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

TROOP C HEADQUARTERS
891Technology Drive
Weldon Spring, MO 63304

NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Corporal Dallas Thompson
636-300-2800 ext. 3340
C2024-002
February 1, 2024

EMPHASIS: Troop C Announces Promotion

Captain Kevin W. Malugen, commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, announces the following Troop C promotion effective February 1, 2024.

Trooper Andrew D. Baker is being promoted to the rank of corporal and will be assigned as the assistant zone commander of Zone 1, serving the citizens of North St. Louis County. Baker was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol on January 2, 2019, as a member of the 105th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 1. In April 2023, Baker was assigned as an investigator on the Troop C Highway Investigation Team.
Corporal Baker graduated from Jennings Senior High School in Jennings, Missouri, in 2007. In 2018, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminology, from Webster University, in Webster Groves, Missouri.
In 2021, Baker earned a master’s degree in management and leadership, with an emphasis in cybersecurity, from Webster University.

A photo of Corporal Baker is available with this news release on the Patrol’s website.

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