The members of Maryland State Police Training Academy Class 152 began raising funds to support Special Olympics MD through the Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge even before they began their training in January. Incredibly, in just weeks, the four dozen members of the class and their instructors raised a police academy record-setting total of more than $29,000 for Special Olympics. As they wrapped up their eighth week of training today, the members of Class 152 took their virtual plunge tog

The Maryland State Police Academy is where strangers turn into teammates and individuals become something greater than themselves. The candidates of Class 159 reflect on the experience that shaped them into Maryland's next generation of troopers. | Maryland State Police