Britton, MI – Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 50 state troopers who graduated from the 140th Trooper Recruit School…including one trooper from Britton.
During the ceremony in Lansing, in which Governor Gretchen Whitmer was the keynote speaker, Colonel Joe Gasper, director of the MSP, administered the Oath of Office to 50 individuals…including Britton native Trooper Paden Sampsel. Trooper Sampsel will be placed at the Monroe Post.
Recruits received training in patrol techniques, report writing, ethics, cultural diversity and implicit bias, decision making, leadership, first aid, criminal law, crime scene processing, firearms, water safety, defensive tactics and precision driving.
Including the 50 graduates of the 140th Trooper Recruit School, there are a total of 1,900 enlisted members in the Michigan State Police.
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*Media courtesy of the Michigan State Police*