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HQ Social Media
District Social Media

Trooper John Dattilo
District 1 | @wspd1pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Trooper Shannon McKenzie (SM)

Trooper Rick Johnson
District 2 | @wspd2pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Trooper Chelsea DeHart (CD)
• Trooper Nick Jones (NJ)

Lieutenant Dustin Drout
District 3 | @wspd3pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Lieutenant Jody Metz (JM)

Sergeant Greg Riddell
District 4 | @wspd4pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Trooper Cole Jackson (CJ)
• Trooper Caleb Hudson (CH)

Lieutenant Ryan Tanner
District 5 | @wspd5pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Trooper Dakota Russell (DK)

Trooper Jeremy Weber
District 6 | @wspd6pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Trooper Jeremiah Matthews (JM)
• Trooper Ryan Michael (RM)
• Trooper Sage Schafer (SS)

Trooper Kelsey Harding
District 7 | @wspd7pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Trooper Anthony Reese (AR)
• Trooper Wyatt Pearson (WP)
• Trooper Rommie Smith (RS)
• Trooper Nick Brockman (NB)
• Trooper Brad Tulloch (BT)

Trooper Katherine Weatherwax
District 8 | @wspd8pio
Backups will sign their tweets
• Trooper Joshua Magerstaedt (JM)