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Trooper Andrew Mattern receives 2021 Putnamville Trooper of the District award
PUTNAMVILLE — Trooper Andrew Mattern has been named the 2021 Putnamville District Trooper of the Year.
District Commander Lt. David Cox on Friday announced the honor, which is bestowed upon a district trooper who illustrates the department’s standards and expectations as related to the mission of the department.
Mattern’s peers and the district command team overwhelming determined that performance and accomplishments during 2021 are worthy of such recognition and have earned him this award.
Mattern is a four-year veteran of the Indiana State Police.
During 2021, Mattern concentrated his traffic and criminal enforcement efforts on DUI, drug enforcement and associated crimes. He made 28 DUI arrests and 258 criminal arrests, most of which were drug and/or alcohol-related.
Mattern also received a Life Saving Award in 2021 and is the district’s award recipient for “District Top DUI Award.”
Mattern regularly assists the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department and the Terre Haute City Police with calls of service. He is currently assigned to the Vigo County squad. Mattern is a field training officer as well as being a firearms and URASE instructor. Mattern is a graduate of the 78th ISP Recruit School.
“Trooper Mattern sets the example for other troopers to follow and he treats people with genuine respect and concern,” Lt. Cox said. “He is a mature and conscientious trooper who has earned the respect of his peers, supervisors and the citizens he serves. His overall dedication to the agency and its mission, his initiative, and his modesty are his outstanding attributes. Trooper Mattern is a well-rounded law enforcement professional who will undertake any task”.
Mattern resides in Vigo County with his wife Hayley.