Twelve Cadets Graduate From Hancock's CORE Custody Academy

JANUARY 3, 2024-- Twelve cadets graduated from Allan Hancock College’s CORE Custody Academy on Dec. 29 during a ceremony at the college’s Public Safety Training Complex in Lompoc.  

All 12 graduates of CORE Academy Class #15 completed a comprehensive California Standards and Training for Corrections course consisting of 260 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.  

Eleven of the CORE Academy graduates will go on to work as custody deputies for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. 

The CORE Academy Class #15 graduates included Marco Barajas, Steven Brandenburg, Rafael Camacho, Roland Casimiro, Alexis Garcia, Julissa Gutierrez, Luis Gutierrez, Ruben Hernandez, Jonathan Ramos, Antonio Reynoso, Albert Serna, and Timothy Stevens.  

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