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. John J. Hotz
Q542015 (573) 526-6115

May 4, 2015
EMPHASIS: Colonel J. Bret Johnson Announces Promotion


Colonel J. Bret Johnson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announced the following promotion effective May 1, 2015:

Sergeant Michael W. Watson is being promoted to the rank of lieutenant, assigned to the Field Operations Bureau, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, and designated homeland security liaison.

Watson was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1992, as a member of the 64th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop D, Zone 5, Jasper County. On July 1, 1997, he was promoted to the rank of corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 11, Jasper County. Watson was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 5 on May 5, 2002. On April 1, 2008, he transferred to Troop D Headquarters as one of the troop’s public information and education officers.

Lieutenant Watson was born in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. He graduated from Branson Senior High School in 1986. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice administration from what is now the University of Central Missouri-Warrensburg. Lt. Watson and his wife, Camron (Becker), have two children, Keegan and Katherine Watson.


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