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

TROOP C HEADQUARTERS
891 Technology Drive
Weldon Spring, MO 63304

NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Corporal Juston Wheetley
(636) 300-2800 ext:3334
C2017-016
August 4, 2017

EMPHASIS: New Public Information And Education Officer Assigned To Troop C

Captain Norman A. Murphy, acting commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, announces the following assignment effective August 1, 2017. Trooper Dallas R. Thompson was assigned as a Troop C public information and education officer. He is one of two public information officers assigned to Troop C which encompasses 11 counties. Trooper Thompson was appointed to the Patrol on October 20, 2002, and after graduating from the Patrol Academy was assigned to Troop C, Zone 14, covering Washington and St. Francois counties. Trooper Thompson is a native of Potosi, Missouri, and graduated from Potosi High School in Potosi, Missouri. He attended Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri. Prior to his appointment to the Patrol, he served as a Washington County deputy sheriff and as a police officer in Sullivan, Missouri. He is married to Dawn (Skiles) and they have two children.
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