The Michigan State Police 135th Trooper Recruit School graduation is Wednesday in Lansing, with 103 troopers in the 2019 class. Three of the graduates are assigned to the Wayland Post: Jamison Burress, from Hamilton; Patrick Gaudad, from Richland and Austin McKenzie from Flushing.
The new troopers will be sworn in by Col. Joseph Gasper, MSP director. The keynote speaker is Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Upon graduation, the new troopers will report to their assigned MSP posts across the state.