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

Troop E Headquarters - 4947 Highway 67 North - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Dale H. Moreland
(573) 840-9500
E122031
December 29, 2010

EMPHASIS: New Troopers Assigned To Troop E


Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, announces the assignments of two new troopers to Troop E. These officers began training at the Highway Patrol Academy on July 1, 2010, and graduated on December 17, 2010, after completing comprehensive training covering all facets of law enforcement.
Trooper Kelly A. Barnett will be assigned to Zone 3, which patrols Wayne County. His training officer is Trooper James A. Wilson. Trooper Barnett is a graduate of Dexter High School in Dexter, Missouri, and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, where he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice.
Trooper Craig A. Cook will be assigned to Zone 8, which patrols New Madrid and Pemiscot counties. His training officer is Corporal Jason N. Crites. Trooper Cook is a graduate of Benton Consolidated High School, of Benton, Illinois, and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, where he earned a bachelor’s of arts degree in administration of justice.