LEONARDTOWN, Md. – Please join us in welcoming five (5) new Troopers to the Leonardtown Barrack. These 5 men were among the 33 members of the Maryland State Police Academy Class 151 who graduated on June 30, 2020.
For the first time ever, Maryland State Police trooper candidates took their oath in a graduation ceremony that was socially-distant, not open to families and live-streamed on social media, due to continuing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The members of the trooper candidate class had to complete months of a normally residential police training academy in quarantine.
During the graduation ceremony, MSP Superintendent Colonel Woodrow Jones III stated “Class 151 will be remembered for many reasons, including the first class in our history to be quarantined. Most significantly, they will be remembered as 33 dedicated men and women willing to begin their new law enforcement career during a time when a true commitment to being a public servant who serves with empathy, integrity and a sincere desire to help others has never been more important. I thank each of them for their perseverance during this training and look forward to the good things they will accomplish in the counties and communities across our state where they will serve.”
The Leonardtown Barrack welcomes, Trooper Rodney Fisher, Trooper Mark Koontz, Trooper Jeremy Pope, Trooper Jordan Pope, and Trooper Cole Riggs. We wish them the best as they start their career as an official member of “Maryland’s Finest”!
Stay safe out there!
