Rose, Brown, Nantz graduate from KSP police academy

A pair of Corbin residents and a Gray man are among the 51 cadets, who recently graduated from the Kentucky State Police’s training academy, and are now ready to report for duty across the commonwealth.

Cadet Class 103 graduates increase the number of KSP troopers protecting Kentucky’s 120 diverse counties to approximately 940, which is the highest number of troopers the agency has employed since 2006.

Cadet Class 103 reported to the KSP training academy on Feb. 26 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 103 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, evidence collection, crash investigation, drug identification, and traffic control.

“The commonwealth’s newest troopers have been given hundreds of hours of training to help them face tomorrow’s challenges,” said KSP Academy Commander Capt. Shawn Darby. “They will need everyone’s genuine support throughout their career, in good times and bad.”

Dylan Rose of Corbin has been assigned to Post 11 in London, which covers, Whitley, Laurel, Clay, McCreary, Rockcastle, Jackson, Pulaski and Wayne counties.

Anthony Brown of Gray, Brian Nantz of Corbin, Benjamin Collett of Pineville, Charles Moore of Viper, and James Shelton of Whitesburg, were all assigned to Post 10 in Harlan, which covers Knox, Bell and Harlan counties.

A total of 26 cadets earned their associate degree in General Occupational and Technical Studies from the Bluegrass Community and Technical College during their 24-weeks at the training academy. These cadets benefited from the new hiring guidelines established by the state legislature in 2017.

Through this revision, anyone who possesses a high school diploma or GED, and has three years of full-time work experience can apply for employment as a KSP trooper and earn an associate degree during the training process.

Rose, Nantz and Shelton all received associate’s degrees through the training process.

KSP’s recruitment branch is currently accepting applications for the upcoming cadet class 104, which is slated to begin January 2024. The deadline to apply is by close of business Aug. 31.