39 troopers joining ranks of Virginia State Police

The Commonwealth will graduate its 128^th generation of Virginia State Troopers at a ceremony on Friday.

The new troopers, all of whom entered the Academy as pre-certified law enforcement officers, have received more than 300 hours of classroom and field instruction in nearly 50 different subjects, including defensive tactics, crime scene investigation, ethics and leadership, police professionalism, firearms, judicial procedures, officer survival and crisis management.

The members of the 128^th Basic Session began their eight weeks of academic, physical and practical training at the Academy on April 26, 2018.

The soon-to-be graduates of the 128^th Basic Session are from every corner of the Commonwealth, including King George County, Fredericksburg, Chesapeake, Rappahannock, Lynchburg, Danville and Wise County.

Upon graduation, the new troopers will report to their individual duty assignments across Virginia beginning July 5, 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.

128th BASIC GRADUATING CLASS

Name	Hometown	VSP Duty Assignment
Joshua Joseph Angel	Courtland	Southampton
Christopher Cory Angell	Lynch Station	Campbell
Aobidulla Aziz	Ashburn	Fairfax
Steven Richard Ball	Bassett	Henry
Benjamin Ira Bone	Richmond	Henrico
Roman Borshch	Hopewell	Prince George
James Robert Brooks	Suffolk	Hampton
Sara Katherine Burke-Smith	Rappahannock	Culpeper
David Newton Clark	Nathalie	Halifax
Jarrett Steven Combs	Hillsville	Wythe
Joel Patrick Crigger	Crockett	Bland
Mark Alton Daulton	Lynchburg	Campbell
Travis Wayne Eastridge	Danville	Pittsylvania
David Matthew Fleenor	Bumpass	Hanover
Kyle Patrick Gibson	Blue Ridge	Bedford
Andrew Paul Hansen	Fredericksburg	Stafford
Joshua Lee Harris	Smithfield	Hampton/Newport News
Larry Lee Holmes	Nassawadox	Chesapeake
Justin Curtis Joiner	Penn  Laird	Rockingham
Joshua Wayne Joseph	Weyers Cave	Rockingham
Heather Elyse Kelly	Harrisonburg	Rockingham
Aaron Michael Lawson	Wise	Dickenson
Chad Allen Lightner	Head Waters	Highland
James Travis Lotts	Stuarts Draft	Augusta
Matthew Charles McCrory	Powhatan	Chesterfield
Stuart Dale Pauley	Meadowview	Frederick
John Ephrim Piersol	King George	Stafford
Raphael Alexis Pilato	Chesapeake	Norfolk
Michael David Rose	Clintwood	Wytheville  (Special Agent Accountant)
Pedro Yobani Aguilar Salamanca	Pulaski	Bland
Mark Casey Scott	Lynchburg	Appomattox
Christopher Shane Simpkins	Danville	Pittsylvania
Clint Lee Slaughter	Bland	Bland
Jacob Alan Vaughan	Galax	Wythe
Samuel Heath Viars	Max Meadows	Bland
Jason Roy Ward	Glen Allen	Hanover
Michael Shawn Ward	Topping	Middlesex
Terry Edward Woods	Galax	Fairfax
James Edward Yarrington, III	Saluda	King and Queen