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
DS2012-23
October 1, 2012

EMPHASIS: Troop D: Tpr. Robert Schafer Promoted

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

Trooper Robert W. Schafer was promoted to the rank of corporal effective June 1, 2012, and designated as assistant zone supervisor of Zone 1, Greene County. Corporal Schafer is a Houston, Missouri, native and a 1992 graduate of Houston High School. Following graduation, he received college credit hours from Central Texas College in Fort Leonard Wood, and later received his initial law enforcement certification through the Drury University Law Enforcement Academy in Springfield, Missouri. He was employed by the Seymour, Missouri, Police Department prior to his appointment to the Patrol. Schafer was appointed to the Patrol on March 15, 2000, as a member of the 77th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop F, Camden and Miller counties. In 2005, he transferred to Troop D, Webster County. Corporal Schafer is married to Jenni (Cordia), and they have two children, Nicholas and Will.

* Photograph available upon request.

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