A Dexter native has graduated from the 93rd Missouri State Highway Patrol Recruit Class and has been assigned to Troop E in Southeast Missouri.

Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announced this week that Christopher B. Christian of Dexter graduated from the Patrol Academy on June 24 and will report for duty in Troop E on July 11.

Christian is a 2005 graduate of Dexter High School and received a bachelor’s of science degree in management from Missouri State University in Springfield.

Christian has been assigned to Zone 8 in Troop E, which serves the citizens of New Madrid and Pemiscot counties. His field-training officer will be Trooper Brooks Pratt.

Two other Southeast Missouri residents were also members of the Academy class that graduated this month. Devin W. Foust and David P. Rinehart, both of Sikeston, were a part of the class. Both have been assigned to Zone 6, which serves Scott, Mississippi and New Madrid counties.

Others troopers new to Troop E include:

• Trooper Conrad Purnell of Kansas City; assigned to Zone 8 (New Madrid and Pemiscot counties)
• Trooper Eric M. Reynolds, a native of Mt. Zion, Illinois; assigned to Zone 3 (Wayne County)