MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop B - 308 Pine Crest Drive - Macon, Missouri 63552
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Eric F. Brown
(660) 385-2132
May 13, 2020
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EMPHASIS:
Troop B Announces Promotion
Captain James E. Wilt, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, Missouri, announces the promotion of Assistant Chief Operator Dena Applebury effective May 10, 2020.
Assistant Chief Operator Dena Applebury was promoted to chief radio operator and designated the supervisor of Troop B Communications. Applebury was appointed to the Patrol as a communications operator on February 6, 2005. She was promoted to assistant chief operator on January 8, 2012.
Chief Applebury is a native of Macon County. She graduated from Macon R1 High School in Macon, Missouri. She attended Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, Missouri. She is married to Derek, and they have three daughters.
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