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

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November 14, 2014

EMPHASIS: Colonel Ron Replogle Announces Promotion

Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion, which is effective December 1, 2014:

Sergeant Kristin D. Coulson will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant and be assigned to the Professional Standards Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO.

Coulson was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1993, as a member of the 65th Recruit Class. Upon completing her training at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, she was assigned to Troop H, Zone 5, St. Joseph, MO. In 1995, she transferred to Troop B, Macon, MO, where she worked in Zone 1, then Zone 2. Coulson transferred to the Division of Drug & Crime Control, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, on January 1, 2001. On November 16, 2003, she transferred to the Human Resources Division, General Headquarters. Coulson was promoted to corporal on December 12, 2004, and to sergeant on November 12, 2006, while assigned to the Human Resources Division.

Lieutenant Coulson grew up in Cameron, MO. She graduated from Cameron R-1 High School in Cameron, in 1988. Coulson earned a bachelor’s of science degree in legal studies from Missouri Western College in St. Joseph, MO, in 1992. Lt. Coulson and her husband, Sgt. Jeff Coulson, have two daughters, Shelby and Lydia.

A photo of Lt. Coulson can be found beneath this news release on the Patrol's website.


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