MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
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Department of Public Safety
Public Information and Education Division - PO Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102
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Q8122013 (573) 526-6115
August 12, 2013
EMPHASIS: Colonel Ron Replogle Announces Promotion


Colonel Ron Replogle announces the following promotion, which is effective September 1, 2013:

Sergeant Edward J. Aylward will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant and designated assistant director of the Gaming Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO. He will oversee Eastern District enforcement operations.

Aylward joined 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 9, Cedar and Dade counties. He transferred to Zone 12, Christian County, in 1994. Aylward transferred to the Governor's Security Division in September 1998. He was promoted to corporal in 2000 and sergeant in 2002. He also has been assigned to the Gaming Division, Criminal Justice Information Systems Division, and the Research and Development Division.

Lieutenant Aylward was born in Saigon, Vietnam. He graduated from McCluer North High School in Florissant, MO, in 1986. He earned a bachelor's of science degree in criminal justice from Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, MO; and a master's degree in criminal justice administration from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, MO. Lt. Aylward has one son, Evan, 15.

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