More than 2,700 men and women applied to become Georgia state troopers last year. At the end of training, only 30 were wearing the Smokey hat and driving that hot blue car.

A Georgia State Patrol trooper made a little boy's night over the weekend. Matthew Gallant was driving with his family when they ran over an 18-wheeler tire on Interstate 75 over the weekend ...

A Georgia State Patrol trooper made a little boy's night over the weekend. Matthew Gallant was driving with his family when they ran over an 18-wheeler tire on Interstate 75 over the weekend ...

How to become a Georgia State Patrol trooper Credit: Hyosub Shin Sgt. Maurice Raines, post commander of Georgia State Patrol Post 2, sits in his car monitoring I-85 in LaGrange on a weekday in April.