Oswego's Two Newest Police Officers

The following was provided by the Oswego Police Department:

"Officer Larry Olsen and Officer Anthony DeNatale graduated from the University of Illinois Police

Training Institute located in Champaign, Illinois, on March 30, 2017. The two officers completed

the 12-week resident program and participated in their class graduation ceremony along with 65

other new police recruits from all over the state.

The Institute’s high-quality training program utilizes current principles of discipline and structure

to prepare recruits to meet the challenges of today’s complex policing environment. Hands-on

instructional methods and a regimented physical training program provide challenges that

prepare officers for the demands on the street. Community policing values are integrated

throughout the course with emphasis on the service functions that are so much a part of today’s

law enforcement mission.

The two officers will now begin an 800 hour Field Training Program at the Oswego Police

Department, learning agency policies, rules and regulations, procedures and practices. The

program is designed to allow the recruits to experience “on street” policing while being guided,

observed and evaluated by experienced police officers before they are allowed to advance to

solo patrol status.

The Oswego Police Department welcomes Officer Olsen and Officer DeNatale and

congratulates them on their successful completion of the police academy.

Picture provided by the Oswego Police Department (Left to right: Officer DeNatale, Officer Olsen)