MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
A Division Of The
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop C Headquarters - 891Technology Drive, Weldon Spring, MO 63304

NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Corporal Dallas Thompson
636-300-2800 ext. 3340
C2023-009
November 27, 2023

EMPHASIS: Troop C Announces Promotion Captain Kevin W. Malugen, commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, announces the following Troop C promotion effective December 1, 2023.

Trooper Stephen G. Hassell is being promoted to the rank of corporal and will be assigned as the assistant zone commander in Zone 3, serving the citizens of South St. Louis County. Hassell was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol on January 8, 2018, as a member of the 105th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 16, which serves the citizens of Ste. Genevieve and Perry County. In February 2020, Hassell transferred to Zone 13, where he served the citizens of Jefferson County.

Corporal Hassell is a 2013 graduate of Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Missouri.

A photo of Corporal Hassell is available with this news release and on the Patrol’s website.

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