This evening, November 19th, the 75th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy held their graduation ceremony in the south atrium of the Indiana State Capitol Rotunda.
Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter addressed the graduating recruits, followed by a keynote address from Chief Rick Hite of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. After the keynote address the oath of office for the 46 new state police officers was delivered by the Honorable Loretta H. Rush, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Each new trooper was then presented their state police badge.
Today’s graduation marked the culmination of 21 weeks of intense training exceeding 950 hours. Some subject areas of training included criminal and traffic law, crash investigations, emergency vehicle operations, defensive tactics, firearms, and a host of other subjects related to modern policing.
The next step for each graduating trooper will be reporting to one of 14 state police posts across Indiana. Once at their assigned post the new troopers will work with a series of experienced Field Training Officers (FTO) over the next three months. The purpose of the field training is to put to practical application the training received over the past five plus months. Upon successful completion of field training, the new troopers will be issued their state police patrol vehicle and will begin solo patrol.
