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PRESS RELEASE: December 7, 2009
FROM:   The Kansas Highway Patrol
CONTACT: Technical Trooper Edna Buttler (785) 296-6800

Murphy Promoted to Captain

Colonel Terry Maple, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, has announced that Lieutenant Michael Murphy was promoted to Captain on October 4, 2009. Captain Murphy has assumed command of the Patrol's Troop D in the northwest region of the state.

Murphy joined the Patrol in 1985 as a Motor Carrier Inspector stationed in Phillipsburg. On June 18, 1988, he was promoted to Trooper, and assumed road patrol duties in Lincoln. He transferred to Osborne in 1993. In 1998, Murphy was promoted to Master Trooper and transferred to Wichita. He was promoted to Lieutenant in February 2002, and began zone supervisor duties for Cloud, Mitchell, Jewell, Republic, Washington, Clay, and Marshall counties. With his promotion to Captain, he will serve as Troop Commander for the Patrol's northwest Kansas region.

Murphy is a graduate of Natoma High School in Natoma, Kansas. He attended Colby Community College, studying Criminal Justice. His career in law enforcement began in 1984 with the Osborne Police Department.

Congratulations, Mike, on your promotion!