MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop A, 504 SE Blue Parkway, Lee's Summit, MO 64063


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 259
A110912
December 1, 2009

EMPHASIS: Troop A Promotion


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, is pleased to announce the following Troop A promotion effective December 1, 2009:

Trooper Matthew B. Koch, of Kansas City, Missouri, will be promoted to the rank of corporal and will be designated the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 2, serving Platte County. Koch was appointed to the Patrol in October 2003, and assigned to Troop A, Lee’s Summit, serving Clay County. He also serves as a member of the Troop A SWAT Team. Prior to joining the Patrol, Koch attended Central Methodist University, in Fayette, Missouri, where he earned a bachelor’s degree with a double major in criminal justice and public administration in 1999.
Prior to joining the Patrol, Koch was employed by the Missouri State Water Patrol and served as a Water Patrol officer assigned to the Missouri River in St. Joseph, from October 2000 to June 2003. He also worked as a youth specialist for Missouri Division of Youth Services/Division of Family Services at Watkins Mill Park Camp, in Lawson, Missouri. Koch graduated from Kickapoo High School, in Springfield, Missouri, in 1995. Koch is the son of Reverend William (Bill) F. Koch, Troop B chaplain, and Mrs. Martha S. Koch, of Kirksville, Missouri. Corporal Koch and his wife, Destiny M. (Miller), formerly of Moberly, Missouri, reside in Kansas City, with their son, Gavin, 1.

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