The Tampa Police Department held graduation exercises for its Inaugural Youth Adult Citizens Academy on July 16th. The ceremony was held at the department’s training facility at 116 S. 34th Street. The twenty graduates received a Certificate of Completion and a tablet computer. The graduates shown in the photograph on the front row are: Jay Spivey, Kendrick Franklin, Henry Tillman, Jr., Leondra Brooks, Yamilet Mera, Melanie Macias, Ivonne Alvarado, Elizabeth Assuncao, Selina Kynerd, and Victoria Bailey. Shown on the second row are: Aaron Dunahee, Brendan Watson, Andres Bautista, Wildens Cajuste, Edwin Rojas, Jacob Bean, Briana Baker, Adrian White, Jesse Hales, Collin Rivera, and Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor. (Photograph courtesy of the Tampa Police Department).








