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

Troop B Headquarters - 308 Pine Crest Drive - Macon, MO 63552


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sergeant Brent J. Bernhardt
(660) 385-2132
B110613
June 27, 2011

EMPHASIS: New Trooper Assigned To Troop B


Captain James E. Wilt, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, is pleased to announce the assignment of Trooper Michael W. Coleman to Troop B, effective June 24, 2011. Trooper Coleman is a member of the 93rd Missouri State Highway Patrol Recruit Class that graduated from the Patrol Academy on June 24, 2011.
Trooper Coleman, a native of Joplin, Missouri, has been assigned to Zone 8, which serves the citizens of Marion and Ralls counties. Trooper Coleman graduated from Carl Junction High School in Carl Junction, Missouri, and holds a bachelor's of science degree in wildlife conservation and management from Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.

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