Sergeant Richard E. Buttram is being promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned as the assistant director of the Research & Development Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO.

Buttram was appointed to the Patrol on August 1, 1986, as a member of the 58th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 4, Audrain County. In January 1993, he was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Troop F, Zone 9, Montgomery County. Buttram was promoted to sergeant in September 1994, and designated zone supervisor of Troop F, Zone 5, Camden County.

Lieutenant Buttram grew up in Doniphan, MO, and graduated from Doniphan High School in 1982. He attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO. In 2015, he completed the IACP’s Leadership in Police Organizations training. Lt. Buttram and his wife, Christine, have two children, Nathaniel and Rachel.

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Captain Jerry C. West, Training Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, announces the following promotions effective June 1, 2017:

Sergeant Kirk A. Davis is being promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned as assistant director of the Training Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO.

Davis was appointed to the Patrol on August 1, 1993, as a member of the 66th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 12, Jefferson County. In September 1997, he attended the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Basic Agent Training Academy held at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. He served as an agent with the DEA until returning to the Patrol on May 15, 1999. At that time, Davis was assigned to Troop F, Zone 5, Camden County. He transferred to Troop F, Zone 2, Cole County in December 1999. Davis became an instructor in the Training Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, in 2002. While serving as an instructor, Davis has been promoted to corporal in 2003 and sergeant in 2005.

Lieutenant Davis grew up in Loveland, CO, and graduated from Loveland High School in 1988. In December 1992, he graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia having earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology with a minor in Spanish. While a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, he spent a summer studying abroad in Madrid, Spain. He earned his Master of Science in criminal justice administration in May 2002. Lt. Davis and his wife, Angela D. (Findley), have two children, Katie and Brian.

Trooper Aaron K. Griffin, Q/TND, is being promoted to the rank of corporal and will remain in his present assignment as an instructor at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, General Headquarters, Jefferson City.

Griffin joined the Patrol on October 17, 2004, as a member of the 83rd Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop H, Zone 10, Daviess and DeKalb counties. While assigned to Troop H, he also served as a member of the Troop A SWAT team from 2008-2015, and as a Troop H marijuana eradication officer from 2009-2011. In May 2015, Griffin was assigned to the Training Division as an instructor.

Corporal Griffin grew up in Rock Port, MO, and graduated from Rock Port High School in 1998. He earned a Bachelor of Science in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2004. Cpl. Griffin and his wife, Whitney (Vernieuw), have three children, Reilly, Jackson, and Aiden.

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Captain Dusty L. Hoffman, Governor’s Security Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, announces the following promotion effective June 1, 2017:

Corporal Bradley R. Germann is being promoted to the rank of sergeant and will remain in his present assignment in the Governor’s Security Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City.

Germann joined the Patrol on October 20, 2002, as a member of the 80th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 12, Johnson County. He was assigned to Troop F, Zone 10, Boone County in August 2007. In August 2013, Germann was assigned to Governor’s Security Division, General Headquarters. He was promoted to corporal in August 2015.

Sergeant Germann grew up in Jefferson City, MO, and graduated from Jefferson City High School in 1999. He earned a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, MO, in 2002.

(Photos of each officer are available with this news release on the Patrol’s website.)

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