The Harford County Sheriff’s Office gained a dozen new deputies when the office's training academy graduated 15 new police recruits on Wednesday.

The ceremony, held at John Carroll School, was attended by 200 people, and capped 26 weeks of training, according to a release from the Harford County Sheriff's Office.

The graduates, listed below, will go on to work with the sheriff's offices for Harford and Cecil counties, as well as the Maryland’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

Retired Harford County Sheriff’s Office Major Jordan V. Watts, a 30-year veteran, who is now an attorney with the Baltimore County Office of Law, served as the guest speaker, according to a statement from the sheriff's office.

These officers received diplomas:

Harford County Sheriff's Office

• Deputy David Feeney
• Deputy Austin Gentry
• Deputy Justin Haga
• Deputy Christopher Henize
• Deputy Robert Horner
• Deputy Jeffrey Hurley
• Deputy Amanda McCormack
• Deputy Brandon Phipps
• Deputy Chad Slater
• Deputy Robert Todd
• Deputy Andrew Van Helton
• Deputy Kristen Wallace

Cecil County Sheriff's Office

• Deputy Alexa Lee 
• Deputy Vincent Cardinale

Maryland’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

• Investigator Angel Thompson 

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