MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop H - 3525 North Belt, St. Joseph, Missouri 64506
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Shane M. Hux
H62024
(816) 387-2345 ext. 3847
June 21, 2024
EMPHASIS:
Sergeant Jason M. Cross Promoted To Lieutenant
Captain Shawn P. Skoglund, commanding officer of Troop H, St. Joseph, Missouri, is pleased to announce Sergeant Jason M. Cross is being promoted to lieutenant. The promotion is effective July 1, 2024. Lieutenant Cross is an 18-year veteran with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Cross was appointed to the Patrol on January 8, 2006, as a member of the 85th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop H, Zone 3, Harrison and Gentry counties. In 2009, Cross transferred to Zone 7, Caldwell and Clinton counties. He was promoted to corporal in 2014, where he served as an assistant zone supervisor of Zone 10, Daviess and DeKalb counties. In 2018, Cross was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 10.
Lieutenant Cross was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from Richmond High School in Richmond, Missouri. In 2005, he graduated from Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, having earned a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice. Cross graduated from Police Leadership: The West Point Model in November 2003. Lieutenant Cross and his wife, Nena (Woodward), have two children.
A photograph of Lieutenant Cross has been posted with this news release on the Patrol’s website.
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