2005-20
NEWS RELEASE:   May 16, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM:   The Kansas Highway Patrol
CONTACT:   LT John Eichkorn 785-296-6800
Megan Ingmire 785-296-6800

Wright Promoted to Lieutenant

Colonel William Seck, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, has announced that Master Trooper Mark A. Wright was promoted to lieutenant on February 13, 2005. In this role, he is the zone supervisor in Winfield.

Joining the Patrol as a trooper in June of 1988, Wright assumed road patrol duties in Wichita. In 1999, he was promoted to master trooper and transferred to Winfield.

As a member of the Patrol, Wright has been a field training officer and a coach for several recruit classes. He has also been an instructor at the Patrol’s Training Academy, teaching defense tactics. In 2001, Wright received the Lifesaving Award when he successfully performed CPR on a heart attack victim.

Wright graduated from Douglass High School in Douglass, Kansas. He received his bachelors degree in sociology from Emporia State University.