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

Troop D Headquarters, 3131 East Kearney, Springfield, Missouri, 65803

News Release

For further information please contact: Corporal Sam Carpenter
(417) 359-1500 x4560
D-09282023
September 28, 2023

EMPHASIS: Troop D Announces Promotions

Captain D. Scott Sater, commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, Missouri, is pleased to announce the following promotions effective October 1, 2023.

Trooper Joseph D. Fischer is being promoted to the rank of corporal and will be assigned to Lawrence and Dade counties. Fischer was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol in January 1996, as a member of the 71st Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 7, which serves the citizens of Mississippi County. In 1999, he transferred to Troop D, Zone 9, serving Cedar and St. Clair counties. In 2010, he transferred to his current assignment in Zone 5, Jasper County.

Corporal Fischer graduated from Sarcoxie High School, Sarcoxie, Missouri, in 1991. He graduated in 1995 from Missouri Southern State University, in Joplin, Missouri, with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

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Trooper Todd C. Baker is being promoted to the rank of corporal and will remain in his current assignment in Zone 9, which serves Cedar and St. Clair counties. Baker was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol in January 2015, as a member of the 100th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop D, Zone 9.

Corporal Baker graduated from LaVille High School, in Lakeville, Indiana, in 2000. Before joining the Patrol, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts from Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana. Corporal Baker is married.

Photos of Cpl. Joseph Fischer and Cpl. Todd Baker are available with this news release and on the Patrol’s website.

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