2008-63
NEWS RELEASE:  July 15, 2008
FROM:   The Kansas Highway Patrol
CONTACT:   TechTRP Edna Buttler (785)296-6800

Dean Promoted to Captain

Colonel Terry L. Maple, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, has announced that Andrew N. Dean was promoted to lieutenant, effective June 29, 2008.

Dean joined the Patrol on January 7, 2001, as a trooper assigned to road patrol duties in the Riley County area. As a lieutenant, Dean will be a zone supervisor for troopers in Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, and Nemaha counties. As a member of the Patrol, Dean was a field training officer in 2002 and 2004 and a recruit class coach in 2004. He was a report writing instructor for recruits between 2003 and 2005, and he became an advanced criminal interdiction instructor in 2008. Dean has been presented numerous awards in his career with the KHP. He was presented a Commander's Commendation in 2002 for seat belt and child restraint enforcement, and he was presented with a Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police Bronze Award in 2002. That same year, the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) presented Dean with an award for seizing 31.3 kilograms of methamphetamine, which was the largest highway interdiction meth seizure in the United States. He received three awards from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for his contributions in drug law enforcement in 2003, 2004, and 2006. In 2006, Dean was recognized by the KHP for seizing 11.7 pounds of heroin, which was the largest heroin seizure for the agency. Also in 2006, Dean received a Commander's Commendation for making 35 felony drug arrests that year.

Dean is a graduate of Washburn Rural High School in Topeka, Kansas, and he earned a bachelor's of science in sociology / criminology from Kansas State University.

Congratulations, Andrew, on your promotion!