(REISTERSTOWN, MD) \u2013 Governor Larry Hogan will join Maryland State Police Superintendent, Colonel Woodrow W. Jones III as the keynote speaker for the 153rd Trooper Candidate Academy Class Graduation on Wednesday March 30, 2022.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The trooper candidates have endured 27 weeks of rigorous training in a residential police academy that demands their very best, at all times.\u00a0 After graduation, each trooper is required to complete eight weeks of additional field training with an experienced trooper before they are able to patrol alone.\u00a0 Families, friends and fellow members of the Maryland State Police and other law enforcement agencies will be present at the graduation ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Among the members of the class, twelve have prior military experience, three previously worked in law enforcement or corrections and four were Maryland State Police cadets. Nineteen of the recruits have college degrees and another 17 are enrolled in the concurrent Associate of Arts program with Frederick Community College and have been obtaining their degrees as they attend the Academy.\u00a0 The Class President previously served as a US Marine and was twice named officer of the year for the Malvern Police Department in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n WHAT<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MARYLAND STATE POLICE<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0153rd TROOPER CANDIDATE CLASS GRADUATION<\/p>\n WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEDNESDAY MARCH 30, 2022 AT 10 A.M.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIFEPOINT CHURCH<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01701 EMORY ROAD<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0REISTERSTOWN, MD 21136<\/p>\n DIRECTIONS:<\/strong> Take I-695 to I-795 N\/Northwest Expy\/Exit 19. Continue on MD-140 W. Turn right onto Glen Falls Rd. Turn left onto Hollingsworth Rd. Turn right onto Emory Rd.\/MD-91 N.<\/p>\n ###<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CONTACT:<\/strong> Office of Media Communications, msp.media@maryland.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (REISTERSTOWN, MD) \u2013 Governor Larry Hogan will join Maryland State Police Superintendent, Colonel Woodrow W. Jones III as the keynote speaker for the 153rd Trooper Candidate Academy Class Graduation on Wednesday March 30, 2022. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The trooper candidates have endured 27 weeks of rigorous training in a residential police academy that demands their very best, Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24334,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24327\/revisions\/24334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}