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Georgia State Patrol fires 30-plus new troopers for cheating

Associated Press
January 29, 2020

ATLANTA -- The Georgia State Patrol says an entire graduating class of its Trooper School has been fired or resigned amid a cheating scandal.

Georgia Department of Public Safety Commissioner Col. Mark W. McDonough confirmed at a news conference Wednesday that 32 troopers were fired after being accused of cheating on an online exam for the speed detection operator component of the school's curriculum.

One trooper resigned after the cheating allegations came to light.

All 33 are August graduates of the 106th Trooper School.

McDonough says he's ordered a complete audit of the training department, which could lead to people higher up being disciplined.

Below is a list of each trooper dismissed, and the post they were assigned to:

Erguens AccilienColumbiaPost 21 - Sylvania
David Allan HallPost 6 - Gainesville
Jalin AndersonRichmondPost 33 - Milledgeville
Erik AustellBibbPost 15 - Perry
Evan BauzaChathamPost 11 - Hinesville
Logan BeckCamdenPost 23 - Brunswick
Christopher CatesRabunPost 27 – Blue Ridge
Seferino ChavezClaytonPost 47 – Forest Park
Demon ClarkGreenePost 17 - Washington
Christopher CordellCatoosaPost 5 - Dalton
Clint DonaldsonCowetaPost 49 – Motor Unit
Eric Guerrero CoffeePost 36 - Douglas
Jonathan HayesPauldingPost 29 - Paulding
Nicholas HawkinsWaltonPost 46 - Monroe
Bradley HuntMuscogeePost 2 - LaGrange
Clarence JohnsonRichmondPost 25 - Grovetown
Evan JoynerMuscogeePost 2 - LaGrange
Richard JusticeColumbiaPost 25 - Grovetown
Malcolm MartinezCobbPost 47 – Forest Park
Rebecca MoranGwinnettPost 51 - Gwinnett
Paul OsuegbuBarrowPost 6 - Gainesville
Jose PerezColquittPost 13 - Tifton
Patrick PollettColumbiaPost 25 - Grovetown
Troy PudderHoustonPost 30 - Cordele
Caleb PyleCowetaPost 24 – Newnan
Daysi RamirezHoustonPost 15 - Perry
Gabriel RampyCarrollPost 4 – Villa Rica
Adam SalterPikePost 26 - Thomaston
Jerry SladeCrispPost 30 - Cordele
Kyle ThompsonBerrienPost 36 - Douglas
James VaughanSumterPost 10 - Americus
Brian WhelehanBryanPost 23 - Brunswick
Kelley WhitakerMillerPost 14 – Colquitt

EDITOR’S NOTE: Shucks. They just got caught taking tests the American way.