THE INDIANA STATE POLICE

A DREAM COME TRUE

Ronald G Kane PE1134

1961-1987

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 Indiana State Police Academy.  After the Army stint I worked at the Chrysler factory in Kokomo to mark time til my 21^st birthday so I could sign up.

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.

Dispatch Center at old Peru Post 3-a 1964

photo by Rex Dillman

I was appointed trooper on 090164 and assigned to Dunes Park. 

After the training period the county of assignment was Marshall. 

First ISP commission1964 Plymouth

Nit No the security dog

Kevin and the 1966 Dodge at Lake of the Woods 

Dad, me, and the 1966 Oldsmobile

1968 Mercury

I transferred to Redkey 011570 and was assigned the Delaware county patrol slot of Jerry Spence who had been promoted to squad leader.

We lived in Muncie during that period,

1973 Mercury

August 1973 I transferred to the Toll Road district which had been reactivated. 

I served there until retiring 092587.

1975 Chrysler

Last ISP commission 1985 Ford