Tennessee Highway Patrol to Welcome New Trooper Cadets

Nashville, TN (2012-01-20) The Tennessee Highway Patrol will formally welcome Trooper Cadet Class 512 on Monday at the agency’s Training Center. The class will include one cadet from Scott County.

Stephen Barclay, a Scott County Correctional Officer at the Scott County Justice Center, will be one of 54 cadets that will begin five months of intense training at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Academy in Nashville on Monday. The new cadets will spend the next 18 weeks participating in classroom exercises and physical training, with graduates advancing to a maximum of 12 weeks of field training. The more than 920 hours of classroom training is divided into 12 major categories including criminal and constitutional law, patrol procedures, professional ethical conduct and firearms.

Trooper Cadet Class 512 is comprised of 21 individuals with prior military experience and 31 former public servants, including those with careers in law enforcement, dispatch communications, and corrections.

The average age of the class is 30.

Barclay is the son of Assistant District Attorney General Tom Barclay.