NEWS RELEASE: April 9, 2008
FROM: The Kansas Highway Patrol
CONTACT: TechTRP Edna Buttler (785)296-6800
Cait Purinton-Day (785) 296-6800
Bruce Promoted to Major
Colonel Terry Maple, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, has announced that Mark A. Bruce was promoted to major of the Support Services Section on March 9, 2008.
Bruce joined the Patrol on June 18, 1989, and was assigned to road patrol duties in the Manhattan area. He transferred to Linn County in 1993. In 1996, Bruce transferred to the Research and Planning Section of General Headquarters in Topeka. He was promoted to sergeant in 1998 and second lieutenant in 2000, with both promotions in Support Services. In 2003, Bruce was promoted to lieutenant then captain of Emergency Operations. He transferred to captain of Homeland Security when the section was created in 2004. In 2007, Bruce returned to Support Services as a captain. As major of the Support Services Section, Bruce will oversee Government and Public Affairs, Central Communications and the Criminal Justice Information Systems, the Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy, and Human Resources.
Bruce is a graduate of Ellsworth High School in Ellsworth, Kan. He earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Barton County Community College, a bachelor's of arts in psychology from the University of Kansas, and a master's in criminal justice from Washburn University. Bruce served in the Kansas Air National Guard from 1985 to 1994, most recently holding the rank of technical sergeant in law enforcement.
Congratulations, Mark, on your promotion!