Recent graduates of Dutchess academy

Two guards have joined the Putnam County Correctional Facility in Carmel. Samantha Mastropietro and Jake Dushaj were among a class of 17 corrections officers who graduated in November from an eight-week program at the Dutchess County Correctional Academy in Poughkeepsie. 

According to the Sheriff’s Office, the officers received instruction in correctional procedures, crisis intervention and de-escalation, physical fitness, defensive tactics and firearms and will receive further training at the jail.

Dushaj, Lt. Taylor and Mastropietro
Dushaj, Lt. Taylor and Mastropietro

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