Colonel Kenneth
B. Marshall
Superintendent
Ohio State Highway Patrol
To a motorist stranded on a highway, or an individual injured as a result of a traffic crash, the sight of an approaching Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper is a great relief. People throughout Ohio look to troopers for assistance they can get nowhere else.
State troopers have the responsibility of enforcing traffic and criminal laws on public roadways, and on state owned or leased property within Ohio. The Patrol trains and maintains, from the trooper ranks, a number of officers in specialized law enforcement positions. Among these are: plainclothes investigators; traffic and drug interdiction teams and canine officers; commercial enforcement coordinators, inspectors, and crash reconstructionists. The Patrol also maintains a special response team, comprised of road troopers who are specially trained in weapons and chemical agent use, extraction techniques, and rapid response methods.
Troopers conduct most operations from a marked cruiser equipped with state-of-the-art law enforcement technology. The Patrol also utilizes Jeep Cherokees, fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters in the course of its duties. A fully equipped command vehicle, which can operate as a mobile patrol post, is maintained in a constant state of readiness to respond natural disasters, civil unrest, and other emergencies requiring extended Patrol presence.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol, over the course of a distinguished 67-year history, has earned the reputation as a great law enforcement agency. This reputation is in large part due to the people that make up the Patrol.
If you want to be an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, the time to apply in order to become part of this great team is April 1 through July 31, 2000.
Interested applicants should contact their nearest Highway Patrol facility between those dates, or the Ohio State Highway Patrol Recruitment and Minority Relations Office at 740 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43211-2474. Interested applicants can also call the recruitment office at (614) 466-6019.
Applicants must have a valid driver's license and graduated from high school, or be able to show satisfactory completion of the G.E.D. Every applicant is expected to successfully complete a series of assessments and pass a thorough screening process. This extensive 13-part process includes: Written Examination; Preliminary Physical Screening; Preliminary Qualification Appraisal; Initial Screening Committee Review; Conditional Offer of Employment; Background Investigation; Secondary Screening Committee Review; Medical Examination; Physical Fitness Assessment; Psychological Assessment; Psychological Assessment Interview; and Final Screening Committee Evaluation.
Every applicant must successfully complete this series of assessments and screenings just to be admitted into an Academy class. Once at the Academy, cadets undergo six months of training in a paramilitary environment in which they are challenged academically, physically, and emotionally in an often stressful setting.
Providing quality service to the motoring public in Ohio is the very essence of being a state trooper. As an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, you are also a role model for the citizens in your community.
The road to becoming a state trooper is long, but the rewards you will experience as an invaluable public servant make the journey worth pursuing.
If becoming an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper is something you want to pursue, then stop by a Patrol facility or call the recruitment office sometime between April 1 through July 31.