MSPAA Trooper of the Year 2024
The Maryland State Police Alumni Association is proud to announce their selection of the 2024 Trooper of the Year. This award has been a tradition with the organization for over sixty years. We are honored to recognize the hard work that all our nominees did over the past year as they each combat crime on our streets and highways. Our troopers are great. Our nominee pool consisted of heroic events, life-saving measures, high traffic and criminal enforcement, and continued dedication to the community and its citizens.
2024 MSPAA Trooper of Year, TFC Jack Hadley.
In 1962, the Alumni Association selected it’s first “Trooper of the Year”. Then and now each new Trooper of the Year is chosen from a field of outstanding Troopers that have been recommended by their commanders. The MSPAA Trooper of the Year is selected by the Alumni’s Trooper of the Year Committee, which is made up of a cross section of retired troopers. The award for the preceding year is always made in May of the following year.
MSPAA Trooper of the Year Annual Luncheon
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Elks Lodge 2 Pythian Drive, Edgewater, MD
On behalf of the Maryland State Police Alumni Association, TFC Jack Hadley is awarded the MSPAA Trooper of the Year 2024.
From his steadfast dedication to duty on a daily basis, to the initiative to enforce the Maryland criminal laws with an emphasis on the enforcement of the apprehension of Wanted Fugitives.
As a member of the Maryland State Apprehension Team, TFC Hadley exceeded all others with the arrest of seventy-seven fugitive arrests. He was the lead officer in over four hundred high risk task force operations. In 2024, TFC Hadley was assigned to the Capital Area Regional Task Force – Baltimore area. Members of this elite team are known for their keen sense of awareness, expertise in criminal laws, and superior in their effectiveness to apprehend the criminal element.
This Trooper is known as always giving 110% to the citizens of Maryland. We appreciate his work efforts and ethics. Thank you for your commitment and service for the citizens of Maryland.
Previous MSPAA Troopers of the Year
*Denotes Troopers that were also selected for the Department’s Trooper of the Year.
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