MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64063
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Andy Bell
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3149
A2020-14
July 1, 2020
EMPHASIS:
Captain Scott A. Shipers Announces Promotion
Captain Scott A. Shipers, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, is pleased to announce the following promotion effective today, July 1, 2020.
Trooper Kelly M. Hoover was promoted to the rank of corporal and designated as an assistant zone supervisor of Zone 11, serving Cass County. Hoover was appointed to the Patrol on February 1, 2010, as a member of the 91st Recruit Class. After graduating the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, she was assigned to Troop B, Zone 7, serving Lewis and Knox counties. Hoover transferred to Troop A, Zone 12, serving Johnson County in November 2019.
Corporal Hoover was born in Harrisonville, Missouri. She graduated from Holden High School, in Holden, Missouri, in 2005. Before joining the Patrol, she earned a Bachelor of Science in political science from Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, in 2009.
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“If I could just go back …”
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