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. J. Tim Hull
Q82912-1 (573) 526-6115

August 29, 2012
EMPHASIS: Promotion

Colonel Ronald Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective September 1, 2012:

Lieutenant Sarah L. Eberhard will be promoted to the rank of captain and designated director of the Division of Drug and Crime Control, General Headquarters, Jefferson City.

Eberhard was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1993, as a member of the 65th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, MO, she was assigned to Troop H, Zone 5, Buchanan/Andrew counties, MO. In March 1999, she was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone commander for Troop H, Zone 10, Dekalb/Daviess counties. Eberhard was promoted to sergeant and designated zone commander for Troop H, Zone 9, Livingston County, in July 2000. She transferred to Troop H, Zone 7, Clinton/Caldwell counties, in 2001, then transferred to the Division of Drug and Crime Control, General Headquarters, in 2004. She was promoted to lieutenant in 2009, and remained in that division.

Captain Eberhard was born in Kansas City, MO. She graduated from Raytown South High School in 1988. Eberhard holds an associate’s of arts degree from Longview Community College, Lee’s Summit, MO, and a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice administration from the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO.

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