Lamar High School, MSSU graduate assigned to Highway Patrol Troop A

(From the Missouri State Highway Patrol)

Captain Scott A. Shipers, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, is pleased to announce the assignment of nine new troopers to Troop A.

The new troopers are members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s 108th Recruit Class, which graduated from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Law Enforcement Academy today, December 20, 2019. The troopers report for duty on January 6, 2020.

Trooper Kainen M. Nance, a native of Nevada, Missouri, has been assigned to Zone 14, which serves the citizens of Bates County.

Trooper Nance graduated from Lamar High School in Lamar, Missouri. He holds an Associate of Arts in criminal justice from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri.