Graduates from the 74th Indiana State Police Academy recently reported to their newly assigned districts. Out of the class of 42, four of the officers were assigned to the Toll Road Post in Bristol.
This marks the beginning of their three months of field training with veteran officers and their one year probationary period before attaining permanent status as a trooper.
While in the academy, the new officers received approximately 929 hours of training in law enforcement techniques including criminal law, vehicle operations training, psychology, and “Survival Spanish.” They also developed skills in criminal investigation, vehicle crash investigation, and impaired driver prevention and detection.
The new troopers assigned to the Indiana State Police Toll Road Post:
Trooper Dustin Eggert is a native of LaPorte, Indiana and a 2006 graduate of New Prairie High School. He has a bachelor’s degree from Trine University with a double major in criminal justice and psychology.
Trooper Matthew Henson is from Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Bishop Chatard High School. Henson has a bachelor’s degree from IUPUI and is a member of the Army National Guard.
Trooper Michael Hollandsworth is originally from Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Hollandsworth graduated from R. Nelson Snider High School in Ft. Wayne and later earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana Tech in business administration. Hollandsworth brings with him experience from working as a Capital Police Officer in Indianapolis and an Allen County Sheriff’s Reserve.
Trooper Jathan Rose is native of Mooresville, Indiana and graduated from Mooresville High School in 2005. Rose now resides in South Bend and is a graduate of Ivy Tech Community College. He earned an associate’s degree in 2010 in computer information technology.
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