Local Indiana State Police troopers honored at annual State Police awards ceremony

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana State Police held an awards and recognition ceremony on Friday and a few Michiana troopers had been honored for his or her dedication, service, bravery, and devotion to the division and Hoosiers statewide.

Senior Trooper Arthur Smith, a ten-year Indiana State Police veteran who primarily patrols Elkhart County, was honored with a Lifesaving Award for actions he took whereas investigating a minor crash outdoors of Elkhart final December, the place he shortly revived an unconscious driver.

Senior Trooper Smith was additionally acknowledged because the 2021 Trooper of the District for the Bremen Submit, the place he made 125 prison arrests and over 80 site visitors stops for autos touring over 100 miles per hour on U.S. 20.

One other trooper who primarily patrols Elkhart County, Grasp Trooper Mick Dockery, was additionally honored on the ceremony with the District DUI Award for the Bremen Submit.

Grasp Trooper Dockery eliminated 40 intoxicated drivers from Indiana’s roads in 2021, and has over 1,100 profession arrests of intoxicated drivers throughout his 23-year tenure with the Indiana State Police.

Trooper Luis Alvarez, who patrols St. Joseph, Elkhart, and LaGrange Counties, obtained Trooper of the District for the Indiana State Police Toll Highway Submit.

Trooper Alvarez, who has been with the Indiana State Police for 3 and a half years, was chargeable for 300 prison arrests in 2021, and led his squad in each class of prison enforcement.