September 01, 2021

On Thursday, September 2, the Baltimore County Police Department will hold two separate ceremonies to recognize those officers who are being promoted and for the recruits who are graduating from the 158th Recruit Class.

The Promotion Ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. and the Graduation Ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. Both ceremonies will be held in the Theatre at CCBC-Dundalk, located at 7200 Sollers Point Road, 21222.

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski and Chief Melissa R. Hyatt will address the promotees and members of the recruit class. Chief Hyatt will present the certificates to the promotees, and will be joined by Sheriff R. Jay Fisher, Baltimore County Sheriff’s Office, in presenting the diplomas to the graduates.

The Honorable Julie Ensor, Clerk of the Circuit Court, will swear in the promotees and administer the oath of office. Rabbi Norman Lowenthal will offer the invocation and benediction at the Promotion Ceremony; Lt. Anthony DiCara will offer the invocation and benediction at the Graduation Ceremony.

The BCoPD will livestream the ceremony beginning at 5:50 p.m. The ceremony can be watched using this link: https://youtu.be/-dXcSHAUP1w

Promotion Ceremony

The following members are being promoted.

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant

  • Sergeant J. Dawson will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and assigned to Precinct 11 Essex
  • Sergeant R. Steigen will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and assigned to Precinct 6 Towson

Promoted to the rank of Corporal

  • Officer M. Price will be promoted to the rank of Corporal and assigned to Precinct 1 Wilkens

Graduation Ceremony

The following is a list of the graduating officers and their assignments.

Precinct 1 Wilkens

Officer O. Edmond
Officer K. Harris

Precinct 2 Woodlawn

Officer E. Dizor

Precinct 3 Franklin

Officer A. Burrill
Officer A. Chilcoat
Officer S. Dietz
Officer D. Harrison
Officer A. Hendrix
Officer S. Whitmore

Precinct 4 Pikesville

Officer P. Fleck

Precinct 6 Towson

Officer N. Bullen
Officer M. Ferguson
Officer K. Hartsell
Officer D. Kralick

Precinct 7 Cockeysville

Officer I. Turner

Precinct 8 Parkville

Officer B. Casey
Officer C. Davis
Officer S. O'Hern

Precinct 9 White Marsh

Officer R. Hicks
Officer A. Pfaff

Precinct 11 Essex

Officer S. Burchett
Officer Z. Calloway
Officer D. Manning
Officer C. Miles
Officer Z. Muhammad
Officer T. Nace
Officer D. Peregoy
Officer B. Santos
Officer J. Welsh

Precinct 12 Dundalk

Officer E. Gardner
Officer A. Kiss
Officer T. Morduant
Officer L. Nguyen
Officer C. Paulshock

Baltimore County Sheriff’s Office

Deputy S. Chisholm
Deputy C. Logan