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Detroit Police Basic Recruit Graduation Class 2015-B
![Officer Steffon Whitaker displays his new badge.](/gcdn/-mm-/545125762ac01e17f96f4fe5a672c4e49eae4714/c=0-0-4122-2329/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667025845639035-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad182.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Officer Steffon Whitaker displays his new badge.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Training Sergeant Jeremy James leads the 2015-B Graduating Recruit Class into the church.](/gcdn/-mm-/c282462cce90b8e72bb933695bfc8661582d7fd4/c=0-32-4068-2331/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667022274405665-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad100.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Training Sergeant Jeremy James leads the 2015-B Graduating Recruit Class into the church.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![1st Assistant Chief Lashinda T. Stair bows her head during the invocation.](/gcdn/-mm-/ec25d8aef9343a4af8d3d2e8eef91b719d67dc2a/c=0-134-3954-2368/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667028829487907-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad012.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
1st Assistant Chief Lashinda T. Stair bows her head during the invocation.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![The Detroit Police Honor Guard presents the colors.](/gcdn/-mm-/b6cccf0ff9f395310a951d145620af2b1e4a6d2c/c=0-199-2679-3771/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667027526854507-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad001.jpg?width=495&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Detroit Police Honor Guard presents the colors.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Officer Patrice Dubose sings the national anthem.](/gcdn/-mm-/e51f7013781be14ed23b97f81b0d6d9852176113/c=0-0-3629-2050/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667026049996415-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad010.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Officer Patrice Dubose sings the national anthem.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Officer Kristina Geco responds during the reading of the oath of office by Chief James E. Craig.](/gcdn/-mm-/5c300ea6f66a9dda04ca9e0125590ffb220c70ea/c=0-0-4079-2304/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667023258795445-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad032.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Officer Kristina Geco responds during the reading of the oath of office by Chief James E. Craig.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Chief James E. Craig presents officer Kristina Geco her badge during the ceremony.](/gcdn/-mm-/ce32cb215ae3bf1f14fc925106dd55aa8dbec6ac/c=0-23-3486-1992/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667024411861417-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad127.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chief James E. Craig presents officer Kristina Geco her badge during the ceremony.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Members of the 2015-B Graduating Recruit Class stand at attention during the cermony](/gcdn/-mm-/5c3c60784c6df6f401070fd2f8f7483723478ba3/c=0-69-4149-2413/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667033151485705-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad156.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Members of the 2015-B Graduating Recruit Class stand at attention during the cermony
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Chief James E. Craig presents officer Frederick Youngblood his badge.](/gcdn/-mm-/a0c077a1a51b6b86301ef42bb3a0c36d677a3777/c=0-3-3594-2034/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667030464577144-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad132.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chief James E. Craig presents officer Frederick Youngblood his badge.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Chief James E. Craig salutes officer Frederick Youngblood after presenting his badge to him.](/gcdn/-mm-/6f553a13c2f568ef7f1b01f007517526393a50cc/c=0-0-3462-1956/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667031956472085-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad140.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Chief James E. Craig salutes officer Frederick Youngblood after presenting his badge to him.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Bradley, 9, left, and his twin brother Kyle pin a badge on their father Keith Nightingale during the presentation of a badge by a family member.](/gcdn/-mm-/3b9134b1b1b27bc2b4feff34a33659d6f425cadb/c=0-87-3969-2329/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667034326218415-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad159.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Bradley, 9, left, and his twin brother Kyle pin a badge on their father Keith Nightingale during the presentation of a badge by a family member.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News![Lisa Howse from Mayor Mike Duggan's office gives her remarks during the ceremony.](/gcdn/-mm-/33dc5b3491d52bfb68467c3af91522aa6429cedc/c=0-59-3468-2019/local/-/media/2015/05/08/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635667038761515917-2015-0508-ctj-me-policegrad018.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Lisa Howse from Mayor Mike Duggan's office gives her remarks during the ceremony.
Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News