STATE POLICE OFFICER TERMINATED

Yesterday, a 14 year veteran state police officer was terminated for a second complaint, in less than 18 months, that he was proselytizing citizens after stopping them for a traffic violation. The most recent allegation of Former Senior Trooper Brian Hamilton, 40, of Connersville, questioning a citizen’s religious affiliation, while engaged in enforcement actions, was reported in a citizen complaint on January 14 of this year. This resulted in an Internal Investigation which concluded March 9. Formal charges were drafted on March 22. Hamilton was employed with the state police from December 9, 2001 to April 7, 2016.