For further information please contact: Capt. J. Tim Hull
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Q6072
June 22, 2007
EMPHASIS: Colonel James F. Keathley Announces Promotion

Colonel James F. Keathley, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective July 1, 2007:

Lt. Duane L. Robinson will be promoted to the rank of captain and designated troop commander of Troop H, St. Joseph, MO.

Robinson was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 1987, as a member of the 59th Recruit Class. Upon completing his training at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop B, Zone 4, Putnam County. On May 1, 1990, he transferred to Troop B, Zone 1, Macon County. Robinson was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone commander of Zone 1 on September 1, 1994. He was promoted to sergeant on January 1, 1996, and designated zone commander of Troop B, Zone 2, Macon County. On February 1, 2001, he was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Troop I, Rolla, MO.

Captain Robinson was born in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from Hannibal High School in Hannibal, MO, in 1977. He served in the U.S. Air Force from March 1978 to March 1982. Prior to joining the Patrol, he was a Hannibal police officer from 1982 to 1987. Capt. Robinson and his wife, Melody, have three children: Shannon, Whitney, and Joshua.

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