The graduation of 55 new police officers took place at noon Thursday at Toronto Police College, 70 Birmingham Street in New Toronto. It was attended by Mayor Tory, police services board chair Andrew Pringle, Chief Saunders and others. One officer, PC David Hopkinson, tweeted saying he was “so proud” to be at the graduation of his friend Yoko Maliszewski. Well done Constable Maliszewski and all others. A news release says the graduating class is “representative of Toronto’s diverse cultural community and brings a superior level of varied knowledge and abilities to the Service, including language skills, previous military or policing experience and post-secondary education.”