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Friday, December 12, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY: SEVENTY NEW TROOPERS PREPARE FOR DUTY FOLLOWING THE 142ND ACADEMY CLASS GRADUATION

(Sykesville, MD) – Colonel Marcus L. Brown will preside over the graduation of the 142nd Maryland State Police Academy Class, made up of seventy trooper candidates preparing to report for duty to one of twenty-two barracks statewide.

The 142nd Academy of seventy candidates will graduate nineteen sons, daughters or relatives of police officers. Nine candidates in Class 142 are related to a member of the Maryland State Police. Also graduating in Class 142 are six military veterans and one former Major League Baseball player, who was elected as the class president.

The trooper candidates have completed six months of rigorous training in a residential police academy that demands their very best, at all times. After graduation, each trooper will have to complete eight weeks of additional field training with an experienced trooper before they are able to patrol alone. Families, friends and fellow members of the Maryland State Police will be present at the graduation ceremony.

WHAT: 142nd ACADEMY CLASS GRADUATION

WHEN: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: WINTERS MILL HIGH SCHOOL
50 GORSUCH ROAD
WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND 21157

8 comments:

KaYaKr said...

Congratulation Troopers... You've just completed one of the toughest and the longest Academies in the country. Your now part of the MSP family... Wear the uniform with pride, you've earned it. Smile, and ignore any negative comments that may be place here after mine. I for one, thank you for your sacrifice so far

Anonymous said...

Headline got it right, this is an ADVISORY.
Six months of training?(conditioning/brainwashing) Uh, people, it takes longer than that to get through beautician school! (And stylists don't carry guns)


Anonymous said...

Oh please, NYPD academy is 22 months, please sir know what your talking about.

Anonymous said...

young punks with newfound authority and a gun to boot. what could go wrong?

Anonymous said...

70 more on the payroll that we don't have the money to pay. 70 more added to the police state that we now have. How many cops are enough?

Anonymous said...

Why does it seem everybody wants to slam our law enforcement officers recently? I have had about a half dozen speeding tickets in my 40 years of driving and yes, I was speeding.

I was speeding, knew I was speeding and didn't try to blame the officer for my actions. I was the one speeding, not the officer. They were doing their job.
Quit taking you anger out on others for your mistakes.

Anonymous said...

To 9:32: Did it ever cross your mind that perhaps 70 officers have retired and need to be replaced?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why does it seem everybody wants to slam our law enforcement officers recently? I have had about a half dozen speeding tickets in my 40 years of driving and yes, I was speeding.

I was speeding, knew I was speeding and didn't try to blame the officer for my actions. I was the one speeding, not the officer. They were doing their job.
Quit taking you anger out on others for your mistakes.

December 12, 2014 at 12:01 PM

wow you were speeding. big whoop. if you think that is all that is wrong with cops behavior you are blessed.