Kentucky State Police Post 6 Dry Ridge Welcomes New Troopers
Agency’s largest graduating class since 2014 is ready to serve and protect
DRY RIDGE, Ky. (March 30, 2022) — The Kentucky State Police (KSP) announced that 71 cadets have graduated the agency’s basic training academy and are now ready to report for duty across the commonwealth with a focus on creating a better and safer Kentucky. Of those, four new troopers have been assigned to Post 6 Dry Ridge.
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 to one day wear the badge of honor as they protect and serve all who live and visit Kentucky’s 120 counties.
KSP Post 6 Captain Scott Felder is excited to welcome new troopers to Dry Ridge. Captain Felder said, “I am extremely excited for our four new Troopers and their accomplishment. Their arrival puts more Troopers out in the field assisting our communities. As they begin their careers, they will be carrying on the fine tradition of the Kentucky State Police. For nearly seventy five years, KSP has been a premier agency nationwide. These Troopers will walk on the path that our retirees have forged. Nothing short of excellence will be accepted. I will demand the very best of them, as with all of our Troopers, each and every day.”
KSP Commissioner, Phillip Burnett Jr. said Cadet Class 101 should be proud of the work they accomplished at the KSP Training Academy, but to remember the real journey begins tomorrow.
“Tomorrow is symbolic in many ways. You will start your first day as a Kentucky State Trooper. Each of you will take this independent journey with humility, passion and a thirst to be better each day,” said Commissioner Phillip Burnett, Jr. “Your success rests upon your shoulders and what you have learned while at the academy.”
The KSP Training Academy provides cadets with best practices, the latest technology training and legal information to help make the commonwealth’s streets safer, communities stronger and the nation more secure through exceptional law enforcement. 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.
Upon graduation, new troopers have the opportunity to choose a post close to their home with KSP’s “Pick Three” program.
The Post 6 graduates of the 101st KSP Training Academy included: Caleb Dicken, Ramsey, In., Luke Edwards, Frankfort, Ky., Manuel Ruvalcaba, San Martin de Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, and Garryn Wood, Frankfort, Ky.
Several members of the graduating class earned special recognitions during the ceremony.
The honor of Salutatorian was awarded to Trooper Luke Edwards.
For more information about career opportunities with KSP visit the website.
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