They may all be 28 years of age, but the newest members of the North Bay Police Service all come from different walks of life, but all had the same dream; to become a police officer.
The three North Bay natives were sworn in during a ceremony at North Bay Police Headquarters today.
“For the next 30 years of your career you will be challenged outside this building and often times within this building,” stated Chief Shawn Devine during the ceremony.
“Do not let your mistakes define you, persevere and recover with grace.”
For Jesse Mastrangelo, his path to policing started with Police Foundations at CTS Canadian Career College, but then went onto a start a career as a realtor before coming back to policing recently.
“Becoming part of the service has been a long-term goal of mine and working toward it has been a big part of my life,” said Mastrangelo, who went to high school at West Ferris.
Hogan Smith has spent multiple years at Nipissing University and Canadore College pursuing a career in policing.
“I am looking forward to giving back to the community that has given so much back to me,” stated Smith, who was also an All-Star volleyball player at Canadore.
Anthoney Malden, is a Widdifield graduate who pursued a policing education at Canadore College.
But he also took on another occupation before getting hired by the North Bay Police Service, as he worked as a business installing windows and doors.
Malden believes being from North Bay will help.
“I think for us three it takes a little load off our backs because we don’t have to learn the area, you don’t have to learn a lot of the resources and stuff before getting hired you were volunteering at those resources and working towards becoming a constable so I feel that really helped,” said Malden.
And with family and friends right here, it will make for a solid support system.
“All of us have family here and friends, we know the community which will definitely help us out on the road,” said Mastrangelo.
