for the next 72 hours, I'm checking in as a cadet at the Pennsylvania state trooper academy.
I'm gonna experience three days of what a cadet goes through during this 26-week curriculum
Welcome to episode 1
fall out, grab a partner, grab a circle go go go, let's go
Austin participated in the morning with the cadet workout work conditioning type thing
for the cadets; it's kind of standard for them we do various things with them
complete the set type things today was geared more towards conditioning
during my three days in the academy, you'll notice that I'm not cleanly shaven that's because I have
a condition called rosacea; you can see it a little bit here I got it to prove that I did not
have to shave with a blade which I get roasted for later in the video at one point in chow I
went to a daze because the whole experience so far reminded me so much of navy boot camp
okay wilbur come here buddy so my name is allie wilson i'm a cadet at the pennsylvania
state police academy wilbur is a thick horse right so we're just going to walk
him out here and tie him come on hey buddy i'm 22 so i'm you know pretty young for being here
okay now that we have him out okay i'm gonna just move the wheelbarrow over here and start cleaning
she's just walking behind him like nothing i'm scared to do that you're never scared you're
gonna get kicked i have seven horses at home so i don't it's okay bob his name is bob he's bob
hey bob he's like all these cameras in my face i got my college done in actually three years when i
graduated i worked as a mail carrier for a year so i got some good job experience at least for a year
and i came here and this is my career for 25 years so i'm excited have you ever done
anything like this before yeah in alabama we don't have cars we just run horses anywhere
i figured you're from down south you probably at least no we uh yeah we visit the amish all the
time down there and yeah a lot of my friends have farms and horses and turn your rake just like you
have it we're going to kind of bring everything to the middle so what made you decide that you
wanted to be a state trooper um just the public service aspect of it i've always wanted to be a
state trooper and you know just help people serve the public i'm a friendly wilbur yep there you
go kick me you won't you can just come right through there there you go this way buddy yep
just let him walk in there and shut his door exactly where he's going
okay good job wilbur room inspections are always fun hours of preparing the night before and just
scrubbing and you know just getting every little creaking crevice so and another thing too
is time management i'm i would say i do pretty good at time management but also
it's definitely something that you have to have in here because if you can't manage your time you're
going to be tired all the time you're going to be just struggling so we sleep good we eat good we're
tired we get good workouts um we're learning a lot so overall it's good so i know you do
likes i looked you up on youtube a little bit just to see kind of like what you were about so
you do like military stuff most of the time we do physical activity fitness challenges and fitness
tests that people don't typically do okay you know people like to go in the gym and do their little
glute thrusts right sit-ups and stuff but i like doing tests that are actually used in the
real world right yeah this is this is real world stuff that's for sure yeah this ain't no instagram
workout this is real loud stuff this is real life stuff yes so we're going to put bob back in
until you guys do you want to take bob back he's the thickest horse i've ever
seen his name is thick yes we'll take bob hello bob i'm already hungry again i just ate
a lot of pt yeah then you have pt again at eight huh
yeah in 30 minutes we're going to the dumpster okay facing movements when i'm here
you know there's clean water for a cat you have water
he's reaching way down in there let me help you a little bit oh
he's like leave me alone his name's trooper cat trooper cat yes what's up trooper cat
so just went from pt shower and then stable duty;
now we're heading back to pt it starts at eight we have ten minutes to get dressed
sir one six two eight two all present accountable sir open ranks
march physical training is one of the most important aspects that we have in our profession
this is a very hands-on industry and the job that we serve, so we have to
ensure that our members are physically fit, both mentally, emotionally and physically
I did not expect that level of pt, and it was kicking the rear end for sure
the taser all right alexander today we'll be talking about conducted energy weapons
before I got tased at the end of the day we go through a series of taser instruction that
explains the taser and how it can be used to stop a threat step back it's not complaining
sir, i told you to step back, go ahead and get on your knees help he's not complaining not
quite he's aggressive and just coming towards you step back still coming towards you step back
you probably can't tell in the video but i was definitely dreading the taser
this is my humble abode so this is a pre-inspection day okay uh we have
our pre-inspections or our inspection formal inspections are typically on a wednesday okay
the more you can do throughout the week the better off you are depending on the time we finish class
we'll come to our room usually around 8 30 and we'll start preparing for our formal inspection
my name is cadet clark i've been here for 14 weeks out of a 26 week program
i can't believe they didn't make you shave your head yet i know they were debating on it but
i said please i had to shave my head for seven years i kind of wanted to grow my hair out now
i've wanted to be a state trooper this has been my end goal for my whole life i did uh
nine years as a probation officer samwell austin and i will be going through the room
that we just finished preparing uh tomorrow for the formal room inspection we fail because of me
i'm sorry that's okay if we get roasted because of me i'm sorry i accept the consequences okay
biggest difficulty since arriving here has been the missing family missing home
i know that's a challenge for most of the cadets here and missing your family missing your friends
being away is very difficult the first three four weeks and then you get used to the program
you get used to pushing yourself really hard to pass all the different requirements here i
would say that was the most difficult thing for me initially look at this
90 naked dudes in the same area i miss it that's a lot
these are the x2 uh cartridges the prongs that go inside the body we're here in the gymnasium
pennsylvania we're about to get tased we're gonna do a dry run
and then we're gonna do the actual one so
kind of nervous about it first time getting takes i've been ocd they've been bitten by canines let's
get it the importance of our members being exposed to the taser is so that they can articulate what
the subject or end user is experiencing because they have been exposed to it as well yes ready
in a court of law a lot of times we have to articulate why we utilize the action
in which we did what that does is allows the member the confidence to be able to explain
ultimately what that subject is feeling and how to be able to treat them after the exposure
those were the five worst seconds of my entire no life hurts just the pint of anxiety
and the pain and everything was forced into this five seconds it was kind of overwhelming
would i get tased again for ten thousand dollars probably it's like you're getting shaken
or shook by like a jackhammer and it's pretty brutal day one in pennsylvania state trooper
academy is complete my whole body is sore my calves my rear end i'm back from the
taser if episode two is available it'll be available right here or right here if it
hasn't dropped yet then you won't see them so thank you guys so much for watching episode one
of pennsylvania state trooper academy it's austin alexander signing out see you guys next time