60 Graduate from Connecticut State Police Academy

	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 July 19, 2007

60 NEW STATE TROOPERS GRADUATEFROM ACADEMY,
TAKE ASSIGNMENTS THROUGHOUT CONNECTICUT

The Connecticut State Police graduated 60 new State Troopers, all members of the 118^th Training Troop, on July 19, 2007.

Department of Public Safety Commissioner John A. Danaher III 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 118^th training troop entered the Connecticut State Police Academy in January 2007, and spent approximately 1,400 hours in the classroom. They also spent many more hours training in physical conditioning, water rescue, driving and other specialized areas of police work.

The 60 members of this class began the process of becoming State Troopers more than a year ago. They applied for the positions, took the written test and physical fitness assessment, along with observational and polygraph tests.

At their graduation Thursday, the newest Troopers were sworn in by Commissioner Danaher and assigned to one of the 12 State Police troops located throughout Connecticut. These Troopers will swell the ranks of the Connecticut State Police to 1,236 Troopers. Troopers will be assigned as follows:

Troop A, Southbury – 7 new Troopers

Troop B, Canaan – 7 new Troopers

Troop C, Tolland - 7 new Troopers

Troop D, Danielson – 2 new Troopers

Troop E, Montville – 5 new Troopers

Troop F, Westbrook – 7 new Troopers

Troop G, Bridgeport – 4 new Troopers

Troop H, Hartford – 4 new Troopers

Troop I, Bethany – 4 new Troopers

Troop K, Colchester – 6 new Troopers

Troop L, Litchfield – 7 new Troopers

The following men and women graduated July 19:

NEW TROOPER	HOMETOWN	ASSIGNMENT
Karen Alward	Sherman	Troop B
Mathieu Asselin	Enfield	Troop B
Steven Barnosky	Watertown	Troop A
Christopher Barone	Morris	Troop B
Mark Barone	Morris	Troop A
John Barrows	Manchester	Troop C
Ronald Bastura	Middlefield	Troop I
John Blalock	Vernon	Troop H
Dimitrie Bogiatzopoulos	Hamden	Troop F
Donald Chasse	Thomaston	Troop A
Kristin Coit	Lisbon	Troop K
Donald Comstock	Wallingford	Troop A
Kevin Connolly	Watertown	Troop B
Nathaniel Day	Bristol	Troop A
Joseph Diaz	Seymour	Troop G
Joao Dos Santos	Newington	Troop L
Jeffrey Dunshee	Colchester	Troop E
Michael Evangelisti	Old Saybrook	Troop E
Bryan Fahey	Mystic	Troop F
Michael Falana	Wallingford	Troop A
Chester Fowler	Norwich	Troop C
Darwin Garnett	New London	Troop F
Phillip Gawronski	Rocky Hill	Troop I
Alessandro Giannone	Farmington	Troop L
Daniel Greenwood	Vernon	Troop K
Andrew Gwiazda	New Haven	Troop F
Michael Hamel	Vernon	Troop K
Humberto Henriques	Prospect	Troop G
Matthew Herz	Wethersfield	Troop C
Joshua Holcombe	East Hartland	Troop L
Steven Kieltyka	New Britain	Troop L
Carson Konow	Scotland	Troop K
Collin Konow	Franklin	Troop E
Cory MacDonald	Granby	Troop B
Sean Mahar	Enfield	Troop K
Davis Malek	Pawcatuck	Troop F
Darly Manbeck	Thompson	Troop E
Kevin Manzollilo	Middletown	Troop H
Michael Marino	Newington	Troop L
John Martin	Norwich	Troop C
Scott McCarthy	Danielson/Ledyard	Troop K
Robert McNerney	Wolcott	Troop B
Adam McOmber	Woodbury	Troop I
David Misenti	Vernon	Troop H
Jongsuk Moon	Wallingford	Troop A
Humberto Morales	New London	Troop D
William Ortiz	East Hartford	Troop I
Kevin Pelkey	Enfield	Troop C
Jeffrey Poach	Meriden	Troop L
Adam Rosenberg	Mansfield	Troop E
Ryan Sawicki	Trumbull	Troop G
Christine Shaw	Enfield	Troop H
Matthew Siart	Griswold	Troop D
Jason St. John	Harwinton	Troop B
Brianna Tassinari	Enfield	Troop C
Debra-ann Turner	Waterford	Troop F
James Wichman	Southington	Troop L
John Wilson	Derby	Troop G
Evelyn Wright	Woodstock	Troop C
Robert Zdrojeski	Glastonbury	Troop F

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