Sergeant Scott A. Shipers will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned to Troop A, effective Sept. 1, according to Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit. Lieutenant Shipers is a 15-year veteran with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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Shipers was appointed to the Patrol on Jan. 1, 1996, as a member of the 71st Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop H, Zone 3, serving Harrison and Gentry counties. In April 2001, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to Zone 7, serving Clinton and Caldwell counties. Shipers was promoted to sergeant in June 2004, and designated zone supervisor of Zone 7.
Shipers was born in Gallatin. He graduated from Gallatin High School in 1992. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice from Truman State University, in Kirksville, in 1995. Lieutenant Shipers and his wife, Andrea (Trussell), have one son, Brody, 3.