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Pendleton – Pendleton District First Sergeant Tim Kaiser was recently honored for achieving 1 million safe driving miles. Kaiser, who joined the Indiana State Police in 1979, graduated from Yorktown High School in 1974, then from Ball State University with a Degree in Criminal Justice and a Minor in Psychology in 1978.

He graduated from the Indiana State Police Academy in 1979 and was assigned to the Connersville Post. In 1984 he transferred to the Redkey Post where he worked the road as a trooper.

In 1991 Kaiser was promoted to Detective and assigned to the Pendleton Post. In 1996 he was promoted to Sergeant to serve in the Laboratory Division, and then in 2001, was promoted to the rank of First Sergeant to serve as the Regional Laboratory Manager in Indianapolis.

In 2004 he was assigned as the Assistant District Commander at the Pendleton District.  During his career he has served as an Accident Reconstructionist,  an Aircraft Accident Investigation Team member and has been an instructor in Firearms and First Responder training.

Kaiser was presented with a national award in 1991, the J. Stannard Baker Award for Highway Safety by the International Chiefs of Police, and was also awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash by then Governor Evan Bayh, for his investigation into a safety defect that lead to the recall of over 600,000 vehicles.

First Sergeant Kaiser was awarded a certificate and a pin to be worn on his uniform.