Former PCSO deputy joins ISP Putnamville Post

Derek Line

PUTNAMVILLE — A former Putnam County sheriff’s deputy recently joined the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post as a probationary trooper.

Trooper Derek Line, who spent three years with PCSO, is from Roachdale and is a Columbia City High School graduate. Line furthered his education by attending Indiana University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice with a minor in sociology.

Line also served in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years and spent two years as an Indiana University Police Officer before his time as a road deputy for Putnam County.

He lives in Putnam County with wife Amanda.

Line is very excited about being assigned to the Putnamville Post and is looking forward to having a long career with the Indiana State Police, continuing his service to the community as a reliable asset to local law enforcement agencies in the area and in the different disciplines that the State Police employ. His primary counties will be Putnam and Clay.

Line is one of just four troopers who graduated from the 84th Indiana State Police Academy lateral class, but one of two assigned to the Putnamville Post.

The other is Cale Adams, a Sullivan native and graduate of North Central High School. Adams resides in Sullivan County and will primarily serve Sullivan and Vigo counties.

Line and Adams will now begin their next phase of training, which includes a two-month field training period, riding with veteran troopers. Upon successful completion of field training, the troopers will be assigned a state patrol vehicle and will begin solo patrol.

These officers have already completed more than 800 hours of structured training in law enforcement techniques as well as hands-on training at the Indiana State Police Recruit Academy. The curriculum included criminal and traffic law instruction, emergency vehicle operations, psychology, crash investigation, self-defense, first responder and other general law enforcement related training.

District Commander Lt. David Cox said he is very excited to get two additional troopers to the district and cannot wait for the probationary troopers to start aiding the public and enforcing state law.