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
(816) 387-2345 ext. 3847
H42524
April 29, 2024
EMPHASIS:
Lieutenant W. Shane Sims Retires
Captain Shawn P. Skoglund, commanding officer Troop H, St. Joseph, announces Lieutenant W. Shane Sims will retire on June 1, 2024, after serving more than 28 years with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Sims was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1996, as a member of the 71st Recruit Class. Upon completing his training at the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop H, Zone 2, Nodaway and Worth counties. In 2001, Sims was promoted to corporal and served as the assistant zone supervisor in Zone 9, Livingston County. In 2004, he was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 2, Nodaway and Worth counties. In 2012, Sims became a commercial vehicle enforcement trooper, and was named supervisor of the Troop H Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit. He was promoted to lieutenant in 2014, and remained assigned to Troop H.
Lieutenant Sims was born in Princeton, Missouri, and graduated from Princeton R-5. In 1993, he graduated from North Central Missouri College in Trenton, Missouri, with an associate of arts degree in general studies. Lieutenant Sims is married to Janara, and they have two grown children.
A photograph of Lieutenant Sims has been posted with this news release on the Patrol's website.
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