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DWR Recruit Class Invited to VSP Ceremonial Capitol Run

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By Molly Kirk/DWR

Photos by Meghan Marchetti/DWR

This year, the graduating class of the 13th Virginia Conservation Police Law Enforcement Basic Training Academy was invited to join the Virginia State Police (VSP) graduating recruit class in their traditional, ceremonial run the day before graduation. The run goes from the Virginia War Memorial to the Virginia Capitol.

In previous years, the Governor has met them inside the Capitol building and presented the class with their hat pins. On Aug. 22, Virginia’s Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, Terrance C. Cole, presented the hat pins to the VSP class and a ceremonial coin marking the occasion to the DWR recruit class along with Colonel Gary T. Settle from the Virginia State Police.

A photo taken in dawn light of a group of young men and women preparing to run. The man in front is holding a DWR flag with an elk on it.

Members of the 13th Conservation Police Basic Academy preparing to take part in the Capitol Run at dawn.

A group of young men and women standing at attention being addressed by a man in a suit while standing on the stairs of the Virginia Capitol building.

Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Terrance C. Cole (left) addressing the DWR and VSP recruits.

A photo of two sides of a ceremonial coin. One side with the logo of the Virginia State Police, the other with the DWR logo.

The ceremonial coin presented to DWR Conservation Police recruits after the Capitol Run. Photo by Shelby Crouch/DWR

A photo of a young woman in green uniform shaking hands with a man in a suit in a receiving line.

DWR Conservation Police recruits greeting Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Terrance C. Cole.

A group photo of young men and women in uniform on the steps of the Virginia Capitol building with three men in suits and uniform in the front row.

The VSP and DWR recruits on the steps of the Capitol building with (first row, left to right) is Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Terrance C. Cole, VSP Colonel Gary T. Settle, and Deputy Secretary of Public Safety, Marcus Anderson.

  • August 28, 2024