Two soon-to-be graduates from our area will be ready to patrol the streets and highways of Virginia.
Muhammad Ismail Abbasi, of Lorton, and Robert Morgan Guyton, III, of Stafford, will graduate as members of the Virginia State Police 122nd Basic Session. Cadets turned state troopers, the two men will each patrol in Prince William County.
Here’s more in a press release:
The new troopers have received more than 1,600 hours of classroom and field instruction in more than 100 different subjects, including defensive tactics, crime scene investigation, ethics and leadership, survival Spanish, police professionalism, firearms, judicial procedures, officer survival, cultural diversity and crisis management.
Selected from a pool of more than 1,000 applicants, the members of the 122nd Basic Session began probating Feb. 25, 2014, followed by 26 weeks of academic, physical and practical training at the Academy since May 25, 2014. The probationary phase, which allows recruits to train in the field prior to attending the Academy, requires trainees to complete two and half weeks of introductory training at the Academy before being assigned to a Field Training Officer (FTO).
Aa graduation ceremony held at the State Police Training Academy located at 7700 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21.
