OSP Recruit Trooper Brian Glaser...

(Sunday, September 20th at Brian's Oregon State Police swearing in ceremony)

(This picture was taken by the Statesman Journal Newspaper just after I pinned Brian with his new police badge.)

(The new recruits at the swearing in ceremony)

September 20th, 2009 at 4 o'clock in the evening Brian and his fellow recruits were officially sworn into the Oregon State Police. Below is the newspaper article that was in the Statesman Journal....

OSP Welcomes new recruits
By Thelma Guerrero-Huston • Statesman Journal • September 21, 2009

One was a waiter. Four have military backgrounds. Ten have college degrees.

What the 21 men sworn in Sunday at the Oregon Public Safety Academy Hall of Heroes in Salem have in common is that they are the latest crop of Oregon State Police recruits.

Salem resident Stacey Boeholt, whose husband, Chris, is a recruit, was one of about 75 people who attended Sunday's event.

Like other wives, Boeholt pinned her husband with an OSP badge during the event.

"I'm very proud of my husband," the wife said.

Chris Boeholt will be assigned to Patrol Services Division in Albany after he completes the academy.

Brian Glaser of Albany said he was counting his blessings for having made it this far.

He'll be assigned to the Fish & Wildlife Division in Salem.

"The academy is going to push me mentally, physically and emotionally," he said. "It's going to be intense. I'm a little nervous, but that's the way it goes."

Glaser and his wife, Jordyn, are expecting their first child in November.

James Andrews, 29, of Corvallis wasn't a bit nervous Sunday.

"All the jitters are past now," Andrews, a former Corvallis police officer, said. "It's a tough start, but I've always wanted to help the community in one way or another."

Andrews has a fish and wildlife degree from Oregon State University. He'll be assigned to OSP's Patrol Services Division in Salem.

The new recruit troopers are the first group of 39 new positions approved by the 2009 Oregon Legislature.

They, along with recruits from other agencies, will next receive 30 weeks of intensive training, including a grueling 16-week training session through the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training or DPSST.

They'll also undergo 10 weeks of training unique to OSP.

They're expected to graduate and go to work in May 2010.

Earlier this month, more than 360 applicants took the entry test for upcoming hiring opportunities as an Oregon State Police trooper.

"Included in that group was the largest number of female applicants to successfully complete this initial phase of testing," said OSP Superintendent Timothy McLain. "We'll probably be seeing them at our next recruitment in January."

There were no women or people of color among Sunday's group of recruits.

"We're working really hard on that," said McLain of recruiting minorities.

Thanks for your prayers!

Here is the link to the Statesman Journal article: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090921/NEWS/909210327&s=d&page=1#pluckcomments