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Vol. 5 Issue 8 August 2022IMPACT UPDATEProtecting, Preventing, ProvidingLarry HoganBoyd K. RutherfordGovernorLt. GovernorColonel Woodrow W. Jones IIISuperintendentContentsPHOTOS:: 154th TrooperCandidate Class GraduationNearly 100 DUI ArrestsOver July 4th HolidayTrooper Medic Named EMSProvider Of The YearThe 23 members of the 154th Trooper Candidate Class officially joined theranks of the Maryland State Police following their graduation on July 22.2 Troopers Rescue 3 ResidentsFrom Burning HomeMSP Helps Raise MoneyFor Fallen Deputy’s FamilyVehicle Thefts DeclineAgain In Maryland154th Trooper Candidate Class Adds23 Members To MSP Ranks(PIKESVILLE, MD) — The ranks ofthe Maryland State Police grew by 23last month following the graduationof the 154th Trooper CandidateClass.worked in law enforcement orcorrections, five were MSP cadets,and three are certified paramedics.Eight graduates have college degrees,and 13 are enrolled in the concurrentGraduates of Class 154 were required Associate of Arts program withto complete 27 weeks of a residential Frederick Community College andhave been obtaining their degrees aspolice training academy, which isthey attend the academy.widely recognized as one of thenation’s most intense and“It has been one of the greatestcomprehensive state police training honors of my time as governor toprograms. Trooper candidatesattend these trooper candidate classreceived instruction in criminal and graduations and to be able totraffic laws, emergency care,welcome so many incredible menemergency driving, physical training, and women into the elite ranks of theand scenario-based training thatMSP,” Governor Larry Hogan said.included de-escalation and conflict“On behalf of all the people of anresolution.incredibly proud and grateful state,we wish each of you success, safety,Four members of Class 154 areand Godspeed.”military veterans, eight previously

IMPACT UPDATEPHOTOS: 154th Trooper CandidateClass Final Run, GraduationQuestions or comments? Email us at msp.media@maryland.gov or call 410 -653-4236

IMPACT UPDATEMaryland State Police partnered with the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administrationand allied law enforcement agencies to combat impaired driving over the July 4th holiday.MSP, Allied Agencies Combine To Arrest Almost 100Impaired Drivers Over July 4th Holiday(PIKESVILLE, MD) –Enforcement efforts throughoutthe Independence Day weekendled to the arrests of almost 100people who are suspected ofdriving under the influence.Montgomery Counties.Team members train other statepolice troopers and local lawIn total, police issued 1,396enforcement officers and partnercitations and warnings in thesewith local police departments andfour counties during the initiative. agencies to reduce impairedrelated crashes throughoutMaryland State Police, with theMaryland.From Friday, July 1, throughassistance of the MarylandMonday, July 4, police arrested 95 Transportation AuthorityMSP and MDOT MVA’simpaired drivers during regular(MDTA) Police, worked a jointHighway Safety Office provideroad patrols throughout the state DUI saturation patrol on Route 50 funding for this effort. Since itsand a joint DUI saturation patrol in Prince George’s, Anneinception, SPIDRE has beenfocused on Route 50.Arundel, Queen Anne’s andresponsible for nearly 4,000Talbot Counties.arrests of persons suspected ofThe full-time drunk drivingdriving under the influence.enforcement team of troopersTogether, they issued anknown as the State Policeadditional 852 citations and“Impaired driving affectsImpaired Driving Reductionwarnings and arrested 14everyone on the road, not just theEffort, or S.P.I.D.R.E. team,suspected impaired drivers.individual who made the poorfunded by the Maryland Highway Formed in 2013, SPIDRE is adecision to get behind the wheel,”Safety Office, also worked thespecially trained team of fivesaid Lt. Col. Roland L. Butler, Jr.,initiative.troopers who work in targetedChief of MSP Field OperationsTroopers worked saturationareas in the Baltimore andBureau. “We are committed topatrols on I-695 in BaltimoreWashington metropolitan areas,removing what are, undoubtedly,County, I-70 in Howard Countywhere impaired driving is asome of the most dangerousand I-495 in Prince George’s and leading cause of death and injury. drivers on our highways.”Questions or comments? Email us at msp.media@maryland.gov or call 410 -653-4236

IMPACT UPDATETrooper Medic Lauded As Career EMSProvider Of The YearMSPAC recruiter andmentor for candidates inthe MSP Academy. TFCWolf is credited withrecruiting threeapplicants, who are nowin the ranks of theMaryland State Police.She also serves as anoutreach coordinator,working closely withQueen Anne’s CountyEmergency Services tobolster operationalpractices with theMSPAC.(OCEAN CITY, MD) —A three-year veteran ofthe Maryland State PoliceAviation Command wasrecognized last month byan organization thatexemplifies commitment,service and sacrifice.Trooper First Class StacyWolf, a flight paramedicassigned to the EastonSection – Trooper 6,received the prestigiousAmerican LegionDepartment of MarylandCareer EMS of the YearAward during theveterans’ organizationannual convention here.Trooper First Class Stacy Wolf, a flight paramedic assigned toTrooper 6, was recently named EMS Provider of the Year by theAmerican Legion in Maryland.TFC Wolf graduatedfrom the Maryland StatePolice 150th TrooperCandidate Class in 2019and was assigned to theWestminster Barrack inCarroll County. TFCWolf transferred to theAviation Command in2020 where sheunderwent a rigorousRescue TechnicianTraining Program.technicians through thechallenging course. UponTFC Wolf obtained hercompletion of the initialNational Registrytraining, she was assignedParamedic Certificationto the Salisbury Section –in 2005; four years later,Trooper 4, where sheshe joined Air Evacexcelled as a crewLifeteam, the largestmember and mastered theindependent airhelicopter camera systemambulance service in theused in law enforcementUnited States. In 2015,and search missions. TFCshe moved to Port-auWolf was transferred thePrince, Haiti to serve asEaston Section – Trooperthe chief flight paramedic6 in August 2021, wherefor Haiti Air Ambulance.she excelled andUsing her extensiveSince becoming asuccessfully completedmember of the Maryland background in airborneemergency medicine, she the upgrade program toState Police, TFC WolfFlight Paramedic/Crewcontinues to assist Haiti helped navigate otherChief. She then embracedaspiring rescueAir Ambulance.an opportunity to serveBetween January andMarch 2021, theMaryland State Policewas tasked with creatingand organizing Covid-19Vaccination Clinics toadminister 6,637 doses ofthe Covid-19 vaccine intothe arms of MarylandState Police employeesand allied agencypersonnel.TFC Wolf was personallyselected by clinicorganizers due to herteamwork, efficiency andprofessional demeanor.She assisted withadministeringvaccinations during sixdifferent clinics acrossthe State.Questions or comments? Email us at msp.media@maryland.gov or call 410 -653-4236

IMPACT UPDATETroopers Rescue Three From House Fire In Allegany Co.(LAVALE, MD) — Two troopershelped rescue three people from aburning house last month inAllegany County.About 4 a.m. on July 15, SeniorTrooper Ersel Wilson andTrooper First Class HunterMcCue were patrolling in the areaof the 1000 block of NationalHighway when Wilson noticedsmoke nearby. The troopers soonresponded to the 1000 block ofNational Highway, and saw firecoming from the rear of a home.on the upper level and got themsafely out of the smoke-filledhouse. While all of the occupantsescaped unharmed, two cats diedin the fire.According to a preliminaryinvestigation by the Office of theState Fire Marshal, smokedetectors were present in thehouse, but failed to initiallyactivate.The two-alarm fire took 30minutes to get under control andit took 56 firefighters toThe troopers forced their way into extinguish the blaze. The LaValethe front of the home, woke upVolunteer Fire Department ledthe occupants who were sleeping the firefighting effort. They werewas assisted by volunteer firecompanies from Corriganville,Ellerslie, Mount Savage,Frostburg, Shaft, Midland,Bedford Road, Bowling Green,Cresaptown and Ridgeley.In addition, Allegany CountyDepartment of EmergencyServices ambulances alsoresponded to the sceneAccording to investigators, thepreliminary cause of the fire wasdiscarded smoking material onthe rear porch.The fire caused an estimated 70,000 in damage to the home.Questions or comments? Email us at msp.media@maryland.gov or call 410 -653-4236

IMPACT UPDATETroopers, Cadets Support Fundraising Effort ForFamily Of Fallen Wicomico Co. Sheriff’s Deputy(SALISBURY, MD) — A groupof Maryland state troopers andcadets worked with other alliedagencies earlier this summer inSalisbury, MD to help raise moneyto support the family of a fallenofficer.The troopers and cadets gatheredin support of the Blue LineNetwork on June 19 and helpedraise 7,022.37 in support of thefamily of Wicomico CountySheriff’s Deputy Corporal GlennHilliard. Cpl. Hilliard was fatallyshot while pursing a suspect onJune 12. Cpl. Hilliard, who wasposthumously promoted fromdeputy first class, is survived byhis wife and three children. TFC BrandonStrong (Centreville Barrack Trooper Darren Black (EastonBarrack Trooper ChristopherBekefi (Easton Barrack Cadet Cade Quicho (CeciltonScale House) Cadet John Henry (CeciltonScale House) Cadet John Glessner (CeciltonScale House)Along with helping collectdonations for a memorial badge and blue line for the donors’vehicles, a handful of cadetsworked non-stop and assisted FOP Lodge 111 with moving donationsof water and food supplies that were constantly being dropped offfor Cpl. Hilliard’s funeral, whichtook place on June 21.Cadet Seth Cross (Park & RideScale House)Cadet Colby Timmons(Delmar Scale HouseExplorer Austin GlessnerThose who assisted in this effortincluded: Sgt. Theodore Antal (EastonBarrack CED) Cpl. Michael Hubbard (CVEDDelmar Scale House) M/Tpr. Ian Rola (EastonBarrack)Questions or comments? Email us at msp.media@maryland.gov or call 410 -653-4236