Area gets new State Trooper

Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Joshua V. Garrison has been assigned to Troop G, zone 5, Douglas and Ozark counties. He will reside in Bakersfield.
Garrison, a native of Thayer, is a graduate of Thayer High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Drury University in Springfield. He has been employed by the patrol since 2005, when he became a member of the MSHP’s 84th recruit class. His first assignment was to Troop C, Weldon Spring, where he worked in Jefferson County. On Feb. 1, 2010, he transferred to the patrol’s gaming division and was assigned to the Lumiere Place Casino in St. Louis.
His transfer to Troop G was effective Feb. 1.

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