{"id":21694,"date":"2021-07-18T15:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T19:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/?page_id=21694"},"modified":"2025-10-10T21:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T01:25:19","slug":"recruitmenttroopers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/recruitmenttroopers\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kentucky State Police Recruitment Branch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tpr. Frank Russell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Trooper Senior
Cadet Class 91
8+ Years with KSP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone:
(502) 352-8806<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:
franko.russell@ky.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Details and Assignments Served:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive Security, Kentucky Gubernatorial Inaugurations, Shop With a Trooper, Cover the Cruiser, Cram the Cruiser, Public Affairs (singing National Anthem at KSP functions)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tpr. Tiffany Bond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Trooper Senior
Cadet Class 93
6+ Years with KSP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone:
(606) 331-8659<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:
tiffany.bond@ky.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Details and Assignments Served:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kentucky Speedway, Presidential Inauguration, and Shop With a Trooper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tpr. Derrick Combs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Trooper First Class
Cadet Class 89
10+ Years with KSP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone:
(502) 234-4301<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:
derrick.combs@ky.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Details and Assignments Served:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Speedway, Legislative Security, and Shop With a Trooper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tpr. Wilson Jones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Trooper Senior
Cadet Class 95<\/em>
4+ Years with KSP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone:
(502) 234-4048<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:
wilson.jones@ky.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Details and Assignments Served:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kentucky Derby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEAP Class Attendee <\/strong><\/em>(Previously employed with the Hazard Police Department<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tpr. Jay Thomas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Master Trooper
Cadet Class 78
20+ Years with KSP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone:
(502) 545-4595<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:
dennis.thomas@ky.gov<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Details and Assignments Served:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field Training Officer Public Affairs Officer, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Speedway, Kentucky State Fair, Trooper Island, Shop with a Trooper, Cram the Cruiser, and Retired Command Sergeant Major, US Army Reserves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tpr. Richie Wright<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Master Trooper
Cadet Class 77
20+ Years with KSP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone:
502-545-4600<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:
richard.wright@ky.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Details and Assignments Served:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field Training Officer, Secondary PAO, Detective at DESI West, Governors Inaugural Detail, Kentucky Derby, and Shop with a Trooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lt. Charles Hedgespeth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recruiting Commander
Cadet Class 91
12 Years with KSP, 2nd Generation Trooper, and 4th Generation Police Officer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:
Charlesr.hedgespeth@ky.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Details and Assignments Served:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Academy Staff, Sgt, State Fair, Kentucky Speedway, Shop with a Trooper, Cram the Cruiser, Thunder Under Louisville, Breeders Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact the Recruitment Branch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kentucky State Police Headquarters
Recruitment Branch
919 Versailles Road
Frankfort, KY 40601<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (502) 782-1861<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: ksprecruit@ky.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kentucky State Police Recruitment Branch Tpr. Frank Russell Trooper SeniorCadet Class 91 8+ Years with KSP Phone:(502) 352-8806 Email:franko.russell@ky.gov Previous Details and Assignments Served: Executive Security, Kentucky Gubernatorial Inaugurations, Shop With a Trooper, Cover the Cruiser, Cram the Cruiser, Public Affairs (singing National Anthem at KSP functions) Tpr. Tiffany Bond Trooper SeniorCadet Class 93 6+ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"modal_enabled":false,"modal_title":"","modal_body":"","modal_image":null,"background_image":null,"apply_button_url":"","instagram_url":"","facebook_url":"","twitter_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21694"}],"version-history":[{"count":114,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52054,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21694\/revisions\/52054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}