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
Q12112015-1 (573) 526-6115

December 11, 2015
EMPHASIS: Colonel J. Bret Johnson Announces Promotion


Colonel J. Bret Johnson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective January 1, 2016:

Mr. Patrick J. Woods, Q/CJISD, will be promoted to the position of assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO. Assistant Director Woods is being assigned as the Patrol’s chief information security officer overseeing the Patrol’s Cyber Security Section.

Mr. Woods was appointed to the Missouri State Highway Patrol August 23, 2010, as a CJIS troop trainer assigned to Troop C. In November 2012, he transferred to General Headquarters, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, as the information security officer assigned to the Patrol’s Information Security Unit.

Mr. Woods was born in Holden, MO. He graduated from Holden High School in 2003. He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, in 2008, and a master's degree in cyber security from the University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD, in 2013.

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