Family, friends and UCF Police officers and staff welcomed four new officers to the department at a swearing-in ceremony in July.
This group features two UCF alumni who were also former UCF employees, along with a former professional basketball player and an officer with previous law enforcement experience.
鈥淚t takes a special kind of person to be a 女仆AV police officer,鈥� says UCF Police Chief Carl Metzger ’03MS. 鈥淢ost people can鈥檛 鈥� or won鈥檛 鈥� do it. I expect our officers to do the right thing, always. This can be a tough job but I have the utmost faith that these four are up to the challenge.鈥�
At their swearing-in ceremony, Deputy Chief Robin Griffin-Kitzerow offered her words of wisdom for the new officers.
鈥淥n my desk I have a plaque that says, 鈥楤e the reason people believe in good people鈥� and I challenge you to be the reason people believe in good cops,鈥� says Griffin-Kitzerow. 鈥淲e get the opportunity every single day to make a difference, a positive difference, in somebody鈥檚 life. Offer guidance, kindness, compassion, support and everything that they would expect in a rescuer and you鈥檒l be just fine.鈥�
The new officers are:
- Brittany Denson, a USF alumna who was a professional basketball player before deciding to start a career in law enforcement.
- Manny Guerrero ’21, a UCF criminal justice alum and former employee for UCF鈥檚 Parking Services division who is originally from New York City.
- Allison Sienkiewicz ’17, a UCF criminal justice alumna who previously worked as a threat management analyst at UCFPD before joining the sworn side.
- Roman Watkins, who is originally from Pennsylvania and served as an officer at the Belle Isle Police Department.
The four patrol officers recently completed their classroom training and will now hit the road on the main campus. They will spend several weeks paired with senior officers to receive hands-on experience out in the field before graduating to solo patrol.
A live-stream of the ceremony can be viewed
