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.Master Trooper Tim Wood retires after serving 34 dedicated years of service to the Indiana State Police and to the communities in which he served.
Wood is a native of Dundee, IL, but later moved to Mt. Vernon and then to Newburgh in 1970. He graduated from Castle High School in 1971.
He graduated from the Indiana State Police Academy in August 1979 and was assigned to the Lafayette District where he primarily patrolled White County. Wood transferred to the Evansville District in September 1981 and primarily patrolled Vanderburgh County. In June 1988, he was one of 20 troopers selected into the “High Performance Vehicle†program and was issued an unmarked Ford Mustang. Troopers in the program were responsible for patrolling high crash areas and reducing crashes, injuries and fatalities. In October 2005 the Indiana State Police started its very first motorcycle patrol division. Wood was one of 25 other troopers selected to patrol on Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Wood and his wife, Paula, have been married for 40 years and reside in Posey County. They have three children and 10 grandchildren.
