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Newly minted police academy graduate Fabian Belgrave (left) talked with Boston Police Detective Larry Ellison (holding plaque), following the ceremony.

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New Boston Police Academy graduate Ryan Connolly embraced his mother, Michelle, who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings.

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The academy graduates took their oath during the ceremony.

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Members of the Caban family took photographs as their relative, Yrene Castillo, graduated from the academy.

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Police academy graduates saluted during the ceremony.

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Ryan Connolly (holding flag) waited with other recruits before the police academy graduation ceremony. Manny Aguliar, playing with a toy truck, was there to watch his uncle graduate from the academy.

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Michelle Hill and Nicole Kennedy took pictures of their brother, Gerard Kennedy, during the graduation ceremony.