State Police to Graduate 21 New State Troopers in Ceremony Thursday, April 3 - 136th Training Troop

(MIDDLETOWN, CT – April 2, 2025) – The Connecticut State Police Training Academy will graduate 21 members of the 136th Training Troop on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at Lyman Center on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.

Commissioner Ronnell Higgins of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and Colonel Daniel Loughman, Commander of the Connecticut State Police, will preside over the graduation exercises. The State Police Command Staff will be in attendance to receive the new graduates. A member of the graduating class will represent the new Troopers as Class Speaker during the ceremony. Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz are scheduled to attend and address the graduates.

This graduating class has been in training for more than six months. The new Troopers will report to their State Police Troop assignments where they will complete their training with field training Troopers.

MEDIA NOTE:  Several new Trooper Trainees will be available to the media following the ceremony, including a Spanish speaking Trooper Trainee. Please contact csp.pio@ct.gov if your media outlet is interested in an interview.

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