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July 19, 2006

EMPHASIS: New Trooper graduates from the Patrol Academy-assigned to Troop E.



Captain G. E. Ridens, Commanding Officer, Troop E, announces the assignment of a new trooper in Troop E.

Troop E personnel welcome Brooks A. Pratt, a recent graduate from the Patrol Academy in Jefferson City, who will be assigned to Zone 8, Pemiscot and New Madrid Counties.

Brooks was born in Sikeston, Missouri, and graduated from Sikeston High School. He attended Murray State University at Murray, Kentucky. Prior to his appointment to the Patrol, Brooks worked as a substitute teacher at Sikeston, Missouri.
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