The Prince William County Police Department has a new batch of officers fresh from the county’s Criminal Justice Academy, and they come to the job with backgrounds ranging from military roles to schoolteachers to court clerks.
Of the 23 men and women who graduated Monday, eight come from a military background. Officer Christian Davis is a 35-year-old father of one who was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, where he was a paratrooper and an M-16 marksman. Gabriel Diaz, 30, will be assigned to patrol work in eastern Prince William County. He also was an Army staff sergeant with specialties as a demolitionist and pharmacist. Jason Mendez is 27 years old and served as a sergeant in the Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He also practices Brazilian jiujitsu.
