I'm honored to be here today to congratulate our newest deputies and recruits from graduating the academy your dedication and hard work have paid off and you should be proud of yourselves for reaching this Milestone as you begin your career in law enforcement I want you to remember the importance of Integrity empathy and professionalism you are now representatives of our community and it is your duty to Serve and Protect with fairness and respect I have no doubt that you will make us proud and uphold the values of the valua Sheriff's Office congratulations once again and I hope you have a long and prosperous career but all the cops I've ever known are human they love they laugh they cry they hurt and sometimes they die too young our job is often described as 98% pure boredom 2% sheer she sheer Terror why do we do it it's really simple we believe in right and wrong the following awards are on recognition of the top performer in each of the respective categories the first award is for top driver the deputy recognized for showcasing the safest and most prudent operation of their patrol vehicle is Deputy Nicholas despo all right the award for academic Excellence is presented to the deputy with the highest overall academic average with an overall academic average of 99.47 i' like to present the award for academic Excellence to Deputy Shan [Music] Hinson and as a whole the class improved on every aspect of the physical fitness test over the course of 28 weeks and I'd like to recognize this next Deputy who had plenty of help from training staff with the frequency and intensity of his physical training we can definitely say that he earned this one uh overall he maintained the highest physical fitness scores throughout the academy congrats to Deputy Jesse Graham the deputy with the highest Firearms qualification score who also proved to be the best competition shooter within the class is Deputy Aiden Hughes every one of our new deputies has been trained to be a leader from and from this day forward they are leaders within the community at this point I'd like to acknowledge the class leader of class 06 Deputy Tanner Baba chosen by as peers it is my pleasure to present the award for Top Cop and the keys of a brand new Ford Explorer Patrol vehicle to Deputy Tanner Baba B I've had enough get outside this way he not ready [Music] Sheriff's Office all right driver take your left hand reach outside you call my [Applause] Mom hey do [Music] [Music] get handcuffs on him br [Applause] [Music] [Music] one Charlie 90 we need back up now back to back I'm not doing anything it's all yours now man don't take your foot off the gas pedal keep cruising along we got a great career waiting for you you know you've been you've been trained by the best this organization has and now it's up for you to take that and go for so great job [Music] [Music] keep your hand raised the cop you call the cops you can't make C keep your hands uping [Music] at six ready [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] how about that video my goodness yes you know um I get goosebumps every time I watch these videos because I you know they they fought long and hard for this training and um you your family you should be incredibly proud of of what they've accomplished in in the past s months so please give them a round of applause next the sheriff and his executive Command Staff will present graduation certificates and we will have our pinning ceremony Deputy recruit Tanner Baba pinned by his mother and father Sandy and David Baba Deputy recruit Sean Henson being pinned by his father John Henson Deputy recruit Randall Meyer being pinned by his mother and father Janice and Wayne Meyer Deputy recruit Jesse Graham being pinned by his brother detective Tyler St John Deputy recruit Megan DNE being pinned by her husband and daughter Gregory and brayen Deputy recruit Nicholas dpow being pinned by his father Felix dpal all right Deputy recruit Aiden Hughes being pinned by his mother and father Michelle Mariano and Justin Hughes Deputy recruit Cody Martin being pinned by his mother Donna Martin Deputy recruit Kaden Bitner being pinned by his mother Pam Smith Deputy recruit darnisha Victor being pinned by her mother and Aunt Sharita and shenita ller last but certainly not least Deputy recruit Addison Clark being pinned by his mother and daughter Barb horvitz and gwendelyn Clark you guys start field training in a couple days we talk about this the other day just follow the Three L's look listen and learn when you're out on on the phase the street phase out there because you've learned everything here now you got to put it to practical use that on the road and the thing I'll tell you is something that was told to me a long time ago the name over your chest your families Generations made that name stand for something your parents your grandparents your great grandparents all the way down the line they made that name have honor and dignity that badge and that patch that you wear was founded in the 1880s thousands of men and women have made that patch and that badge means something do your best not to dishonor any of those things and you will have a great career thank you all for coming out tonight [Music] m [Music] [Music] [Music] there [Music] [Music] [Music] I [Music]