Contact: Lieutenant Colonel Raymond S. White, Deputy Superintendent, Chief of Field Operations Telephone: (401) 444-1002
Colonel Steven G. O'Donnell, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Commissioner of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, announces that twenty-nine (29) Training Academy Recruits will be sworn in as troopers with the Rhode Island State Police on:
Friday, December 16, 2011 1:00 p.m. Community College of Rhode Island - Flanagan Campus Field House Lincoln, Rhode Island
The troopers are members of the 2011 Rhode Island State Police Recruit Training Class, which began on July 16, 2011, that received twenty-two (22) weeks of intensive training to include rigorous academic and physical fitness components. The recruits were selected from a pool of over 1,500 applicants. After graduation, they will receive Field Training from experienced troopers before being allowed to patrol independently.
The Honorable Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, Colonel O'Donnell, the Honorable Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island, and the Honorable Peter F. Neronha, United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, will address the graduates.
Governor Chafee and Colonel O'Donnell will present the graduates will their diplomas, badges, and identification, and Colonel O'Donnell will administer the oath of office.
Below is a listing, by City or Town, of the 2011 Rhode Island State Police Training Academy graduating Troopers:
Town of Bristol: Justin B. Andreozzi, James A. D'Angelo
City of Central Falls: Adrian Cybowicz
Town of Coventry: Brian J. McGuire
Town of East Greenwich: Michael A. Bowen, Gregory J. Palmer, Brent C. Wilks
Town of Glocester: Jason J. Muccino
Town of Johnston: Robert J. Hopkins
Town of Lincoln: Erik R. Jensen, Shane W. O'Reilly
Town of Narragansett: Andrew G. Elsing, Amy M. Jackman, Damien T. Maddox, Evan T. Shaw
Town of North Providence: Jared J. Andrews, Gregory M. DeMarco, Robert J. Twitchell, Jr.
Town of Scituate: Mathew C. Lynch
Town of Smithfield: Conor S. O'Donnell
City of Pawtucket: Marcin D. Ferenc, Michael C. O'Neill
City of Providence: Krystal D. Carvalho, Nicholas J. Martin, Luis A. Robles, Jr.
Town of Richmond: Karlene A. McTaggart,
Town of South Kingstown:Theodore M. Gibbons,
City of Warwick: Garrett S. Hassett, David G. Wilson, Jr.
The ceremony will also include an inspection of the class, remarks by the Training Academy Commandant, a member of the Recruit Training Academy Class, a video presentation, and presentation of class awards.