The North Region Communication Center
THE
50 YEARS AGO ON JULY 16, 1961 A DREAM CAME TRUE AS
MY CAREER WITH THE INDIANA STATE POLICE BEGAN.
TODAY I AM STILL LIVING THE DREAM AT
THE NORTH REGION COMMUNICATION CENTER
Ronald G Kane PE1134
1961-1987
another Then and Now photo
left photo taken at Peru Post 3-a
right photo taken at the North Region Communication Center
The 50 years between 1961 and 2011 years sure went by in a hurry
From a very early age it was my dream to be an Indiana State Trooper. Along about age 5 Mom and Dad took me to the Indiana State Fair. During that visit I wondered away from them and they fearing me lost went to the Indiana State Police Display under the old grandstand to see if they had found any lost children on the grounds. When they walked into the display they discovered me there talking to the troopers.
The desire never went away. The day before I graduated from Bunker Hill High School I twisted Dad’s arm into signing his name the required 26 times so I could enlist in the United States Army. I wanted to have that out of the way by the time I was old enough for the
The path was a little different than I had expected but a communications job came open at the Peru Post. Jack Rich was the second operations clerk at Peru Post and when he was appointed trooper off the 1960 waiting list I was hired on 071661 to replace Jack as the third operations clerk at the old Peru Post 3-A. I worked there until being accepted to the first of two recruit schools in 1964.
I was appointed trooper on 090164 and assigned to
After the training period the county of assignment was
First ISP commission - 1964 Plymouth
Nit No the security dog
Kevin and the 1966 Dodge at
Dad, me, and the 1966 Oldsmobile
1968 Mercury
I transferred to Redkey 011570 and was assigned the
of Jerry Spence who had been promoted to squad leader.
We lived in
1973 Mercury
August 1973 I transferred to the
I served there until retiring 092587.
1975 Chrysler
Last ISP commission 1985 Ford