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January 5, 2005

EMPHASIS: Colonel Roger D. Stottlemyre Announces Promotion



Colonel Roger D. Stottlemyre, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announced the following promotion effective January 1, 2005:



Sergeant Sid Conklin was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Lt. Conklin will remain assigned to the Division of Drug and Crime Control. He will oversee the Organized Crime/Antiterrorism Unit; Violent Crime Support Unit; Intelligence Section; Motor Vehicle Bureau; Missing Persons Unit; and the Public Information and Education Unit.



Conklin was born in Mexico, MO, and graduated from Mexico Senior High School. He earned an associate’s of arts degree in general education from Moberly Junior College. Conklin also studied law enforcement at Northeast Missouri State University. He served in the U.S. Army from August 1972 until May 1979. He earned an Army Commendation Medal in 1977 and 1979.



Conklin joined the Missouri State Highway Patrol on January 1, 1983, as a member of the 55th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop B, Zone 4, Moberly, MO. In 1990, Conklin transferred to the Division of Drug and Crime Control as a narcotics investigator in Troops B, Macon, MO, and F, Jefferson City, MO. He was promoted to corporal on August 1, 1994; to sergeant on February 1, 2000. In October 2001, he transferred to the Organized Crime Unit within the Division of Drug and Crime Control. He was designated unit supervisor a month later.



Prior to joining the Patrol, Conklin served the public as chief deputy sheriff for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and an officer with the Mexico Department of Public Safety.



Lt. Conklin and his wife, Diane, have three grown sons and one granddaughter. Lt. Conklin is the son of Norma Conklin and the late Jack Conklin of Mexico, MO. Diane is the daughter of Carl and Opaldene Newbrough of Mexico, MO.