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

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Q 51611-2 (573) 526-6115

May 16, 2011

EMPHASIS: Lt. Vincent S. Rice Promoted To Captain

Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective June 1, 2011:

Lieutenant Vincent S. Rice will be promoted to the rank of captain and designated director of the Professional Standards Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City.

Rice was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 1990, as a member of the 63rd Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, his first assignment was to Troop F, Zone 9, Montgomery/Gasconade counties. On July 1, 1995, he was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor, Zone 8, Callaway County. Rice was promoted to sergeant on September 1, 1997, designated zone supervisor, and assigned to Zone 12, Osage/Gasconade counties. On October 15, 2006, he was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Professional Standards Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City.

Rice was born in Jefferson City, and grew up in Hartsburg, MO. He graduated from Southern Boone County R-1 High School, in 1987. He holds an associate’s of science degree in criminal justice from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO. Capt. Rice and his wife, Andrea, have three children: Cole, Nathaniel, and Trey.

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