Indianapolis, In. — Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter has announced the promotion of Trooper Joshua Graves to the rank of Sergeant to serve as an investigative supervisor for Field Investigations at the Indianapolis Post.
Sergeant Graves is a native of New Albany Indiana and a 2002 graduate of New Albany High School. Upon graduation from high school, Graves furthered his education with a bachelor’s degree in Health and Fitness from Purdue University. After graduating college, he worked as a strength and conditioning coach, then as a middle school teacher. In the fall of 2011 he was selected to attend the 71st Indiana State Police recruit academy, which he successfully completed in March of 2012. Graves’ first assignment was the SellersburgDistrict where he patrolled Floyd and Clark County until April of 2013, when he transferred to the Indianapolis District. In 2016 Graves was promoted to Detective to serve as an investigator for the Indianapolis District.
During his career with the Indiana State Police, Graves has been a field training officer, a Standardized Field Sobriety Instructor and has attended the Reid School for Interrogation. He is also a certified instructor in Control Tactics.
Sergeant Graves’ new leadership role will include the supervision of the Indianapolis District Detectives, reviewing case reports submitted by troopers and assisting other agencies with investigations.
Detective Graves currently resides in Hamilton County with his wife, and two children.
