60 Stories: Saline police chief's service career began at WCC
Terry Jacoby - July 17, 2026
Marlene Radzik, who became the Saline Police Department’s first female Police Chief in March 2022, graduated from the police academy at Washtenaw Community College in 1991.
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WCC Police Academy graduates honored in special ceremony
Rich Rezler - February 21, 2026
The WCC Police Academy celebrated its 35-member graduating class on Friday, February 20.
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New officers are first sponsored through WCC Police Academy by the college
Rich Rezler - October 08, 2025
Brian Gellasch and Carter Thompson joined the WCC Public Safety Department as full-time sworn Campus Resource Officers shortly after becoming the department’s first in-service recruits to complete the academy.
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WCC Police Academy graduation honors 42-member Class of 2025
Rich Rezler - September 08, 2025
The Washtenaw Community College Police Academy celebrated its 55th graduating class on Friday, Sept. 5.
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WCC Police Academy celebrates 27-member Class of 2024
Rich Rezler - September 09, 2024
The Washtenaw Community College Police Academy celebrated its 54th graduating class on Friday, Sept. 7.
View Post : WCC Police Academy celebrates 27-member Class of 2024tags: Class of 2024, Police Academy, On The Record, October 2024, Graduation, Public Service Training, Pinning Ceremony
WCC Police Academy celebrates special 31-member graduating class
Rich Rezler - March 23, 2024
The Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) had a significant need for additional academy training, so WCC answered that call for assistance and built an additional 18-week academy.
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WCC Police Academy celebrates 36-member graduating class
Rich Rezler - September 09, 2023
An estimated 500 guests filled the 2|42 Community Church in Ann Arbor to celebrate the 36-member graduating class of the Washtenaw Community College Police Academy on Friday, including more than 100 current and retired law enforcement professionals who formed a long greeting line and, one-by-one, welcomed every graduate into the field after they received their certificate.
View Post : WCC Police Academy celebrates 36-member graduating classtags: Police Academy, Class of 2023, Graduation, Public Service Training
WCC Police Academy honors 41 graduates, its largest ever class
Rich Rezler - October 01, 2022
The largest group of recruits in the history of the WCC Police Academy celebrated its graduation, culminating with 36 members of the 41-person Class of 2022 receiving their badge from the law enforcement departments where they’ll start their career.
View Post : WCC Police Academy honors 41 graduates, its largest ever classtags: Class of 2022, Graduation, Police Academy, Advanced Technologies and Public Services Careers
WCC Police Academy celebrates its Class of 2021 at graduation ceremony
Rich Rezler - September 11, 2021
Family, friends and local law enforcement members gathered in Towsley Auditorium to celebrate the 18-member Washtenaw Community College Police Academy’s Class of 2021.
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33 WCC Police Academy graduates honored for perseverance and dedication
Rich Rezler - November 20, 2020
What this year’s Washtenaw Community College Police Academy graduation ceremony was missing of its typical pomp and circumstance was replaced with an unparalleled level of pride and admiration for those who completed their training in a most atypical year.
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28 recruits celebrate completion of WCC Police Academy
Richard Rezler - September 14, 2019
On the last day the WCC Police Academy Class of 2019 would be together, class president Justin Duong reflected back on the very first day.
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Alumni profile: From college dropout to eyeing Ivy League doctoral programs
Richard Rezler - August 29, 2018
The night before starting classes at Washtenaw Community College in the fall of 2016, Michael Kozma laid in bed contemplating his future. He grabbed his phone from the nightstand and typed into Google: How to succeed in college.
View Post : Alumni profile: From college dropout to eyeing Ivy League doctoral programstags: Michael Kozma, Police Academy, Alumni Profile, ousearch_News_2018, 2018