News Release



For further information please contact:

Sergeant Dale H. Moreland

(573) 840-9500

E2061

February 7, 2006



EMPHASIS: Captain Ridens Announces Troop E Public Information and Education Officer



Captain G. E. Ridens, Commanding Officer, Troop E, announced effective February 5, 2006, Sergeant Dale H. Moreland is the Public Information and Education Officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, Missouri.



Moreland joined the Patrol as a member of the 49th Recruit Class on January 15, 1979. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 11, Stoddard County. In March 1989, he was promoted to Corporal and assigned to Zone 2, in Butler and Ripley Counties. On January 1, 1995, he was promoted to Sergeant and returned to Zone 11, in Stoddard County. Sergeant Moreland has been a Troop Range Instructor and Armorer in Troop E since 1994.



Sergeant Moreland was born in Rolla, Missouri. He graduated from Crawford County R-2 High School in Cuba, Missouri, in 1973. He earned a bachelor's of science degree in criminal justice administration from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri, in 1977. Sergeant Moreland and his wife, Carol, have two children: Justin and Kenneth.