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

Troop D Service Center - 5182 South Grand Avenue - Carthage MO 64836


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Mike Watson
(417) 359-1500 ext. 2229
DS2012-21
October 1, 2012

EMPHASIS: Troop D: Corporal Shane R. Monk Promoted To Sergeant

Captain Juan Villanueva, commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, is pleased to announce the following promotion:

Corporal Shane R. Monk was promoted to the rank of sergeant on May 1, 2012, and transferred from Zone 1, Greene County, to Zone 10, where he serves as zone supervisor in Webster County. A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Monk graduated from Sioux City North High School in 1988. He graduated from Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1993, with an associate's degree in criminal justice. In 1995, he graduated from Truman State University, in Kirksville, Missouri, with a bachelor's degree in justice systems. Upon completing the Patrol Academy in 1996, Monk was assigned to Troop D, Zone 3, Polk County. In 2006, he was promoted to corporal and transferred to Zone 1, Greene County. Sergeant Monk is married to Kay (Hageman), also a native of Sioux City, and they have two children, Samantha, 14, and Brady, 11.

* Photograph available upon request.


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