On graduation day, Friday, 56 Class 464 recruits from the LA County Sheriff’s Academy helped each other pin badges onto blue or brown uniforms. During the ceremony, they stood, raised their right hands, and repeated Sheriff Robert Luna as they swore their oath. They rose like recruits. Then Luna said to them, “You may now sit down as peace officers for the State of California.”
From left to right, Jorge Valenzuela Jr., Xavier Sandoval, Oscar Mora and Kenneth Bryant prepare for the graduation ceremony.
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Yadira Fernandez, foreground, and other recruits get ready for weapons inspection at graduation.
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Brendan Kilgore, left, checks the formation.
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The graduates take an oath of allegiance.
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Oscar Mora puts on his badge.
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The graduates celebrate.
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