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

Troop A, 504 SE Blue Parkway, Lee's Summit, MO 64063


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For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 259
A2010-26
April 30, 2010

EMPHASIS: Captain Powell Announces Promotion Of Lieutenant Dale Jinkens


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee's Summit, announced effective May 1, 2010, Sergeant Dale O. Jinkens will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned to Troop A as the District 3 operations lieutenant. Lieutenant Jinkens is a 16-year veteran with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Jinkens was appointed to the Patrol on August 1, 1993, as a member of the 66th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 6, Jackson County. In August 1998, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to Zone 14, Bates County. Jinkens was promoted to sergeant in May 2003, and designated zone supervisor of Zone 7, Jackson County.

Jinkens was born in Fort Madison, Iowa. He graduated from Fort Madison Senior High School in 1988. He earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri, in 2007. Jinkens served in the United States Marine Corps from 1989 to 1993, prior to joining the Highway Patrol. Lieutenant Jinkens and his wife, Kristie, have three children: Elysse, Bailey, and Luke.

(Photograph available upon request.)


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