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October 6, 2006



EMPHASIS: Captain Ridens announces promotion of Corproal Thad Wilson





Captain G.E. Ridens, Commanding Officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announces effective August 20 2006, the promotion of Corporal Thad Wilson. Corporal Wilson will be the assistant zone supervisor in Zone 8, which are the Pemiscot/New Madrid county areas.



Corporal Wilson joined the Patrol as a member of the 70th Recruit Class graduating from the Patrol Academy in December of 1995. Upon graduating he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 1, Butler and Ripley Counties. In 1988 he transferred to Zone 12, serving Madison and Iron Counties. In 2005, Corporal Wilson transferred to Zone 4, Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties.



Corporal Wilson was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated Oldham County High School, in Buckner, Kentucky, in 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from University of Louisville, in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1993.