MSHP Announces 122nd Recruit Class Graduation

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that the 122nd Recruit Class will graduate from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, December 20, 2024. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. at the Patrol Academy’s gymnasium. The graduation ceremony will be live streamed on the Patrol’s Facebook page. The 122nd Recruit Class reported to the Academy on July 1, 2024. The new troopers will report to duty in their assigned troops on January 6, 2025.

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The Honorable Robin Ransom, Supreme Court of Missouri, will administer the Oath of Office to the new troopers. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey will provide the keynote address and Colonel Olson will also address the class. The Troop F Color Guard will present the colors and the 135th Army Band, Missouri Army National Guard, will perform the national anthem. Chaplain Kevin Kappler, US Missions, will provide the invocation and benediction.

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