Captain Bruce D. Fiske, commanding officer of Troop G, Willow Springs, announces effective February 1, 2021, Lieutenant Jeffory A. Bair will transfer from Troop I, Rolla, to Troop G as the District 2 operations lieutenant. Lieutenant Bair is a 26-year veteran of state law enforcement in Missouri.
Bair was appointed to the Missouri State Water Patrol on October 1, 1995, as a member of the 27th Water Patrol Recruit Class. He obtained the rank of lieutenant while serving as a member of the Water Patrol. Following the Water Patrol’s merger with the Highway Patrol in 2011, Bair was assigned to Troop I, Rolla.
Bair is a native of Koshkonong, Missouri. He graduated from Koshkonong High School in 1988. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri, in 1993. Lieutenant Bair and his wife, Jolene (Cutbirth), have three children: Faith, Grace, and Carson.
