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
Q8192022 (573) 526-6115
August 19, 2022
EMPHASIS: Captain Jason N. Crites Named Commanding Officer, Troop F, Jefferson City
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following transfer:
Captain Jason N. Crites, director of the Research and Development Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, is being named commanding officer and transferring to Troop F, Jefferson City, effective September 1, 2022.
Crites joined the Patrol as a member of the 75th Recruit Class on February 1, 1998. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 7, Howard & Cooper counties. Crites transferred to Troop E, Zone 9, New Madrid/Pemiscot counties, in February 2001. He transferred to Zone 8, New Madrid/Pemiscot counties, in September 2003. Crites was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Troop E, Zone 8, in August 2009. He remained in this zone after being promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor in December 2012. In February 2015, Crites was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to Troop F Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO. He was promoted to captain and designated director of the Research and Development Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, in January 2020.
Crites grew up in Portageville, MO, where he graduated from Portageville High School in 1992. He earned an Associate of Science from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO, in 1998. Crites attended Leadership in Police Organizations Training in February 2015. He graduated from the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command in May 2019. Capt. Crites and his wife, Shannon (Bibbs), have three children.
A photograph of Capt. Crites is posted with this news release on the Patrol’s website.
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