An Indiana State Police Trooper residing in Bartholomew County has been promoted. Superintendent Douglas Carter has announced the promotion of Trooper Andrew Mitchell to the rank of Trooper Detective.

Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, spokesman for the State Police Post in Versailles, says that Detective Mitchell is a 2003 graduate of Bethesda Christian

High School in Brownsburg. He attended the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, where he studied youth ministry. In 2008, Mitchell was hired as a jail deputy with the Marion County Sheriff’s Department. In 2012 Wheeles says that Mitchell was hired as an Indiana State Trooper and attended the Indiana State Police Academy in Plainfield.

During his three year career with the Indiana State Police, Detective Mitchell has primarily patrolled the roads in Bartholomew, Jackson, Ripley, and Franklin Counties, says Wheeles. He says that during that time, Mitchell has worked numerous criminal investigations, investigated crashes, and conducted criminal and traffic patrols on Indiana roads.

State Police officials says that Detective Mitchell was promoted after going through a rigorous promotion process which includes interviews, testing, and job performance evaluations. As a part of his new responsibilities, they note that Mitchell will focus on criminal investigations, primarily in Bartholomew, Jackson, and Jennings Counties.