Three troopers to join Hanover ranks

Contributed Report

On Friday, Jan. 27, the Commonwealth graduated its 137th generation of Vir ginia State Troopers. The 31 new troopers were pre sented their diplomas dur ing commencement exer cises at 10 a.m. at the State Police Training Academy located at 7700 Midlothian Turnpike in North Ches terfield County. Governor Glenn Youngkin spoke at the graduation ceremony.

combined with local community funds, are managed by local interagency teams who plan and oversee services to youth.

In Hanover, there is a Community Policy and Management Team and a Family Assessment and Planning Team consisting of representatives from the Community Services Board, Court

Service Unit, Social Services, Hanover Public Schools, a pri vate provider and a parent rep resentative. Dubee serves as a bridge between the CPMT and FAPT to bring about positive outcomes for the youth being served.

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The new troopers have received more than 1,300 hours of classroom and field instruction in more than 100 different subjects, including de-escalation techniques, strategies to assist people in mental health crisis, ethics and leadership, fair and impar tial policing, constitutional law, emergency medical trauma care, and public and community relations. The members of the 137th Ba sic Session began their 28 weeks of academic, physi cal and practical training at the Academy June 30, 2022.

The soon-to-be gradu ates of the 137th Basic Session are from every corner of the Commonwealth, as well as Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, New York and the countries of the Dominican Republic and submitted by shelby Crouch, Virginia state Police Public relations Coordinator.

Egypt. Upon graduation, the new troopers will report to their individual y assignments oss Virginia. For their final phase of training, each trooper will spend an additional six weeks paired up with a Field Training Officer learning his or her new patrol area. Among the 137th Basic graduating class are three men who will be assigned to the Hanover/Henrico area: Zackary James Lehman of Christiansburg, William Aaron Miller of Summersville, and George Fouad Zaki of Cairo, Egypt.