MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
A Division Of The
Department of Public Safety
Division of Drug & Crime Control - PO Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102
NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Capt. Eric T. Olson
DDCC-612015 (573) 751-3452

June 2, 2015
EMPHASIS: New Public Information & Education Officer Assigned To Division of Drug & Crime Control


Captain Eric T. Olson, director of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug & Crime Control, announces effective June 7, 2015, Sergeant Shawn M. Griggs will assume duties of public information and education officer for the division.

Griggs was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1999, graduated from Jefferson City High School, Jefferson City, Missouri. In 2004, he graduated from Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri, with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Griggs was appointed to the Patrol on October 18, 2004, as a member of the 83rd Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 3, South St. Louis and Jefferson counties. While in that assignment, he was promoted to the rank of corporal on February 1, 2010, and designated assistant zone supervisor, Zone 4, South St. Louis and Jefferson counties. On March 1, 2011, he transferred to the Division of Drug & Crime Control, Jefferson City. Griggs was designated coordinator of the East Central Drug Task Force in 2012. While in that position, he was promoted to sergeant on December 1, 2014.


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