Recently, 46 probationary troopers from the 75th Indiana State Police Academy class graduated. Five of the officers are assigned to the Indiana State Police Lowell Post and have started three months of field training with veteran officers.
While in the academy, the new officers received approximately 929 hours of training in law enforcement techniques including criminal law, vehicle operations training, psychology, and “Survival Spanish.” They also developed skills in criminal investigation, vehicle crash investigation, and impaired driver prevention and detection.
Probationary troopers assigned to the Indiana State Police Lowell Post:
Probationary Trooper Will Carlson is a native of Chicago, Illinois and is a graduate of Oak Lawn Community High School. He studied criminal justice at Moraine Community and Governor State Colleges. He was also a loss prevention officer at Sears.
Probationary Trooper Corey Adam is a native of North Judson and is a graduate of North Judson/San Pierre High School. He spent three years active duty in the United States Army as a chemical specialist and is currently active in the Indiana National Guard as military police.
Probationary Trooper Brandon Alberts is a native of Peru and is a graduate of Peru High School. He is studying criminal justice at IU/PUI. He had previously worked at Central Lighting Service.
Probationary Trooper James Brasseur (pronounced Brasso) is a native of Portage and a graduate of Portage High School. He is studying criminal justice at Purdue.
Probationary Trooper Robert Crowder III is a native of Portage and a graduate of Portage High School. He owned “It’s About Time” in Hobart before being hired on the state police and was a member of the Hobart Chamber of Commerce.
The Indiana State Police is currently taking applications for the 76th ISP Recruit Academy. Applications can be found online, until January 6, 2016, by visiting http://www.in.gov/isp/3041.htm.