Many troopers take on responsibilities ​​​​​​in addition to their regular patrol duties. They receive training for those specialized positions within the State Patrol.

These additional roles and their required training times are:

• Crash reconstruction specialists: 140 hours of initial training with at least 40 hours of additional yearly training
• Commercial vehicle enforcement troopers: 80-hour initial course with ongoing yearly trainings
• Drug recognition evaluators: Initial 72-hour course and eight hours of additional yearly training
• Law enforcement phlebotomists: 32 hours of initial coursework with 50 supervised blood draws
• K-9 handlers: 200-240 hours of initial training, 32 hours of yearly internal training and 16 hours of K-9 training each month
• Mobile Response Team members: 24-hour initial training course, followed by a five-day course and ongoing yearly trainings
• Special Response Team members: 40-hour initial training course and at least one team training day monthly
• Peer Support Team members: 40-hour course, yearly eight-hour internal training and two biannual regional refresher trainings
• Tactical flight officers: 16 hours of training and ongoing in-flight training