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E01093
January 15, 2009

EMPHASIS: Captain Ridens announces promotion of Corporal Shawn L. Price


Captain G.E. Ridens, commanding officer, Troop E, announced effective January 1, 2009, the promotion of Corporal Shawn L. Price. Cpl. Price is the pilot for Troop E.

Price joined the Patrol as a member of the 73rd Recruit Class on January 1, 1997. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 8, New Madrid/Pemiscot counties area. In September 2001, he became the backup pilot for Troop E. On November 1, 2001, Price transferred to Zone 5, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Scott counties. On April 1, 2008, he was designated pilot for Troop E.

Cpl. Price was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He graduated from Poplar Bluff High School, in Poplar Bluff, in 1994. He earned an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Three Rivers Community College in 1996. Cpl. Price and his wife, Pam, have one daughter, Ella.


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