Mr. State Trooper-Welcome back to the Valley

For more than two years, Mount Crawford native Jonathan Pine combed through charred brush as an investigator with the Virginia Department of Forestry.
In October, Pine left his job in Fauquier County and joined 58 other cadets at the Virginia State Police Academy in Richmond.
Now, Pine, 24, is out on the roads patrolling Shenandoah County.
"I investigated how wildfires started," Pine said. "I enjoyed the law enforcement part of my forestry department job and wanted to do it full time."................
Patrolling The Valley
On July 3, Pine graduated from the academy with a class of nearly 60 cadets. The following Monday, Pine, along with Trooper D.A. Dean, hit the Shenandoah County roads.
Dean, who has been with the state police for about seven years, is serving as Pine's field training officer.
"He's been showing me the county, the different roads and some of the trouble areas," said Pine..................
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