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Q80716
August 30, 2007
EMPHASIS: Colonel James F. Keathley Announces Promotion

Colonel James F. Keathley announces the following promotion effective July 1, 2007:

Sergeant Lance M. MacLaughlin was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and remained in his assignment within the Professional Standards Division.

Lt. MacLaughlin joined the Patrol on July 1, 1995, as a member of the 70th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 1, Platte County. He transferred to Zone 10, Saline County in May 1997. MacLaughlin was promoted to corporal August 1, 2001, and was designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 10. On November 16, 2003, he was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 16, Benton County. On January 1, 2006, he transferred to the Training Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, as an instructor. In August of that same year, he transferred to the Professional Standards Division.

Lt. MacLaughlin was born in Fort Benning, GA. He graduated from Marshal High School, Marshall, MO, in 1988. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in sociology from Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO, in 1991. In 2000, he earned his master’s of science degree in criminal justice administration from the University of Central Missouri (then Central Missouri State University). Lt. MacLaughlin and his wife, Jan (Eidson), have two sons, Bradley and Ian.

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