The 83rd Indiana State Police Recruit Academy completed its graduation ceremony in the Indiana State Capitol Rotunda.
The 11 new State Police officers, including Gage Cummings of Petersburg who will be assigned to the Evansville District finished 23 weeks of intense training which totaled more than 1,100 hours.
The new troopers will spend the next three months working side by side with a series of experienced Field Training Officers.
Upon successful completion of field training, the new troopers will be assigned a state police patrol vehicle and will begin solo patrol in their assigned district.