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

Troop H Headquarters-3525 North Belt Highway-St. Joseph, MO. 64506


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Sheldon Lyon
816-387-2345
H01141
January 2, 2014

EMPHASIS: Promotion


Captain Duane L. Robinson, commanding officer of Troop H, St. Joseph, is pleased to announce the following promotion effective January 1, 2014.
Sergeant Shawn P. Skoglund has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and designated as the Troop H District II lieutenant. Skoglund is an 18-year-veteran of the Patrol. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in 1995, he was assigned to Troop B, and lived in Moberly. He transferred to Troop H in 1998 and was assigned to Zone 2, Maryville, MO. Skoglund was promoted to the rank of corporal in 2000, and transferred to Zone 1, Mound City, MO. He was promoted again to the rank of sergeant in 2002, and transferred to Zone 9, Chillicothe, MO. Lieutenant Skoglund is married to Shannon (Galbreath), formerly of Bolckow, MO.

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