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

Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64063


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sgt. Bill Lowe
(816) 622-0800 ext. 273
A2011-28
May 31, 2011

EMPHASIS: Troop A Promotion


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A Lee’s Summit, announces the promotion of Trooper Douglas Melton to corporal effective June 1, 2011. He will be designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 12, serving Johnson County.
Melton was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1997, as a member of the 73rd Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop B, Macon. In May 2010, Melton transferred to Troop A, and was assigned to Zone 8, serving Lafayette County.
Melton was born in Rolla, Missouri, and graduated from Rolla High School, in Rolla, Missouri. He earned a bachelor’s of science degree from The College of Ozarks in 1980. Corporal Melton is married to Toni Schmiedeskamp and they have four sons: John, Kent, Andrew, and Zachary.

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