MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
A Division Of The
Department of Public Safety
Public Information and Education Division - PO Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102
NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Capt. John J. Hotz
Q8152016-1 (573) 526-6115

August 15, 2016
EMPHASIS: Colonel J. Bret Johnson Announces Promotion

Colonel J. Bret Johnson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective September 1, 2016:

Sergeant Michael A. Petlansky is being promoted to the rank of lieutenant and designated assistant director of the Water Patrol Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO.

Petlansky was appointed to the Patrol on January 16, 2001, as a member of the 78th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 3, Clay County. On September 1, 2004, he transferred to Troop C, Zone 13, Jefferson County. Petlansky was promoted to corporal and transferred to Troop C, Zone 1, North St. Louis County on May 28, 2006. He was promoted to sergeant on January 1, 2011, and designated zone supervisor of Troop C, Zone 2, North St. Louis County.

Lt. Petlansky was born in St. Louis, MO, and graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School in St. Louis, in 1996. He then served honorably in the U.S. Coast Guard for four years. Petlansky earned an associate degree in criminal justice from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO, in 2001. In 2007, he attended the FBI's Chemical Munitions School. He graduated from Leadership in Policing Organizations training in 2015. Lt. Petlansky and his wife Donna have two sons, Michael and Mason.

A photo is available with this news release on the Patrol’s website.

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