News Release



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Sergeant John Hotz

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June 29, 2006



EMPHASIS: Promotion to Sergeant in Benton County





Captain Vincent J. Ellis, Commanding Officer of Troop A, announces the promotion of Corporal Brian Daniel to Sergeant in Benton County. He will be designated as the zone commander in Benton County, Zone 16.



Sergeant Daniel graduated from Hillcrest High School in Springfield, Missouri. He received a bachelor’s degree in creative writing from Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. He was assigned to Pettis County upon graduation from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy in 1998. Sergeant Daniel was promoted to Corporal in 2003 in Pettis County.



Sergeant Daniel was a Kansas City Missouri Police Officer before joining the Patrol. He is married to the former Erica Muller and they have a son named Lathon.