Q12012025 December 1, 2025 EMPHASIS: Major Scott A. Shipers To Retire
Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following retirement:
Major Scott A. Shipers, bureau commander for the Executive Service Bureau of the Patrol, will retire January 1, 2026, after 30 years of dedicated service.
Shipers 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 3, Harrison and Gentry counties. On April 1, 2001, he was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 7, Clinton and Caldwell counties. Shipers was promoted to sergeant on June 27, 2004, and designated zone supervisor of Zone 7. He was promoted to lieutenant on September 1, 2011, and assigned to Troop A Headquarters in Lee’s Summit. Shipers was promoted to captain and designated commanding officer of Troop A on May 1, 2015. He was later promoted to Major on March 1, 2021, and moved to General Headquarters in Jefferson City to serve as the bureau commander for the Executive Service Bureau. In that capacity, he had direct oversight responsibility for the Budget & Procurement, Governor's Security, and Research & Development divisions, and governmental affairs.
Major Shipers grew up in Gallatin, MO. He graduated from Gallatin High School in 1992. He earned a Bachelor of Science in justice systems from Truman State University in Kirksville, MO, in 1997. He graduated from Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command in 2015. He completed the Police Leadership—West Point Model course in 2019. Major Shipers and his wife, Andrea (Trussell), have two children, Brody and Briggs.
A photo of Major Shipers is available with this news release on the Patrol’s website.
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