Indiana State Trooper retiring after 42 years on the job

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) – Indiana State Police First Sergeant Gary Coffie is retiring after 42 years on the job.

Coffie moved from Kankakee, Sick., to Indiana to change into a member of the thirty ninth Indiana State Police Recruit Academy. After graduating in 1980, he was assigned to the Ligonier Submit, the place he patrolled Noble County till the closure of the put up in 1982.

Afterwards, Coffie was assigned to the brand-new Bremen Submit, the place he was assigned patrol duties in Elkhart County.

Over the previous 4 a long time, Coffie has been promoted a number of instances. He was in the end promoted to function the First Sergeant on the Bremen Submit in 2011—a rank he maintained till his retirement.

Throughout his 4 a long time with the Indiana State Police, Coffie has served as a Discipline Coaching Officer (FTO), Discipline Coaching Officer Coordinator (FTOC), and a Hostage Disaster Negotiator (HCN), the place he served as workforce chief from 1995-2010.

Coffie has additionally been a fixture on the Indiana State Truthful, the place he labored 22 years in a row.

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