Probationary Trooper Tyler Pinnington
ELKHART CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – On December 15, 2022, Eleven Probationary Troopers graduated from the 83rd Indiana State Police Academy. Of those eleven graduates, Probationary Trooper Tyler Pinnington was assigned to the Toll Road Post.
Trooper Pinnington is a 2016 graduate of Bishop Dwenger High School in Ft. Wayne, IN. He currently resides in Steuben County.
Trooper Pinnington will now begin his next phase of instruction, a three-month field training period, working alongside veteran troopers. Field training aims to give troopers a practical application to the training they received throughout the formal academy.
ISP officials released the following:
Upon completing field training, the troopers will be assigned a state police patrol vehicle and begin their solo patrol. These troopers have already completed over 1,200 hours of structured training in law enforcement techniques and hands-on, scenario-based training at the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy. Their curriculum included criminal law instruction, emergency vehicle operations, psychology, traffic law, crash investigation, self-defense, first responder, and other general law enforcement-related training.
Upon successful completion of his field training, Trooper Pinnington’s assigned area of patrol will primarily be on the Toll Road in St. Joseph, Elkhart, and LaGrange County.
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