MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop B Headquarters - 308 Pine Crest Drive - Macon, Missouri 63552
News Release
For further information please contact:
Corporal Justin S. Dunn
(660) 385-2132 ext. 3224
May 10, 2022
B220009
EMPHASIS:
Sergeant Roland H. Bartels Retires
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces that effective June 1, 2022, Sergeant Roland H. Bartels will retire with almost 27 years of dedicated service. Bartels was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 1996, as a member of the 72nd Recruit Class.
After graduating from the Patrol Academy, he was assigned to Troop B, Zone 8, Marion and Ralls counties. On March 9, 2003, Bartels was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 9, Marion and Ralls counties. On February 1, 2015, he was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 8, Marion and Ralls counties.
It is from this assignment that he retires.
During his career, Bartels was assigned to numerous special assignments throughout the state and outside Missouri.
Sergeant Bartels is a native of Kahoka, Missouri, and graduated from Clark County R-1 School in Kahoka, Missouri. Bartels holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial design from Northeast Missouri State University. Sergeant Bartels and his wife, Dana (Miller), have two children.
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