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January 3, 2008

EMPHASIS: Troop I Announces Promotions



Captain Randy L. Becker, commanding officer of Troop I, announces the following promotions for two Troop I officers:
Effective December 23, 2007, Trooper Kyle D. Wilmont was promoted to the rank of corporal and designated as the assistant zone commander of Zone 7, Dent County. Corporal Wilmont was appointed to the Highway Patrol on January 1, 1999, and assigned to Scott, Mississippi and New Madrid counties in Troop E, upon graduation. On September 1, 2005, Cpl. Wilmont transferred from Troop E to Troop I, Zone 7, Dent County. Cpl. Wilmont has received the Patrol’s Meritorious Service Award and has been recognized by MADD (Mother’s Against Drunk Drivers) for the number of driving while intoxicated arrests he has made.
Cpl. Wilmont is a native of Salem, Missouri, and a 1995 graduate of Salem High School. He is married to Aimee (Mowrey) and they have one son, Kaison.
Effective January 6, 2008, Trooper Greg A. Dubois will be promoted to the rank of corporal and designated assistant zone commander of Zone 1, which patrols Phelps and eastern Maries counties. Corporal Dubois was appointed to the Highway Patrol on January 1, 1997, and was assigned to Troop I, Zone 1, upon graduation. Cpl. Dubois served as a Troop I K-9 officer from September 1999 until November 2003, and has been recognized by MADD for the number of driving while intoxicated arrests he has made.
Cpl. Dubois is a native of Salem, Missouri, and a 1992 graduate of Salem High School. He is a 1996 graduate of Central Missouri State University, where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice. Cpl. Dubois is married to Melissa (Curley) and they one son, Kaiden.
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