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Desert Hot Springs welcomes five new police staff in badge ceremony
Summary
The city’s police chief introduced a new community-service officer, dispatcher and several sworn officers at a public badge ceremony; recruits described local ties and training backgrounds and the city clerk administered the oath.
Desert Hot Springs Police Chief introduced five new public‑safety hires at the council chambers badge ceremony, welcoming a community‑service officer, a newly hired dispatcher and multiple sworn officers to the department.
The chief introduced Community Service Officer Maximiliano Bracerra and noted he is pursuing a path to become a sworn officer. Monica Cifuentes was introduced as the department’s newest dispatcher and said she is "so excited to be your first line of response for any emergency services." New sworn officers introduced included Adrian Olivas Ortega (a Cal State San Bernardino graduate and top academic scorer in his academy class), Enrique Ramirez (a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former San Bernardino County deputy), Amanda Green (a corrections veteran with certifications in crime‑scene investigation and corrections), Jordan Claussen (a local Desert Hot Springs native who graduated from the Riverside County modular academy) and Lydia Zavala (a UNLV political‑science graduate with prior health‑care experience and police‑academy training).
The city clerk administered the oath of office. The chief said the hires completed background checks and interviews and will be "ambassadors for this department". Families attended the ceremony and the council recessed briefly afterward to allow photos.
