Versailles-On Monday June 20, Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter promoted Trooper Andrew Mitchell to the rank of Trooper Detective.
Detective Mitchell is a 2003 graduate of Bethesda Christian High School, Brownsburg, Indiana. He attended the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL where he studied youth ministry. In 2008, Detective Mitchell was hired as a jail deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Department. In 2012 he was hired as an Indiana State Trooper and attended the Indiana State Police Academy in Plainfield, Indiana.
During his three year career with the Indiana State Police, Detective Mitchell has primarily patrolled the roads in Bartholomew, Jackson, Ripley, and Franklin Counties where he has worked numerous criminal investigations, investigated crashes, and conducted criminal and traffic patrols on Indiana roadways.
Detective Mitchell was promoted after going through a rigorous promotion process which includes interviews, testing, and job performance evaluations. As a part of his new responsibilities, Detective Mitchell will focus on criminal investigations and will primarily investigate crimes in Bartholomew, Jackson, and Jennings Counties.
Detective Mitchell currently lives in Bartholomew County with his wife and two children.
Attached: Picture of Detective Andrew Mitchell
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