THERE are at least nine South Asians among the 29 new Peel Regional Police constables that were sworn in on Thursday at the Emil V. Kolb Centre for Police Excellence in Mississauga.

The new officers successfully completed 21 weeks of training which occurred at the Ontario Police College and the Peel Regional Police Training Bureau. Members in attendance from the Police Services Board included Chair Amrik Ahluwalia and Councillor Sue Mac Fadden.

Police Chief Jennifer Evans presented the officers with their badges.

Following the graduation, the constables are being assigned to training officers at operational divisions, where they will enter the final phase of their training.

The following officers graduated from Recruit Constable to Fourth Class Police Constable:

Simratpal Soodan

Rajan Bimbh

Maninderpal Singh

Barjinderpal Bansal

Mandip Virk

Himmet Gill

Dushyant Jain

Lakshan Wijeratne

Ismail Bawa

Mahamed Osman

Jonathan Kreis

Valer Jurca

Joseph Trauzzi

Jennifer Mulick

Johnny Cornacchia

Liam Dolan

Aaron D’souza

Clarence Tam

Natalia Michenko

Sydney Ranson

Bradley Elliott

Daniel Cabandie

Korissa Williams

David Grzenda

Joanna Paolini

Majd Aljanazra

Michael Trueman

Michael Scamurra

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