Atlantic City Police Department celebrates rare FBI Academy graduates

Since the establishment of the Atlantic City Police Department in 1870, only 16 officers have graduated from the FBI National Training Academy. The academy, located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, is a leadership and training program that has seen 57,461 graduates since its inception in 1935.

The first graduate from Atlantic City was former Chief of Police Earl W. Butcher, who attended Session 19 in 1942. The most recent graduate is the current Chief of Police, Jim Sarkos, who completed Session 299. Other notable graduates include Henry White III, John Mooney, William Mazur, Ernest Jubilee, and William J. McKnight.