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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. 3149
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April 20, 2015

EMPHASIS: Troop A Promotion -- Corporal Ryan A. Wood

Captain Eric T. Olson, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee's Summit, announces effective April 1, 2015, Trooper Ryan A. Wood was promoted to the rank of corporal and designated the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 6, which serves Jackson County. Wood was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol on July 1, 2008, as part of the 88th Recruit Class. Prior to joining the Patrol, he was employed by the Missouri Conservation Department as a conservation agent for eight years. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Jackson County, Zone 6. He is currently assigned to Zone 6, which also includes marine operations duties at Blue Springs Lake.

Wood was born in Lexington, Missouri. He graduated from Lafayette County C-1 High School, Higginsville, Missouri, in 1993. Before joining the Patrol, he attended University of Missouri-Columbia, where he earned a bachelor's of science degree in agriculture education in 1997. Corporal Wood is married to Cindy (Edwards), who is originally from Corder, Missouri, and they have two children.


(Photograph available upon request.)

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