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
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February 14, 2014

EMPHASIS: Troop H Promotion


Captain Duane L. Robinson, commanding officer of Troop H, St. Joseph, is pleased to announce the following promotion.

Corporal Gara N. Howard has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant and designated zone commander of Zone 3. Zone 3 serves the public in Gentry and Harrison Counties. Prior to her promotion, she was the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 5, in St. Joseph. Sergeant Howard is a 16- year veteran of the Patrol, with her first assignment being in Zone 8, at Plattsburg. She grew up in Savannah, MO, and graduated from Savannah R-3 High School. Sergeant Howard is a 1996 graduate of Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, and holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice.

The Patrol encourages motorists and watercraft operators to protect themselves by making sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint and everyone in the vessel is wearing an approved life jacket. Click It 4 Life and Wear It!!!
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