State Police Graduate 61 New Troopers

	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 April 15, 2009

61 NEW STATE TROOPERS GRADUATEFROM POLICE ACADEMY,

TAKE ASSIGNMENTS ACROSS CONNECTICUT

The Connecticut State Police graduated 61 new State Troopers, all members of the 120^th Training Troop, on April 15, 2009.

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 120^th training troop entered the Connecticut State Police Academy in October of 2008 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 61 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 Wednesday, the newest Troopers were sworn in by Commissioner Danaher and assigned to one of 11 State Police troops located throughout Connecticut. Troopers will be assigned as follows:

Troop A, Southbury – 5 new Troopers

Troop B, Canaan – 3 new Troopers

Troop C, Tolland – 7 new Troopers

Troop D, Danielson – 6 new Troopers

Troop E, Montville – 5 new Troopers

Troop F, Westbrook – 5 new Troopers

Troop G, Bridgeport – 8 new Troopers

Troop H, Hartford – 8 new Troopers

Troop I, Bethany – 3 new Troopers

Troop K, Colchester – 5 new Troopers

Troop L, Litchfield – 6 new Troopers

The following men and women graduated April 15:

NEW TROOPER	HOMETOWN	ASSIGNMENT
William Bevans	West Hartford	Troop H
John Brester	Cromwell	Troop I
Craig Brezniak	Norwich	Troop K
Daniel Bruell	Thompson	Troop D
Jennifer Buffinton	Hamden	Troop G
Paul Canniff	Salem	Troop K
Robert Carey	Norwich	Troop K
Lance Carlson	Torrington	Troop B
Tyler Charette	East Hampton	Troop K
Edgardo Comulada	Hartford	Troop H
Clinton DeSoto	Naugatuck	Troop G
William Freeman	Woodstock	Troop C
Jessica Genest	Beacon Falls	Troop I
Phillip George	Oxford	Troop G
Michael Gibson	Plainfield	Troop E
John Gregorzek	Thompson	Troop D
Patrick Guertin	Thompson	Troop D
Matthew Gustafson	Manchester	Troop C
Eric Haglund	East Woodstock	Troop C
Matthew Hahn	Northford	Troop G
David Hawley	Terryville	Troop L
Jamie Hinman	Trumbull	Troop G
Daniel Hoffner	Niantic	Troop F
Michael Houle	Prospect	Troop A
Christopher Hubbard	Ledyard	Troop E
Sherwane Hudson	West Hartford	Troop H
Nicholas Ieraci	Meriden	Troop A
Mark Jesudowich	Farmington	Troop L
Frederick Jones	Hamden	Troop G
Trevor Kiddy	South Windham	Troop K
James King	Bethel	Troop A
Stephen King	Vernon	Troop C
Catherine Koeppel	Danbury	Troop A
Viamares Kowalczyk	Middletown	Troop I
Bruce LaChance	Bristol	Troop L
Keith Lavoie	Southington	Troop L
Matthew Losh	Newington	Troop H
Brian Lovell	Waterford	Troop F
Peter Maronde	Southington	Troop L
Aaron Matthew	Naugatuck	Troop G
Sean Mikeal	Rocky Hill	Troop H
Thomas Mitri	Milford	Troop G
Dickie Murchison	Washington	Troop L
Melissa Nye	N. Grosvernordale	Troop D
Fawn Ouellette	Berlin	Troop A
James Parker	Gaylordsville	Troop B
Marcin Pirog	New Britain	Troop H
Michael Prescott	Colchester	Troop E
Daniel Richman	Marlborough	Troop H
Christopher Russell	N. Grovernordale	Troop D
Christopher Sackett	Enfield	Troop C
Thomas Stackpole	Willington	Troop C
Matthew Stephens	New Britain	Troop H
Nicholas Tewell	Mystic	Troop F
William Utermarak	Stafford Springs	Troop C
David Vincent	Thompson	Troop D
Matthew Warren	Uncasville	Troop F
Jonathan Weber	Torrington	Troop B
Matthew Weber	Old Lyme	Troop F
Lloyd Wright	Gales Ferry	Troop E
Sebastian Wordell	Griswold	Troop E

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Connecticut State Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection

State Police Graduate 61 New Troopers