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

TROOP C HEADQUARTERS
891 Technology Drive
Weldon Spring, MO 63304


NEWS ALERT

For further information please contact: Sergeant Al Nothum
(636) 300-2800 ext. 3340
C0101021
April 19, 2010

EMPHASIS: Norman A. Murphy Promoted To Lieutenant In Troop C



Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, announces the promotion of Sergeant Norman A. Murphy to the rank of lieutenant. Lieutenant Murphy's promotion was effective on April 1, 2010.

Murphy was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 1987, as a member of the 59th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, Missouri, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 5, Lincoln and Pike counties. In 1993, Murphy was promoted to corporal, and designated assistant zone commander of Zone 5. Murphy was promoted to sergeant in 1998, and designated zone commander of Zone 6, Lincoln and Pike counties. In 2008, Murphy was transferred to Troop C Headquarters and was assigned as the supervisor of the Driver Examination Division and the Motor Vehicle Inspection Division.

Lieutenant Murphy was born in Kirkwood, Missouri. He graduated from Kirkwood High School, in Kirkwood, Missouri, in 1981. Murphy earned a bachelor’s of science degree in criminal justice from Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, Missouri. Lieutenant Murphy and his wife, Sherry, have three children: Brian 15, Ashley 14, and Tara, 10. Lieutenant Murphy currently resides in Troy, Missouri.





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