58 New State Troopers Graduate From Training Academy Accept Assignments Across Connecticut

	STATE OF CONNECTICUT Department of Public Safety 1111 Country Club Road Middletown, Connecticut 06457	Contact: 860-685-8230 pio.dps@po.state.ct.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2010

58 NEW STATE TROOPERS GRADUATE

FROM ACADEMY, TAKE ASSIGNMENTS
ACROSS CONNECTICUT

The Connecticut State Police graduated 58 new State Troopers, all members of the 121^st Training Troop, on November 18, 2010.

Department of Public Safety Commissioner James M. Thomas and Colonel Thomas Davoren, Commanding Officer of the State Police, congratulated the graduating class during a ceremony at Jorgensen Auditorium at the University of Connecticut. Gov. M. Jodi Rell was the keynote speaker at the event.

The 121^st training troop entered the Connecticut State Police Academy in May of 2010 and spent approximately 1,400 hours in the classroom. They spent many more hours training in physical conditioning, water rescue, driving and other specialized areas of police work.

The 58 members of this class began the process of becoming State Troopers more than a year ago. At that time, they applied for the positions, took the written test and the physical fitness assessment, along with observational and polygraph tests.

At their graduation Thursday, the newest Troopers were sworn in by Commissioner Thomas and assigned to one of 11 State Police troops located throughout Connecticut.

Troopers will be assigned as follows:

Troop A, Southbury – 6 new Troopers

Troop B, Canaan – 1 new Trooper

Troop C, Tolland – 6 new Troopers

Troop D, Danielson – 6 new Troopers

Troop E, Montville – 5 new Troopers

Troop F, Westbrook – 4 new Troopers

Troop G, Bridgeport – 11 new Troopers

Troop H, Hartford – 4 new Troopers

Troop I, Bethany – 4 new Troopers

Troop K, Colchester –7 new Troopers

Troop L, Litchfield – 4 new Troopers

The following men and women graduated November 18:

NEW TROOPER	HOMETOWN	ASSIGNMENT
Peter Appiah	New Haven	Troop G
Jillian Atwood-Sovia	Watertown	Troop A
J. Severin Bergeron	Pawcatuck	Troop F
Troy Biggs	Waterbury	Troop G
Kyle Bombace	North Branford	Troop G
Tawny Boulanger	Vernon	Troop H
Michael Buck	Kensington	Troop H
Tyler Burnell	Stafford Springs	Troop D
Rashaad Carter	Groton	Troop K
Corey Clabby	Milford	Troop I
Ryan Cloukey	Enfield	Troop C
Brian Contenta	Wethersfield	Troop K
Tillman Cormier	Somers	Troop D
Russell Cote	Danielson	Troop E
Mark DiCocco	Hamden	Troop G
Alfredo Donis	Bridgeport	Troop A
Vicki Donohue	Danbury	Troop L
Yvette Dziewa	Middletown	Troop K
Thomas Ehret	Greenwich	Troop G
Brendan Fennessy	Middletown	Troop I
Rafael Figueiral	Torrington	Troop A
Jennilee Fratellenico	Hamden	Troop F
Pieter Groot	Groton	Troop K
Robert Hazen	Granby	Troop B
Andrew Katrenya	Naugatuck	Troop A
Thomas Kelo	Norwich	Troop D
Waylon Kimball	North Grosvenordale	Troop E
Brian Leclair	Storrs	Troop K
Justin Lund	Milford	Troop G
Ryan Maynard	North Franklin	Troop E
Joel McClay	Terryville	Troop L
Christopher Meier	Somers	Troop H
Timothy Merrill	Enfield	Troop C
Joseph Miller	Norwich	Troop D
Jonathan Neihengen	Vernon	Troop K
Michael O’Hara	New London	Troop D
Dawn Pagan	Pawcatuck	Troop K
Christopher Pariseau	Norwich	Troop D
April Pawlow	Deep River	Troop E
Stephan Perrault	Farmington	Troop L
Dennis Picheco	Oxford	Troop L
Scott Pierce	Old Saybrook	Troop E
Paul Piper	Norwich	Troop F
Christopher Porrini	Bristol	Troop H
Colin Richter	Trumbull	Troop G
Alexander Rua	Glastonbury	Troop C
William Ryan	Madison	Troop G
Joshua Sawyer	Watertown	Troop A
Ryan Slaiby	Waterbury	Troop G
Derek Smitt	Meriden	Troop F
Joseph Strogoff	Manchester	Troop C
Darrell Tetreault	Hamden	Troop G
Tamia Tucker	Bridgeport	Troop I
Lindsey Valcourt	Bridgeport	Troop I
Edmund Vayan	Oxford	Troop G
Kristina Vivino	Moosup	Troop C
Mitchell Welch	Southington	Troop A
Michael Zella	Windham	Troop C

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Connecticut State Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection