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
Q262023 (573) 526-6115

February 6, 2023
EMPHASIS: Trooper W. Robert Plumley promoted

Captain Dusty L. Hoffman, director of the Governor’s Security Division, Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective January 1, 2023.

Trooper W. Robert Plumley, Governor’s Security Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, was promoted to corporal and remains in his present assignment.

Plumley was appointed to the Missouri State Water Patrol as a member of its 33rd Recruit Class in 2005. He became a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol when the two agencies merged January 2011. In 2011, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 16, as a marine operations trooper. In January 2014, he transferred to Troop F, Zone 5, Miller and Camden counties. In September 2020, Plumley transferred to the Governor’s Security Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City.

Corporal Plumley grew up in Springfield, MO, and graduated from Hillcrest High School in Springfield, in 1999. He attended Missouri Southern State University, in Joplin, MO, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice administration in 2003. Corporal Plumley is married to Rebecca, and they have three children, Caitlyn, Jackson, and Ava.


A photograph of Cpl. Plumley is posted with this news release on the Patrol’s website.


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