MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
A Division Of The
Department of Public Safety
Public Information and Education Division - PO Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102
NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Capt. John J. Hotz
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June 23, 2016
EMPHASIS: Colonel J. Bret Johnson Names Captain Matthew C. Walz Director Of Water Patrol Division

Colonel J. Bret Johnson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following:
Captain Matthew C. Walz is being designated director of the Water Patrol Division effective July 1, 2016. As the director, he will serve as Missouri's state boating law administrator.
Walz was appointed to the Missouri State Water Patrol on April 30, 1990, as a communications operator. He entered the Water Patrol Academy on January 2, 1994. After graduating, Walz was assigned to Lake of the Ozarks. He transferred to Table Rock Lake on February 3, 1997. On May 1, 2000, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to St. Louis County. Walz was promoted to sergeant on September 1, 2001, and assigned to the Lake of the Ozarks. He was promoted to captain and designated training commander at the Water Patrol General Headquarters in Jefferson City, on September 1, 2005. Walz transferred to the Lake of the Ozarks on November 1, 2005, as district commander over the Central Missouri Region.
On January 1, 2011, Capt. Walz transferred to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F Headquarters, Jefferson City. On January 1, 2015, he transferred to the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Water Patrol Division, General Headquarters. Capt. Walz also serves on the National Boating Safety Advisory Council, which advises the U.S. Coast Guard on recreational boating safety issues.
Capt. Walz grew up in Jefferson City, and graduated from Jefferson City High School in 1984. He has two children, Victoria, 16, and Zachary, 14.

A photo is available with this news release on the Patrol’s website.

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