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September 7, 2006

EMPHASIS: Captain Ridens Announces Promotion Of Corporal Russ E. Sargent.


Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer, Troop E, announced effective August 19, 2007, the promotion of Trooper Russ E Sargent to the rank of corporal. Cpl. Sargent will be the assistant zone supervisor assigned to Zone 13, which includes Madison and Iron counties.

Cpl. Sargent joined the Patrol as a member of the 68th Recruit Class graduating in May 1995. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 12, Madison/Iron/Wayne counties.

Cpl. Sargent was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Greenville High School in Greenville, Missouri, in 1982. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice from the University of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau, MO, in 1986. Cpl. Sargent and his wife Karen, have two daughters, Kelli and Randi. (###)