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Marine Corps Police Academy opens on Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office

Oct. 15, 2020 | 1:30

U.S. Marine Corps and Fort Leonard Wood senior leaders officially open the Marine Corps Police Academy on Fort Leonard Wood with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Taking part in the ceremony were Gregg Thompson, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence deputy to the commanding general; Marine Col. Bernard Hess, head of Law Enforcement, Investigations and Corrections Branch, Security Division, Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters Marine Corps; Col. William Hannan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District commander; and Maceo Franks, program manager for the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Program and head of the Supporting Establishment Law Enforcement Program.