MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
A Division Of The
Department of Public Safety
Public Information and Education Division - PO Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102

NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Capt. J. Tim Hull
Q11162012-1 (573) 526-6115

November 16, 2012
EMPHASIS: Colonel Ron Replogle Announces Promotion

Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective December 1, 2012:

Lieutenant Larry W. Plunkett Jr., Troop F, will be promoted to the rank of captain and designated director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City.

Captain Plunkett joined the Patrol on July 1, 1989, as a member of the 61st Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop I, Zone 4, Pulaski County. He was promoted to corporal on July 1, 1994, and designated assistant zone commander of Troop E, Zone 9, Portageville, MO. He transferred to Zone 3, Wayne County, in 1998. He was promoted to sergeant on September 1, 1998. In 2002, Plunkett became the public information and education officer for Troop E. He was promoted to lieutenant on January 8, 2006, and transferred to Troop F Headquarters.

Capt. Plunkett graduated from Holcomb High School in Holcomb, MO, in 1985. He earned a bachelor's of science degree in criminal justice from Southeast Missouri State University in 1988. Capt. Plunkett and his wife, Angela, have two children, Lane and Lauren.

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