MHP recruiting for new trooper class

The Mississippi Highway Patrol is already recruiting for the 2021 trooper school.

TO FILL SHORTAGES AROUND THESTATE.THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROLIS SHORT ABOUT 145 TROOPERSACROSS THE STATE.WE’RE LOOKING AT SOMESIGNIFICANT SHORTAGES ON THECOAST OUT OF THE BILOXI OFFICEOUT OF THE BATESVILLE OFFICE INNORTH MISSISSIPPI AND THEN ASWELL AND MERIDIAN AND BROOKHAVENAND OR FOR MOST SHORT DISTRICTSTO HELP FILL THE GAPS IN HP ISRECRUITING HEAVILY FOR THEUPCOMING CADET CLASS 65 WHICHWILL BEGIN IN EARLY 2021.WE’RE GOING TO AS MANY AS WECAN.TO HOPEFULLY FEEL 50 OUT OF THISCLASS STILL DOESN’T COVER WITH ASHORTAGE BUT IMAGE PIECEDIRECTOR SAYS THAT IS BECAUSEONLY ABOUT 50 PERCENT OFAPPLICANTS CAN ACTUALLY PASS THETROOPER SCHOOL THE MENTAL ANDTHE PHYSICAL ASPECT AND PROBABLYTHOSE TWO COMBINED BECAUSE IT ITIS A TOUGH SCHOOL AND ALWAYS HASBEEN AND WILL BE ANOTHER ISSUEAS MANY TROOPERS RETIRING 23KIDS GRADUATED FROM TROOPERSTROOPERS SCHOOL LAST YEAR, BUTTHIRTY SIX TROOPERS YOURMISSISSIPPI’S PUBLIC SAFETYCOMMISSIONER.SEAN $10 SAYS BECAUSE OF THISHE’S PUSHING FOR AN ANNUALTROOPER SCHOOL RATHER THAN JUSTWHEN THE LEGISLATURE FUNDS IT WENEED TROOPERS ON THE ROAD TOMAKE SURE FOLKS CAN TRAVELSAFELY TO AND FROM SCHOOL TO ANDFROM WORK THE SCHOOL IS SET TOSTART AN EARLY 2021 AND WITH THEPANDEMIC LOOMING THEY’RE LOOKINGINTO WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE,BUT LAWS MANDATE CADETS MUSTSPEND 80 DAYS IN TRAINING WE’RELOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN KEEPTHE CADETS I SEE.WAITED FOR CERTAIN PERIOD OFTIME IN MINIMIZE THEIR CONTACTSAPPLICANTS MUST BE US ANDMISSISSIPPI CITIZENS AND HAVE AVALID DRIVER’S LICENSE.THEY’RE OUR AGE AND EDUCATIONREQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS