New troopers find home in the U.P.

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Nicole Walton

Published November 7, 2016 at 10:03 AM EST

MARQUETTE, MI-- Eight new Michigan State Police troopers are on their way to posts in the Upper Peninsula.

They’re part of a class of 58 to graduate from the 130^th Trooper Recruit School in Lansing on Friday.

Over 22 weeks the recruits received training in firearms, water safety, defensive tactics, patrol techniques, report writing, ethics, first aid, criminal law, crime scene processing, and precision driving.

The MSP posts in Negaunee, Wakefield, St. Ignace, and Calumet are receiving two troopers each.

The next trooper recruit school is slated for June 2017.

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Nicole Walton

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.

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