MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop E - 4947 Hwy 67 North, Poplar Bluff, Missouri
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Clark D. Parrott
573-840-9500 ext 3532
E5
May 21, 2021
EMPHASIS:
Troop E Announces Promotion Of Corporal James C. Cooksey
Captain Philip E. Gregory, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announces the following promotion effective June 1, 2021.
Corporal James C. Cooksey Jr. will be promoted to sergeant and designated the zone supervisor of Zone 11, Stoddard County. Cooksey was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 2008, as a member of the 88th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 20, Perry/Ste. Genevieve counties. In 2009, he transferred to Troop E, Zone 7, Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott counties. He was promoted to corporal on June 1, 2017, and designated the assistant zone supervisor and remained in Zone 7. He and his wife Heather (Hill) Cooksey have three children.
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