBPD Academy Class #98. The graduation ceremony was held today, July 25, 2024, at the Long Beach Convention Center Pacific Ballroom.

Twenty-nine LBPD 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 #98 brings a wide range of talents from a variety of backgrounds to the Department. The graduating class includes the following officers:  

Officer Joaquin Alvarado 

Officer Richard Baeza 

Officer Jonathan Beltran 

Officer Chris Blincoe 

Officer Joaquin Ceseñas 

Officer Guillermo Kaleb Espinoza 

Officer Michael Green 

Officer Edwin Guerra-Castillo 

Officer Christopher Gutierrez 

Officer Mervin Hernandez 

Officer Steven Hinds 

Officer Ben Kelly 

Officer Antonio Knox 

Officer Alex Lim 

Officer Nicholas Lopez 

Officer Xavior Lugo 

Officer Giuseppe Marzola 

Officer Alexis Miranda 

Officer Muhammed Nitoto 

Officer David Romain Ortiz 

Officer Michael Piepmeyer 

Officer Bryan Quach 

Officer Leonardo Ramirez-Hernandez 

Officer Oscar Sanchez 

Officer Edgar Santizo 

Officer Diana Sarahy Tellez 

Officer Kelvin Tran 

Officer Jesus Vazquez-Castillo 

Officer Jorge Velasquez 

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