Ozark County native is new MSHP Trooper

Ozark County native Brian Crawford graduated Dec. 30, 2016, from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy and will report for duty Jan. 17 with Troop I in Phelps/Maries counties. Crawford was one of 39 graduates of the Patrol’s 103rd recruit class, and at 39, is thought to be the oldest graduate in the class. The son of Jerry Crawford of Gaines-ville and Pat Crawford, who recently moved to Gainesville, Texas, Brian has been living in West Plains and working for AC Printing since his graduation from Gainesville High School in 1996. He and his wife, Tina, have two children.

Brian N. Crawford