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

Troop G Headquarters-P.O. Box 10-Willow Springs, MO 65793


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Martin K. Elmore
(417) 469-3121, ext. 225
G-08101
August 17, 2010

EMPHASIS: New Lieutenant For Troop G



Captain Dwayne F. Isringhausen, commanding officer of Troop G, Willow Springs, announces effective August 1, 2010, Sergeant George W. Arnold was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned to Troop G as the District 2 operations lieutenant. Lieutenant Arnold is a 15-year veteran with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Arnold was appointed to the Patrol on November 1, 1994, as a member of the 68th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 7, Howard & Cooper counties. In October 1997, he transferred from Troop F to Troop I, Rolla, where he was assigned to Zone 5, Laclede County. Arnold was promoted to corporal in October 2002, and designated the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 1, Phelps County, and to sergeant in January 2005, and designated zone supervisor of Zone 1, Phelps County.

Arnold is a native of Stoutland, Missouri. He graduated from Stoutland R-II High School in 1986. He earned an associate's degree in applied science from Central Texas College, Killeen, Texas, in 1991. Lieutenant Arnold and his wife, Kristina (Brandt), have three children: Kelsi, Kori, and Gage.

(Photograph available upon request.)


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