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

Troop H Headquarters - 3525 North Belt - St. Joseph, MO 64506-1370


News Release

For further information please contact: Sgt. Sheldon A. Lyon
816-387-2345
H09094
September 8, 2009

EMPHASIS: Troop H Promotion


Captain Duane L. Robinson, commanding officer of Troop H, St. Joseph, announced effective September 1, 2009, Sergeant Scott E. Meyer from Troop A, Lee's Summit, MO, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned to Troop H as the District II lieutenant.

Lieutenant Meyer joined the Patrol as a member of the 63rd Recruit Class graduating in December 1990. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop A, Platte County. He was promoted to the rank of corporal in September 1996, and assigned to Zone 4, Clay County. He was promoted to sergeant in November 2001, while assigned to the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Unit. Lieutenant Meyer has been assigned to the Public Information and Education Division for Troop A since 2006.

Lieutenant Meyer was born in Chillicothe, Missouri. He graduated from Helias High School, Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1979. He graduated from Lincoln University in 1984 with a bachelor's of science degree in criminal justice. Lieutenant Meyer is married to Cheryl Cassmeyer, formerly of Folk, Missouri. Lieutenant Meyer has two sons: Steven, 27, and Thomas, 21.
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