Missouri State Highway Patrol
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces the following promotion, effective June 1, 2023. Trooper Riley D. Johnson will be promoted to the rank of corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 6, Scotland, Clark, Knox, and Lewis counties. Corporal Johnson was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 2017, […]
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, announces the following transfer effective April 9, 2023. Trooper Kurtis A. Hurley transferred from Troop C, Zone 9, serving the citizens of St. Charles County, to Troop B, Zone 6, serving the citizens of Clark and Scotland counties. Hurley was appointed to the Missouri State Highway […]

The Missouri State Highway Patrol, a premier law enforcement agency, is testing for new troopers. The Patrol is encouraging qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply and will offer testing at nine different locations in Missouri. Those who successfully complete testing will be eligible to continue in the selection process for the 119th (Accelerated) and […]
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division will participate in a five-day Human Trafficking Awareness initiative January 9-13, 2023. This initiative is a concentrated effort to educate commercial motor vehicle drivers, motor carriers, law enforcement officers, and the general public about human trafficking, what signs […]
A car vs deer incident late Thursday night proved fatal for a Memphis man. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 20-year old Jason R. Gingerich was driving northbound on Highway 15 about eight miles south of Memphis at 11:30 Thursday night when the accident occurred. The Jeep Wrangler Gingerich was driving struck a deer […]
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces the following promotion effective December 1, 2022. Sergeant Paul M. Behrens will be promoted to lieutenant and designated a member of the Troop B command staff. Behrens was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1997. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of James Darrick Beeler, 50, of Glenwood, on Wednesday for possession of child pornography. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by members of the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Digital Forensics Investigative Unit and the Missouri Digital […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.- Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, would like to remind the public about laws pertaining to the use of all-terrain vehicles and utility vehicles. Missouri laws define utility vehicles as any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for off-highway use, which is more than 50 inches, but […]
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, MO, announces on April 11, 2022, 16 Troop B area residents completed a Community Alliance Program offered by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop B Headquarters. This was the 16th program of its type conducted at Troop B since 2001. The Community Alliance Program is […]
Captain Erik A. Gottman, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces Trooper Trent J. Haley is being promoted to the rank of corporal effective May 1, 2022. He will be designated assistant zone commander of Zone 5, Adair and Schuyler counties. Haley was appointed to the Patrol on January 7, 2007, and after graduating from […]