MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop G - 1226 W. Bus. 60/63, Willow Springs, Mo. 65793
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Eddie Young
(417) 469-3121. ext. 3735
G-08221
August 19, 2022
EMPHASIS:
Newly-Erected Memorial Honoring Troop G’s Fallen Officers To Be Dedicated
Captain Bruce D. Fiske, commanding officer of Troop G, Willow Springs, MO, cordially invites the public and the media to attend the dedication of the “Troop G Fallen Officers Memorial.” The memorial is located at Troop G Headquarters in Willow Springs, where the ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe will provide the keynote at the ceremony. Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, will also speak.
The memorial recognizes the three Troop G officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Trooper Kelly L. Poynter, who was killed on January 18, 2002, when he was struck by a passing vehicle operated by an intoxicated driver as he conducted a crash investigation. Sergeant C. Dewayne Graham Jr., who was ambushed and killed outside his residence on March 20, 2005. Trooper Donald K. “Kevin” Floyd, who was conducting a traffic stop and was struck and killed by a passing motorist on September 22, 2005.
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