INDIANA – Recently, eleven Probationary Troopers graduated from the 83rd Indiana State Police Academy. Of those eleven graduates, Probationary Trooper Azariah Keith, Probationary Trooper Robert Kuhn, and Probationary Trooper Braiden Lyons were assigned to the Indianapolis Post.
Trooper Azariah Keith is from Freedom and attended homeschool, he graduated and received his high school diploma in 2019. After high school, Keith attended the University of Arizona where he majored in Criminal Justice. Trooper Keith currently resides in Owen County with his wife and children.
Trooper Robert Kuhn is a native of Zionsville and a 2011 graduate of Zionsville High School. While in high school he was drafted to play professional baseball by the Oakland Athletics however he chose to attend college instead. He went to the University of Kentucky where he played baseball and was named All-SEC his junior year. After his junior year of college, he was once again drafted into the Major Leagues where he played for three years. In 2017 he returned to college and graduated with a degree in communications.
After graduating college Kuhn enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and attended Officer Candidate School. He served in the Marine Corps from 2018 until 2022 when he was honorably discharged at the rank of First Lieutenant.
Trooper Kuhn currently resides in Hamilton County.
Trooper Braiden Lyons is from Centerville and is a 2017 graduate of Centerville High School. Prior to joining the Indiana State Police, Lyons worked at the Wayne County Jail.
He currently resides in Morgan County with his wife.
The three troopers will now begin the next phase of instruction, a three-month field training period, working alongside veteran troopers. Field training aims to give troopers a practical application to the training they received throughout the formal academy. Upon completing field training, the troopers will be assigned a state police patrol vehicle and begin their solo patrol. These troopers have already completed over 1,200 hours of structured training in law enforcement techniques and hands-on, scenario-based training at the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy. Their curriculum included criminal law instruction, emergency vehicle operations, psychology, traffic law, crash investigation, self-defense, first responder, and other general law enforcement-related training.
Indiana State Police Indianapolis District Commander, Lieutenant Josh Watson, said. “We are proud to welcome Trooper Keith, Trooper Lyons and Trooper Kuhn to our district, they will join our veteran troopers and become engaged and immersed into the communities we serve, providing dedicated, compassionate and comprehensive law enforcement services”
Upon successful completion of his field training, Keith, Kuhn, and Lyons will all be assigned to patrol Marion County.
