EMPHASIS: 25 New Troopers To Graduate From Missouri State Highway Patrol Law Enforcement Academy
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that 25 troopers will graduate from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. The ceremony will take place in the Academy gymnasium, 1510 East Elm Street, Jefferson City, MO, and the public is invited. The graduation ceremony will be live streamed on the Patrol’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/motrooper. The graduation ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. The 112th Recruit Class reported to the Academy on August 2, 2021, to begin the 25-week training to become a trooper. The new troopers will report to duty in their assigned troops on Monday, January 31, 2022.
Governor Michael L. Parson will provide the keynote address and Col. Olson will also speak to the class during the graduation. The Honorable Patricia Breckenridge, Supreme Court of Missouri, will administer the Oath of Office to the new troopers. Provost Roger K. McMillian, vice president of College Affairs for Mineral Area College, will confer an associate of applied science degree to eight of the new troopers. The Troop F Color Guard will present the colors and Sergeant Andrew Henry (H) will sing the national anthem. Pastor Dale D. Richey from Pisgah Baptist Church in Excelsior Springs, MO, will provide the invocation and benediction.
Four class awards will be presented. The recruits accumulate points toward graduation in the categories of physical fitness, firearms, and academics throughout their 25 weeks at the Academy. The person with the highest number of points in each category earns the respective award. Award categories include physical fitness, firearms, academics, and the Superintendent’s Award, which is presented to the person with the most points overall.
The names (hometowns) and first assignments of members of the 112th Recruit Class are listed below:
Troop A Isaac L. Kimball (Columbia, MO), Zone 5, Ray & Carroll Counties Joshua W. Eickhoff (Alma, MO), Zone 8, Lafayette County Gregory A. Stineman (Cole Camp), MO, Zone 11, Cass County William M. Henderson (Edwards, MO), Zone 15, Henry County Troop C Markus G. Burns (Greenridge, MO), Zone 7, Warren County Lane C. Coleman (Ozark, MO), Zone 8, St. Charles County Brandon T. Dorff (Collinsville, CT), Zone 10, Franklin County Nathan W. Downs (Troy, MO), Zone 9, St. Charles County Brent W. Katzing (Sedalia, MO), Zone 9, St. Charles County Maurice Lang Jr. (Raymore, MO), Zone 2, N. St. Louis County Patrick B. Martin (Jacksonville, IL), Zone 10, Franklin County Tyson O. Murphy (Imperial, MO), Zone 1, N. St. Louis County Collin J. Nichols (Troy, MO), Zone 7, Warren County Joshua T. Parrott (Smithville, MO), Zone 8, St. Charles County Troop D Marissa L. Harris (Montgomery City, MO), Zone 15, Stone & Taney Counties Christopher T. Schmidt (Rogersville, MO), Zone 4, Stone & Taney Counties Scott J. Walden (Holt, MO), Zone 14, Barry County Troop E Kyle L. Hogan (Gainesville, MO), Zone 4, Bollinger/Cape Girardeau/Scott Counties Nathaniel V. Bishop (Willow Springs, MO), Zone 9, New Madrid & Pemiscot Counties Tyler S. Reinke (Lincoln, MO), Zone 10, Dunklin County Richard W. Wylie (Wheaton, MO), Zone 11, Stoddard County Troop F Matthew M. Guinnip (Hallsville, MO), Zone 16, Camden & Miller Counties Matthew D. Easton (Hannibal, MO), Zone 17, Camden & Miller Counties Troop I Nicholas I. Kucsik (Bonnots Mill, MO), Zone 3, Crawford County Elijah D. LeBlanc (Anderson, MO), Zone 2, Phelps & Maries County (###)