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Arkansas State Police has 21 new Troopers and we have their photos

 

 

Twenty-one Arkansas State Police Recruits received their trooper commissions today during a graduation ceremony in the rotunda of the Arkansas State Capitol.

The graduates were among an initial field of 227 applicants who were tested and interviewed during 2021.

In response to a Freedom of Information Request, the ASP provided their photos and a short bio.

Apparently they took a "We Bad" photo and a "We Good" photo.



• Brandon Neal, 29, 2022-A Class Leader, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, Pulaski County.  He is a graduate of Vilonia High School and Drury University in Chicago.


• Zoey Baldwin, 22, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop J, Johnson County.  She is a graduate of Russellville High School and Arkansas Tech University.

• John Bucher, 21, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop D, Woodruff County.  He is a graduate of Russellville High School.

• Ana Elisa Escamilla, 28, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, Pulaski County.  She is a graduate of Warren High School.

• Aaron Killian, 21, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, Pulaski County.  He is a graduate of Lakeside High School (Garland County).

• Peter Kootz, 25, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop B, White County.  He is a homeschool graduate from Sharp County and a graduate of Lyon College.

• Jessica McCord, 28, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, Pulaski County.  She is a graduate of Lake Hamilton High School, Marion Military Institute and Southern New Hampshire University.

• Zachary Means, 24, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop E, Desha County.  He is a graduate of Carlisle High School.

• Caleb Miller, 23, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop L, Benton County.  He is a graduate of Siloam Springs High School.

• Shabby Moore, 25, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop F, Union County.  He is a graduate of Ville Platte (Louisiana) High School.

• Cade Padgett, 21, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop J, Perry County.  He is a graduate of Danville High School.

• Solomon Phifer, 30, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop G, Miller County.  He is a graduate of Crossett High School, University of Arkansas (Little Rock) and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Cordova, Tennessee.

• Candice Pike, 38, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop I, Searcy County.  She is a graduate of Clinton High School.

• Grant Pruitt, 21, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop C, Mississippi County.  He is a graduate of Elkins High School.

• Landan Reather, 23, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop H, Sebastian County.  He is a graduate of Mansfield High School.

• Tyree Sampson, 29, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop K, Garland County.  He is a graduate of Hot Springs High School and National Park College in Hot Springs.

• Jackson Shumate, 25, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, Pulaski County.  He is a graduate of Sherman (Texas) High School.

• Gavin Chance Taylor, 21, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop D, Monroe County.  He is a graduate of Hazen High School.

• Connor Vrooman, 25, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop B, White County.  He is a graduate of Searcy High School and Arkansas State University (Beebe).

• Daniel Walcott, 22, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop J, Van Buren County.  He is a graduate of Penn Foster High School (Scranton, Pennsylvania).

• Christopher Weatherly, 22, will be assigned to Highway Patrol Division, Troop A, Pulaski County.  He is a graduate of Cabot High School and the University of Arkansas (Little Rock).   

 

There is a poll on Facebook asking folks to pick the first one from this group to kill someone during a PIT maneuver.

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