Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has announced that nine troopers will graduate from the Patrol’s Accelerated Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, October 11, 2024. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. in the Patrol Academy’s gymnasium and will be live-streamed on the Patrol’s Facebook page. These new officers are members of the 121st Recruit Class, which reported to the Academy on July 1, 2024, and they will begin their assignments in their designated troops on October 21, 2024.