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December 10, 2007

EMPHASIS: Troop I Announces Promotion


Captain Randy L. Becker, commanding officer of Troop I, announces that effective December 9, 2007, Trooper Danial E. Dicus will be promoted to the rank of corporal and designated assistant zone commander of Zone 3, Crawford County.
Corporal Dicus is a native of Steelville, MO, and a 1980 graduate of Steelville High School. Cpl. Dicus also attended Columbia College. Following his graduation from high school, Cpl. Dicus served in the U.S. Army, and then later in the Missouri National Guard, from which he retired in 2004, as a staff sergeant.
Cpl. Dicus was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol in January 1997, and upon graduating from the Academy, he was assigned to Zone 1, Troop I, which is responsible for Phelps and Maries counties.
Cpl. Dicus and his wife, Cynthia, have two children, Shana and Derek, and two adopted children, Kaleb and Kara. The Discus’ also proudly serve as a foster parent for their fifth child, Isaiah.




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