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Before joining the Portland Police Department, Officer Brooker completed a five-year enlistment in the United States Air Force. During this time Officer Brooker was both stationed at Hurlburt Field in Florida, where she served with Security Forces and at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, where she served as a Paralegal. In 2006 Officer Brooker moved to Maine, where she started her Portland Police Department career.  Throughout her career, she has served with the department's honor guard where she has participated in several details consisting of parades, funerals, and community ceremonies. In addition, Officer Brooker has served in the role of Field Training Officer, where she has contributed to the training experiences of several officers.  In 2000 Officer Brooker became an Explosive Detection Canine Handler for the department. After attending the National Explosive Detection Canine Training Program at Lackland Air Force Base she settled in at the Portland International Jetport, where you can find her and her assigned K-9 Alfie, working side-by-side. 

Officer Duddy is originally from a small town near Bar Harbor and came to the Portland area to attend college at SMCC.  In 2014 he joined the Army Reserves as an Engineer. Upon completion of Basic Training, he deployed to Kuwait and from there was sent to Baghdad, Iraq as a part of a six man engineering team.  While in Iraq, his team completed projects for the 82nd Airborne, 101st Airborne, 10th Mountain Division, Special Operations units, and Various Coalition Nations including the British, Italians, and Iraqis.  Upon returning to the United States, he has competed in the Army’s Best Warrior Competition twice and now holds the position of team leader and the rank of Sergeant.  Officer Duddy graduated college in 2019 with a degree in Criminal Justice and was hired by Portland.  He is currently assigned to Uniformed Patrol and is a member of the Special Reaction Team. 

Officer Joyce has been a member of the Portland Police Department for over four years.  Prior to his career with the Portland Police Department, Alex served eight years in the United States Army as an active duty Soldier. During that time, he served as an Aviation Operations Specialist for an attack helicopter battalion. Alex completed his military service while stationed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska where he was assigned as an Flight Operations Sergeant. Alex was responsible for the accountability and safety of over one-hundred air crewmembers and over 30 helicopters. Alex received numerous commendations while serving with the Army; to include four Army Commendation medals, four Army Achievement medals and two Afghanistan campaign medals for his deployments to Afghanistan.  Alex currently works as a patrol officer and is a member of the Crisis Negotiator Team. 

Officer Vaught has been a member of the Portland Police Department since July of 2019.  Kyle was awarded Officer of the Month for October 2021 and January 2022. Prior to joining The Department, Kyle served four years active duty in the Navy and an additional five active years in the Army.   Kyle began his military career by enlisting in the Navy immediately following his graduation from high school in 2003. He was trained as a Gunners mate, small arms specialist and received further training in Virginia as a Tomahawk Missile technician before ultimately being assigned to USS Chosin which was stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at the time. Kyle was deployed twice during his tenure in the Navy, first to Iraq and a second deployment to the Horn of Africa (HOA) for the purposes of anti-piracy operations. Kyle left the Navy with a rank of GM3 as a Work Center Supervisor.   Kyle enlisted in the Army following his college graduation in 2014, he obtained his infantry training in Georgia before being permanently assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas. Kyle served as a radio operator, machine gunner, team leader, and company armorer before ultimately being promoted to Squad Leader, a position he held for over a year before leaving the army and joining PPD.  Kyle is currently assigned the weekend dayshift, patrolling in Deering. 

Sergeant Ampezzan has been a member of the Portland Police Department for 15 years and a patrol sergeant for 9 years. He has worked in community policing, is a Rape and Aggression Defense instructor, and is commander of the Portland Harbor Regional Dive Team.   Sergeant Ampezzan has served in the Navy for 22 years and currently holds the rank of commander. He was on active duty for 7 years as a patrol plane flight officer in Patrol Squadron 10 at NAS Brunswick and as a flight instructor in Training Squadron 4 at NAS Pensacola. He has served as a reservist for 14 years and has completed 5 overseas deployments in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Deliberate Forge. He currently serves on the Navy’s funeral honors team throughout the State of Maine.  

Officer Smith was hired as a Police Officer in Portland in July 2021 after working for the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado for approximately 4 years.  Prior to his time as a police officer, Officer Smith served active duty in the Army for 3 years at Fort Carson and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014.  Officer Smith currently works the evening shift on Munjoy Hill.  

Sergeant Ezepek has been a member of the Portland Police Department since 1993.  A native of Brockton MA, he moved to Maine to join the department. During his time with Portland, Sergeant Ezepek has worked as a patrol officer, patrol technician, detective, motorcycle officer, traffic officer, and airport unit supervisor.  Sergeant Ezepek was promoted to Sergeant in January 2007. During his time with the Portland Police he has received the medal of bravery, numerous unit citations, several letters of commendation and been named Officer of the Month. Sergeant Ezepek attended Northeastern University and UMass Boston.  While in College, he participated in ROTC and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1983. He served 8 years in the U.S. Army Reserve as an Infantry and later a Transportation Officer. He was discharged from the USAR in 1991. Prior to joining the Portland Police Department, he worked as a campus police officer at several colleges in MA and as an insurance claims adjuster. While researching police departments in Maine, Joe knew that only Portland offered the opportunities and challenges he desired in a career.