One of the 30 men and women who officially joined the ranks of the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) recently is from Barrow County and has been assigned to the Gainesville post.
The 119th Trooper School graduated at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center after 34 weeks of training and the graduates immediately received their assignments.
Trooper’s Name-Home County-Post Assignment
Juan Arias Catoosa Post 43-Calhoun
David Bach Barrow Post 6- Gainesville
Imani Bowie Chatham Post 42-Rincon
Jacob Cohran Haralson Post 25-Paulding
Vincemt Colonel Rockdale Post 33- Milledgeville
Roderrickis Dozier Henry Post 47-Forest Park
Zorian Fordham Laurens Post 30- Cordele
Destiny Frazier Liberty Post 11-Hinesville
Daniel George Bartow Post 3- Cartersville
Fredrick Gilmetti Richmond Post 33- Milledgeville
Brandon Grimes Glynn Post 23- Brunswick
Joshua Hager Crawford Post 26- Thomaston
Robert Heard Dekalb Post 48- Atlanta
Jalon Jones Muscogee Post 24-Newnan
Lucy Kemp Clarke Post 32- Athens
Antonio Kendrick Henry Post 83- Buckhead
Chandler Laird Telfair Post 20- Dublin
Irish McDonald Gwinnett Post 49- Motor Unit
Gabriel Music Appling Post 18- Reidsville
Aaron Oliver Whitfield Post 5- Dalton
Cody Peek Lowndes Post 13- Tifton
Victor Perez Richmond Post 17- Washington
Jake Pomeroy Chatham Post 42- Rincon
Joshua Potter Cobb Post 48- Atlanta
Camden Taylor Haralson Post 4- Villa Rica
Stacy Turner Tift Post 21- Sylvania
Monalisa Waters Dekalb Post 48- Atlanta
Cody Williams Bulloch Post 45- Statesboro
Riley Windham Laurens Post 20- Dublin
Brandon Wrye Twiggs Post 1- Griffin
Trooper School involves 22 weeks of academy instruction followed by 12 weeks of field training. While the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) requires 408 hours of basic training, graduates of Trooper School complete more than 1,400 hours of advanced training in areas such as emergency driving, defensive tactics, firearms, criminal law, accident investigation, and Spanish.