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MACON, MO -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol announces 18 Troop B area residents completed a Community Alliance Program (citizens' academy) on November 14, 2011 offered by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop B Headquarters. 

This was the seventh program of this type to be conducted at the Troop B Headquarters since 2001.  The Community Alliance Program is a unique opportunity for citizens to gain insight and understanding of the training and many duties of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.  It also offers an opportunity to meet and interact with several members and employees of the Patrol.  During the program, the participants met at the Troop B Headquarters in Macon, MO, for 10 consecutive Monday evenings and received classroom and practical instruction on various topics including firearms, traffic stops, traffic crash and criminal investigations, polygraph examinations, and driving while intoxicated enforcement.
The program culminated with an awards ceremony, which was held at and sponsored by the Macon Comfort Inn.  During the awards ceremony, attendees were presented with a plaque for their participation.  Participants of the 2011 Troop B Community Alliance Program were:  Shellie Claiborne, of Macon; Jerry Edwards, of Macon; Brandy Forsyth, of Paris; Paul Isaacson, of Macon; John H. Larrick, of Macon; June Long, of Macon; Mark Maddox, of Macon; Scott Nelson, of Macon; William Reid, of Moberly; Randy Roberts, of Macon; Stephen Roberts, of Macon; Roger Roll, of Macon; Donald Schisler, of Macon; James Scott, of Anabel; Sherry Stanley, of Kirksville; Sally Watts, of Macon; Jace Weber, of Anabel; and Sally Weber, of Anabel.