Virginia State Police
www.vsp.virginia.gov
Media Release
News Release No. 23
For Immediate Release: November 19, 2014
VSP WELCOMES 50 TROOPERS TO THE DEPARTMENT
122nd Basic Session Begins Statewide Patrols Thanksgiving Week
RICHMOND – As the nation prepares for the Thanksgiving holiday, 50 new troopers will join their veteran
colleagues on the road and spend Thanksgiving patrolling the Commonwealth to ensure motorists are driving
to save lives. On Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, the Department of State Police will welcome its latest generation of
troopers during a graduation ceremony
held at the State Police Training
Academy located at 7700 Midlothian
Turnpike
in
Chesterfield
County.
Commencement exercises for the 122nd
Basic Session begin at 10 a.m.
The new troopers have received more
than 1,600 hours of classroom and field
instruction in more than 100 different
subjects, including defensive tactics,
crime scene investigation, ethics and
leadership, survival Spanish, police
professionalism,
firearms,
judicial
procedures, officer survival, cultural diversity and crisis management.
Selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants, the members of the 122nd Basic Session began probating
Feb. 25, 2014, followed by 26 weeks of academic, physical and practical training at the Academy since May
25, 2014. The probationary phase, which allows recruits to train in the field prior to attending the Academy,
requires trainees to complete two and half weeks of
introductory training at the Academy before being
assigned to a Field Training Officer (FTO).
In June, the class assisted with VSP’s social media
campaign to draw attention to Virginia’s first-ever “Move
Over Awareness Month.” The 122nd Basic Session ended
the daily Facebook posts with a photo, joined by Colonel
Steve Flaherty and his wife, to remind motorists about the
state law.
Prior to entering the Academy to begin their state police
law enforcement career, a number of the graduating
troopers served with other law enforcement agencies and/or with a branch of the military. Collectively, the
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class encompasses more than 46 years of previous law enforcement and corrections experience, as well as
almost 73 years of prior military service.
Members of the 122nd Basic Session are from every corner of the Commonwealth as well as Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, and New York. Many in the class sought out the Virginia
State Police because “of their excellent reputation…the past has built a strong foundation, the present is
upholding that foundation, and I want to be part of the future” and “for the various career paths offered
throughout the organization.”
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Upon graduation, the new troopers will report to their individual duty assignments across Virginia beginning
Nov. 24, 2014, for their final phase of training. Each trooper will spend an additional six weeks paired up with
an FTO learning his or her new patrol area.
Individual trooper’s photos are available to the media via e-mail.
Please contact Ms. Dorothy Bernstein at Dorothy.bernstein@vsp.virginia.gov
122nd BASIC GRADUATING CLASS
Name
Hometown
Muhammad Ismail Abbasi
Ryan Christopher Amos
Jonathan Averett Barbour
Joshua Eugene Barner
Marshall Tyler Brill
Kevin Jerome Brown
Gabriel Antonio Brumett-Padin
Benjamin Nicholas Canning
Brittany Lynn Clift
James Lloyd Cooper, III
John Tyler Copley
Robert Daniel Cullison
Ira Jamal Dallam, Sr.
Chad Phillip Dermyer
Lucas Bartley Dowell
Christopher Latrell Foster
William Charles Fugate, II
Robert Franklin Giles, Jr.
Carlos Manuel Gonzalez
Adam Willard Gross
Robert Morgan Guyton, III
Kalyn Demond Hall
Assignment
Lorton
Stuart
Appomattox
Powhatan
Maurertown
Drakes Branch
Alexandria
Williamsburg
Fredericksburg
Mechanicsville
Chesapeake
Chesterfield
Jacksonville, Florida
Jackson, Michigan
Chilhowie
Cumberland
Abingdon
Ewing
Pemberton, New Jersey
Surry
Stafford
Chesapeake
Prince William
Greensville
Nelson
Dinwiddie
Culpeper
Accomack
Arlington
Henrico
King George
Prince William
Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Northumberland
Prince William
Hampton / Newport News
Albemarle
Buckingham
Nelson
Greensville
Prince William
Sussex
Prince William
Hampton / Newport News
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Jonathan Lee Harris
Sean Michael Hovendon
Brett James Hylton
Sean Michael Jordan
Taylor Ann Jukanovich
Joshua Alan Kersey
David Grant Kidd
Matthew Michael Kilmer
Steven Gary Kolodzinski
Gavin Tyler Lee
Daniel Lewis Lundy
Justin Matthew Lyle
Joshua Scott Marshall
John Michael Nunley
Kara Elizabeth Pegram
Mark Edward Porter
David Lee Sheridan
Byron Davis Spangler
Travis Dean Sykes
Deandre Sharod Thomas
Victor Jose Ubieta
Richard Michael Verbeeck
Brett Michael Vosburg
Timothy John Waldron
Thomas Michael Wertz
Mark Allen Whitener
Donald Lee Williams, III
William Reese Wooding, III
Henrico
Oakhurst, New Jersey
Danville
Egg Harbor Township,
New Jersey
Las Vegas, Nevada
Midlothian
Chesapeake
Winchester
Chicago, Illinois
Giles County
Carroll County
Southampton
Wise
Max Meadows
Henry County
Chesterfield
Kents Store
Goochland County
Damascus
Riverdale, Georgia
Cutler Bay, Florida
Middlesex
DeRuyter, New York
Louisa
Roanoke
Shreveport, Louisiana
Smithfield
South Boston
King William
Arlington
Prince Edward
Dinwiddie
Prince William
Springfield
Arlington
Prince William
Caroline
Buckingham
Rockbridge
Southampton
Rockbridge
Pulaski
Henry
Hanover
Buckingham
Hanover
Pulaski
Hampton / Newport News
Richmond
Norfolk / Virginia Beach
Prince William
Caroline
Greensville
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Lunenburg
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Chesapeake
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