GRPD chief: Paid training helps diversity issue

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s the first week of field training for Jean Vacario, one of Grand Rapids’ newest police officers.

“(There’s) a lot to take in. It’s been exciting,” he said.

For the next 25 weeks, Vicario will ride with his field training officer, learning how to put what he learned in the academy to use on the street.

“It’s been a lot of information, a lot of processing and seeing the city and interacting with a lot of people,” he said.

Vicario, 32, is no stranger to the department. He spent the last three years working at the Grand Rapids Police Department’s headquarters as a computer technician.

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