Colonel Herman T. Jones, Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, announced that Captain Eric Sauer has been promoted to major, and will now oversee the west region, which includes Troops C, D, E, F, and emergency operations.
Sauer joined the patrol in March 1994 and was assigned to field duties in Goodland. In 1998, he was assigned to the governor’s protection detail, Troop L, in Topeka, and was promoted to second lieutenant in 1999. In 2003, Sauer was promoted to lieutenant and later that same year to captain, assuming the duties of operations commander of Troop L. In 2011, Sauer transferred and took command of Troop N and the KHP aircraft wing, Troop T, until 2015. In 2015, Sauer assumed command of the Homeland Security/Emergency Operations unit in addition to Troop N.
Sauer began his law enforcement career in 1991 with the Riley County Police Department as a police officer after graduating from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. Sauer is a native of Cimarron and a 1987 graduate of Cimarron High School. He later received an associate degree in criminal justice from Seward County Community College in 1989 and his Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from Washburn University in 1991. Sauer is a 2011 graduate of the FBI National Academy Class #247 in Quantico, Va.