Minnesota State Patrol: Fall 2021 Graduation Ceremony - 63rd Training Academy

The Minnesota State Patrol’s core values — respect, integrity, courage, excellence and honor — will be the focus of a ceremony on Friday welcoming 34 women and men as state troopers.

A graduation ceremony will be held for the cadets following their successful completion of the Minnesota State Patrol’s 63rd Training Academy.

The graduates are part of the State Patrol’s Law Enforcement Training Opportunity (LETO) program, which is designed to recruit people with no law enforcement experience. The class includes:

Five women.
Twelve military veterans.
Twelve cadets with diverse backgrounds.
Two pilots.
Three cadets with family members in the patrol:
-Jeffrey Zerwas’ father is a Minnesota state trooper.
-Taylor Znjada’s father is a former state trooper and now a captain with the DNR.
-Mollie McClure’s brother is a Minnesota state trooper.

Kristian Jensen becomes the tallest Minnesota state trooper in the patrol’s history at 7’1”.

Patrick Fitzgibbons holds the Guinness Book of World Record for barefoot waterskiing.

The class of the 63rd Minnesota State Patrol Training Academy began training on July 19.

The challenging 14-week course at Camp Ripley consisted of numerous trainings including:

Motor vehicle crash investigation.
Traffic law.
Emergency vehicle operations.
Scenario-based de-escalation, communication, and mental health crisis training.
Defensive tactics.

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