MARQUETTE-Northern Michigan University's Regional Police Academy held its graduation ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 21. Sixteen recruits completed the training.

Recruits are required to complete a 16-week training curriculum set forth by the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (M.C.O.L.E.S.). The following recruits graduated from the police academy:

Cities listed alphabetically:

Atlantic Mine: Alan Narhi

Baraga: Jean-Baptiste Cadeau

Calumet: Hans Tolkkinen

Detroit: Jeffrey Czarny

Gladstone: Johnathan Young

Iron Mountain: Sean Hammonds

Ironwood: Emily Rady

Kingsford: Kenneth Cheney

Marquette: Abraham Afshar

Milford: Thomas Sarasin

Munising: Gordon Tester

Newberry: Alex Gill

Pellston: Bradley Staley

Shepherd: Kory Kenny

Spring Lake: Logan Worel

White Pine: Stephanie Vollmer