MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
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March 30, 2015
EMPHASIS: Sergeant Joseph L. Armistead Promoted To Lieutenant


Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective April 1, 2015:

Sergeant Joseph L. Armistead is being promoted to lieutenant and will transfer to the Professional Standards Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO.

Armistead joined the Patrol on October 16, 2001, as a member of the 79th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 10, Boone County. He was promoted to corporal on May 13, 2007, and designated assistant zone supervisor of Troop F, Zone 3, Boone County. On October 14, 2007, Armistead transferred to the Training Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City. He was promoted to sergeant on June 1, 2010, and remained assigned to the Training Division.

Lieutenant Armistead was born in St. Louis County. He graduated from Bourbon High School in Bourbon, MO, in 1993. In 1997, he earned a bachelor’s of science degree in psychology from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO. He earned a master's degree in business administration from William Woods University in Fulton, MO, in 2001. Lt. Armistead graduated with Class #364 of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command in 2014. Lt. Armistead and his wife, Teri (Froemsdorf), have two children, Savannah and Jack.


Photo available upon request.

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