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January 15, 2014

EMPHASIS: Colonel Ron Replogle Announces Promotion

Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective February 1, 2014:

Captain Timothy McDonald is being promoted to the rank of major and will remain in his current position assigned to the superintendent's office serving as chief of staff, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO. The chief of staff serves at the pleasure of the superintendent and is considered a member of the Patrol’s command staff.

McDonald was appointed to the Patrol on January 5, 1981, as a member of the 54th Recruit Class. Upon completing his training at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 5, St. Louis County. On October 1, 1993, he was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone commander of Troop C, Zone 8, St. Charles County. He was active with the D.A.R.E. program from March 1995 until September 2001. McDonald was promoted to sergeant on March 1, 1996, while serving in that position. On September 1, 2001, he was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Professional Standards Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City. He transferred to the Gaming Division in 2004, and the Division of Drug and Crime Control in 2006. McDonald was promoted to captain and appointed as chief of staff, General Headquarters, on September 1, 2007.

Major McDonald was born in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from Central High School in St. Louis, in 1977. He attended the University of Missouri-St. Louis.


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