SELLERSBURG – The Indiana State Police Sellersburg Post recently announced promotions for two Troopers Wednesday, for their efforts and work ethic.
First Sergeant Merritt Toomey 
Sergeant Andrew Taylor
Sergeant Merritt Toomey has been promoted to First Sergeant within the Laboratory Division and will now serve as the Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) Supervisor for Area Four. Area Four encompasses the Sellersburg and Versailles Posts, covering a combined fifteen counties in southeast Indiana.
First Sergeant Toomey is a 1985 graduate of Shawe Memorial High School in Madison, Indiana, and a 1990 graduate of Hanover College with a degree in Physics and a minor in Mathematics. Toomey graduated from the Indiana State Police Academy in 1991 and was assigned to the Sellersburg Post, where he patrolled Clark and Jefferson Counties for approximately ten years.
In 2005, Merritt Toomey was promoted to Detective, and in 2007 was promoted to Sergeant, working as a Crime Scene Investigator. Toomey was promoted to First Sergeant in 2014 as the Versailles Post District Investigative Commander. In 2015, Merritt Toomey voluntarily returned to the Sellersburg Post, where he worked as a Crime Scene Investigator until his most recent promotion.
Merritt Toomey is happily married to his wife, Heather. The couple has been married for over 27 years and has two daughters.
Trooper Andrew Taylor has been promoted to Sergeant and will now serve as a Sellersburg District Crime Scene Investigator. Sergeant Taylor is a 2008 graduate of Saint Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2012, Andrew Taylor graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington with a degree in Criminal Justice.
While in college, Taylor also served on the Indiana University Swim Team. Following college, Andrew Taylor worked as a Corrections Officer for the Clark County (Indiana) Sheriff’s Office. He graduated from the 73rd Indiana State Police Academy in 2014 and was initially assigned to the Pendleton Post. After completing his probationary year, Andrew Taylor transferred to the Sellersburg Post, where he served as a patrol officer. During his time a Sellersburg, Taylor has also served on the ISP Scuba Team, was a member of the All Crimes Policing Squad, and served as a Field Training Officer. Andrew Taylor was also named the 2018 Trooper of the District for the Sellersburg Post.
Sergeant Taylor is happily married. He and his wife will celebrate their first anniversary later this month.
