On Friday Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police announced that 71 cadets have graduated the agency’s basic training academy and are now ready to report for duty across the state.
Cadet Class 101 is the largest KSP basic training academy graduating class since 2014.
Cadets reported to the KSP training academy on Oct. 3, 2021 to embark upon 24-weeks of intense training to learn the job skills necessary to perform the duties of a state trooper.
The graduates of Cadet Class 101 received more than 1,000 hours of classroom and field study in subjects such as constitutional law, juvenile and traffic law, use of force, weapons training, defensive tactics, first aid, high speed vehicle pursuit, criminal investigation, computer literacy, hostage negotiations, evidence collection, radio procedures, search and seizure, crash investigation, drug identification, traffic control, crowd control, armed robbery response, land navigation, electronic crimes, sex crimes, hate crimes, domestic violence, bomb threats and hazardous materials.
Tavian Thompson of Russell Springs was assigned to Post 3 in Bowling Green while Post 15 in Columbia welcomed Lucas Justice of Russell Springs, Hunter McQueary of Windsor, Jacob Wilson of Dunnville and Trevor Sharp and Maverick Gadberry, both of Liberty.