Nine Cadets Graduate From Hancock's CORE Academy

MAY 5, 2023-- Nine cadets graduated from Allan Hancock College’s CORE Custody Academy on May 5 during a ceremony held at the college’s Public Safety Training Complex in Lompoc. 

 All nine graduates of CORE Academy Class #13 completed a comprehensive California Standards and Training for Corrections course consisting of 220 hours of instruction. The six-week academy is designed to prepare students mentally, morally, emotionally and physically to work as correctional officers. Some of the instruction included emergency planning in a custody facility, report writing, ethics, investigation procedures, contraband, arrest and control, physical fitness training, CPR/First Aid and emergency vehicle operations. 

 Seven of the CORE Academy graduates will go on to work as custody deputies for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Two other graduates will move on to serve in the Lompoc Police Department. 

 The CORE Academy Class #13 graduates include: Javier Aguilera, Angel Garcia, Jasmine Hernandez, Jaemi Patascil, Stephanie Rodriguez, Alexis Cervantes-Rodriguez, Vanessa Stefono, Jonny Torres, and Maleik Wright.

Aguilera, Patascil, Rodriguez, Cervantes-Rodriguez, Stefono, Torres, and Wright will all move on to careers with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, while Garcia and Hernandez will serve with the Lompoc Police Department.  

 To learn more about Hancock’s CORE Custody Academy, visit https://www.hancockcollege.edu/pstc/lawenforcement/core-academy.