Virginia State Police Welcomes 40 New Troopers to its Ranks

Media Release – August 5, 2021

RICHMOND – On Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, the Commonwealth will graduate its 134th generation of Virginia State Troopers. The 40 new troopers will be presented their diplomas during commencement exercises at 10 a.m. at the State Police Training Academy located at 7700 Midlothian Turnpike in North Chesterfield County. Governor Ralph S. Northam will be in attendance of the graduation ceremony.

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 impartial policing, constitutional law, emergency medical trauma care, and public and community relations. The members of the 134th Basic Session began their 27 weeks of academic, physical and practical training at the Academy January 28, 2021.

The soon-to-be graduates of the 134th Basic Session are from every corner of the Commonwealth, as well as California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and the country of Venezuela.

Upon graduation, the new troopers will report to their individual duty assignments across Virginia the week of August 16. 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.

Media are welcome to attend.

134th BASIC GRADUATING CLASS

Name	Hometown	Assignment
Shawn Scott Allen-Dickson	Chesapeake	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Christina Marie Araujo	Haymarket	Prince William
Elmon Garnett Arrington	Richmond	Prince William
Sesaly Marie Barden	Reston	Springfield
Ethan James Barlow	Abingdon	Dinwiddie
Frederick Joseph Boos, III	Ellicott City, Maryland	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Barret Lee Brown	Lynchburg	Prince William
Zachary Randy Duty	Bristol, Tennessee	Dinwiddie
Hector R. Estevez De La Rosa	Clifton, New Jersey	Henrico
Zane McKinley Forbes	Collinsville	Prince William
Mikella M. Fuccella	Hartfield	Gloucester
Micah James Gardner	Blacksburg	Accomack
Katherine Rita Glasscock	Burkeville	Cumberland
Carter Lance Goodbar	Lexington	Henrico
Jessie Lee Green	Farmville	Chesterfield
Caleb Durand Grissom	Archdale, North Carolina	Northampton
Lewis Cole Johnston	Gloucester	Hampton/Newport News
Andrew Patrick Jordan	Nathalie	Buckingham
Anthony Vincent LaPiana	Long Island, New York	Frederick
Carlos Eduardo Landaeta Monsalvo	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Prince William
Kevin M. LeSage	Atco, New Jersey	Greensville
Anthony Brian Lovell	Pound	Botetourt
Michael Lee Lynch	Tazewell	Botetourt
Yuridia Diaz Lynch	Machipongo	Northampton
Timothy Jordan Martin	Wytheville	Prince George
David Wesley Meyers	Chesapeake	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Jonathan Porter Mills	Farmville	Hanover/Henrico
Jacob Barrow Moore	Bedford	Campbell
Robert Dillon Moran	Staunton	Hanover/Henrico
Maximilian Kolbe Radel	Spotsylvania	Henrico
Sean Aaron Russell	Chilhowie	Charles City
Andrew Lee Smith	Rustburg	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Minh Dominic Starzewski	San Pedro, California	Hampton/Newport News
Nathaniel Gray Stephens	Lovettsville	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Harrison Glenn Stewart	Palmyra	Fluvanna
Jeremy Lucas Vinson	Oak Ridge, North Carolina	Appomattox
Austyn Anthony Weaver	Huntington Beach, California	Henrico
Kaye Anne Marie Woods	Ebony	Brunswick
Daniel John Wright	Gloucester	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Travis Scott Wyatt	Chesterfield	Chesterfield

134th Basic Session Motto: Duty to Protect, Honor to Serve