Lodi Police Department promotes two, welcomes two
LODI — The Lodi Police Department held a bade-pinning and promotion ceremony in the Rick Cromwell Community Room at the Lodi Police Department Thursday afternoon.
Receiving badges were Rey Lopez-Pulido, who joins the department as a community service officer, and Matthew Latino, who earned the rank of sergeant.
Lopez-Pulido was born in Mexico and came to the United States at a young age. He grew up in Livingston and graduated from California State University, Stanislaus with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice with concentration in law enforcement.
Latino joined the department in 2007, and since that time, has worked patrol and investigations with Delta RATT. He was promoted to corporal in 2015, training new officers until his promotion to sergeant.
Receiving promotions were Joravar “Joey” Atwal, who attained the rank of officer, and Daniel Bristow, who earned the rank of corporal.
Atwal graduated high school from Benjamin Holt Academy in Stockton, and then earned an associate’s degree in police science from San Joaquin Delta College. He graduated from the San Joaquin Delta College POST Academy in 2018 and joined the department the same year.
Bristow joined the department in 2005 as a cadet and quickly became a cadet sergeant. He earned both his bachelor’s degree in business management and his master’s degree in education administration leadership from University of Pacific, and was hired by the department as a police intern and CSO focusing on crime prevention.
He graduated from the police academy in 2013 and during that time the department hired him as a police officer trainee. As an officer, he worked patrol, downtown bicycle patrol and investigations. He has also served as a cadet advisor, Honor Guard and SWAT member, and as a member of the department’s recruitment, special enforcement, community outreach and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle teams.