MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop E Headquarters - 4947 Highway 67 North - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901


News Release

For further information please contact: Trooper Clark D. Parrott
(573) 840-9500, ext. 3532
11291260
November 29, 2012

EMPHASIS: Captain Ridens Announces The Promotion Of Corporal Jason Crites


Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer, Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announces the promotion of Corporal Jason N. Crites to the rank of sergeant effective December 1, 2012. Sergeant Crites will be the zone supervisor assigned to Troop E, Zone 8, which includes southern New Madrid and Pemiscot counties.

Crites joined the Patrol on February 1, 1998 as a member of the 75th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 7. In 2001, Crites transferred to Troop E, Zone 8. On August 1, 2009, Crites was promoted to the rank of corporal and assigned as the assistant zone supervisor in Troop E, Zone 8.

Crites is a 1992 graduate of Portageville High School and served in the United States Marine Corps from 1993 to 1997. Sergeant Crites and his wife, Shannon (Bibbs), have two daughters, Jarrah and Jaime.



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