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

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


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For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 259
A2010-53
August 1, 2010

EMPHASIS: Captain Powell Announces Promotion Of Trooper Christopher R. Blackmon


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee's Summit, announces the following promotion effective August 1, 2010:

Trooper Christopher R. Blackmon was promoted to the rank of corporal and will be designated as the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 3, which serves Clay County. Blackmon was appointed to the Patrol on October 20, 2002, as part of the 80th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 6, serving Jackson County. In October 2007, he was selected as a member of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Troopers (CVET) Unit assigned to Troop A. In August 2008, he transferred back to Zone 6, Jackson County.

Blackmon was born in Independence, Missouri. He graduated from Fort Osage High School, in 1998.
Before joining the Patrol, he attended the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Missouri.

(Photograph available upon request.)

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