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 Clark D. Parrott
(573) 840-9500, ext. 3532
E2
January 25, 2017

EMPHASIS: Troop E Promotion Announced

Captain Jeffrey N. Vitale, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announces the following promotions effective February 1, 2017.

Trooper Shayne K. Talburt has been promoted to corporal and designated the assistant zone commander of Zone 2, Butler and Ripley counties. Talburt was appointed to the Patrol on January 6, 2008. After graduating from the Patrol Academy, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 4. In October 2011, he transferred to Troop E, Zone 1. He and his wife Stephanie (Smith) Talburt have two children.

Trooper John J. West has been promoted to corporal and designated the assistant zone commander of Zone 1, Butler and Ripley counties. West was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 2008. After graduating from the Patrol Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 19. In October 2011, he transferred to Troop E, Zone 3. He and his wife Christy (Jameson) West have three children.

(photographs available on request)
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