Los Alamos Chief of Police Dino Sgambellone congratulates dispatcher Mario Pratti who graduated Friday as valedictorian of his Public Safety Telecommunicator Academy class following the ceremony at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com 

Celebrating Mario Pratti’s graduation as valedictorian of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy’s Public Safety Telecommunicator Academy, from left, Los Alamos Chief of Police Dino Sgambellone and Pratti’s parents, Anja and Jim Hunter. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris, right, and LAPD dispatchers Tony Cardena and Andrea Garcia at the graduation ceremony Friday at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Public Safety Telecommunicator Academy for dispatcher Mario Pratti. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Police Department Combined Dispatch Center Manager Kate Stoddard congratulates dispatcher Mario Pratti Friday at his graduation as valedictorian of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy’s Public Safety Telecommunicator Class. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com