Welcome aboard the police force

Officers Lee Tortorelli and Chris Smith were sworn in to the Mercer Island Police Department family on April 19. Officer Foster Barragan was sworn in earlier this month. All three are now fully commissioned police officers after graduating from the Basic Law Enforcement Academy. The trio spent more than five months at the police academy in Burien where they received 720 hours of law enforcement training. The have begun field training with senior Mercer Island Police Department officers. Photo courtesy of the Mercer Island Police Department