Behind the Badge
Pasadena Police has two new officers.
Ryan McInnis and Dylan Boersma graduated from the Orange County Sheriff’s Training Academy as members of class 236 in a ceremony held in front of thousands of family members, supporters and law enforcement personnel at the academy on Aug. 15.
“It’s always exciting to have new officers join our ranks as Pasadena Police Officers. New member bring new ideas, new perspective and infectious energy,” said Sergeant Michael Gligorijevic, of Pasadena Police Department’s Employment Services Unit. “Ryan and Dylan both have diverse backgrounds and it will be exciting to see how they help mold the ever changing face of the Pasadena Police Department.
Prior to being hired Officer Ryan McInnis served in the United States Army with the 1st BCT 3/73 Calvary Regiment 82nd AIRBORNE DIV.
Dylan Boersma joins us after growing up as a child actor staring in movies such movies as Drillbit Taylor. Dylan’s father is a 34 year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department which will help Dylan feel right at home while at work.
Pasadena PD’s newest Officer Dylan Boersma, right, is congratulated by Pasadena Police Chief John Perez just before he receives his new badge during the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy Class of 236 graduation ceremony.
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Pasadena PD’s newest Officer Ryan McInnis, right, is congratulated after receiving his new badge during the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy Class of 236 graduation ceremony.
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Pasadena Police Chief John Perez and members of the command staff were on hand as McInnis and Boersma were among the class of 53 graduates from the high-stress, six-month academy, where recruits are expected to get through rigorous physical fitness training with a constant demand to perform well in a variety of scenarios.
“This academy tested us mentally and physically,” said Class President Jordan Dorrance, a Santa Monica Police Department recruit. “It pushed each of us to our limits and then beyond that limit. From day-one, we have been expected to give everything, all while performing under intense pressure.”
Training focused on force-on-force, less-lethal and non-lethal force options, emergency driver training, search techniques, firearms training and investigations.
Recruits were prepared physically and mentally.
Tustin Police Chief Greenberg was the keynote speaker for the academy graduation.
“In my opinion, law enforcement is the most honorable profession on the planet, and guys should be proud of what you’ve accomplished already,” Greenberg told the graduates. “You join a law enforcement family and that law enforcement family runs throughout this room, throughout the county, throughout the state and throughout the nation”
Greenberg went on to point out the current challenges faced by law enforcement officers including the drug epidemic, homeless crisis and mental health crisis, along with more intense scrutiny by the public and the media than ever before.
“Today’s cops need to be lawyers, mental health workers, domestic counselors, drug and alcohol abuse counselors and mental professionals,” Greenberg said. “We need to be trained in advance tactics, de-escalation techniques, crisis negation peer support and the list goes on and on.”
The chief discussed the dangers of the profession and mentioned the recent shooting death of CHP Officer Andre Moye and wounding of six police officers in Philadelphia.
He talked about new laws that seem to favor the criminals over citizens and the police.
But there is a huge upside to the career, Greenberg said.
“We work in a profession that is exciting and fulfilling,” Greenberg said. “We get to help people in their time of need. Occasionally, we get to save lives.”
Tustin Police Chief Stu Greenberg gives the keynote address as police chiefs from the other police agencies with graduates sit on stage during the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy’s Class of 236 graduation ceremony.
Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge
Pasadena PD’s newest Officer Ryan McInnis, right, is congratulated by Pasadena Police Chief John Perez just before he receives his new badge during the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy Class of 236 graduation ceremony.
Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge
Members of the Class of 236 take the Oath of Office at the conclusion of Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy’s graduation ceremony.
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Pasadena PD’s newest Officer Dylan Boersma, right, receives his new badge during the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy Class of 236 graduation ceremony.
Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge
