The Kansas Highway Patrol recently promoted Anthony E. Prideaux, Lawrence, from captain to major.

Prideaux oversees the patrol’s Special Services Division, which includes the Kansas Turnpike, Capitol Police, emergency operations, homeland security, aircraft and executive transportation, and fleet management.

Since joining the patrol as a trooper 28 years ago, Prideaux has handled road duties in Salina, flown patrol aircraft and headed the Governor’s Security Detail. In 1998, he was promoted to captain and served as commander of vehicle fleet and aircraft.

Prideaux earned an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Barton County Community College, and he has 40 hours of curriculum in flight instruction, law enforcement, art of persuasion, and communication studies from Washburn University, Fort Hays State University, and Colby Community College.