The 12 recruits from the 125th Basic Recruit Class are commissioned by R.J. Warren, deputy city clerk for the City of Richmond, as new police officers Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The ceremony followed nearly a year of intense training for the recruits. The new members of RPD represent diverse backgrounds: A new mother who completed training after giving birth to her son, an Iraqi who has past experience from a war-torn country, and a woman who was elected the group’s president.
