News Release



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Sergeant John Hotz

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June 26, 2006



EMPHASIS: Promotion to Sergeant in Saline County





Captain Vincent J. Ellis, Commanding Officer of Troop A, announces the promotion of Corporal Ralph (Woody) Hicks to Sergeant in Saline County. He will be designated as the zone commander in Saline County, Zone 10.



Sergeant Hicks graduated from Winnetonka High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was assigned to Benton County upon graduation from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy in 1995. Sergeant Hicks was promoted to Corporal in 2000 and assigned to Saline County.



Sergeant Hicks was employed as a social worker with the Division of Family Services in Jackson County prior to joining the Patrol.