MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Division of Drug and Crime Control- P.O. Box 568, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
News Release
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Shawn Griggs
573-526-6236
02052019
February 5, 2019
EMPHASIS:
Corporal Darrin R. Haslag Promoted To Sergeant
Captain Paul D. Kerperin, director of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control,
announces the following promotion effective February 1, 2019:
Corporal Darrin R. Haslag, Division of Drug and Crime Control, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, was promoted to sergeant and will remain in his present position as a criminal investigator, assigned to the Troop F Criminal Unit, in Jefferson City, MO.
Haslag was appointed to the Patrol on May 16, 2002, as a commercial vehicle officer. Upon completing commercial vehicle officer training at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to work the Troop F area. In July 2005, Haslag was promoted to commercial vehicle officer supervisor, and remained assigned to Troop F. On July 1, 2008, Haslag was appointed as a member of the 88th Recruit Class and began training to become a trooper. During his time as a recruit, he served as the 88th Recruit Class’ vice commander and was the recipient of the Academic Award after earning the highest grade point average in the class.
After completing recruit training at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, Haslag was assigned to Troop F, Zone 2, Cole and Callaway counties. He was named as Troop F’s Officer of the Year for his work as road trooper in 2011. On September 1, 2013, Haslag transferred to the Division of Drug and Crime Control, General Headquarters, and was assigned as a criminal investigator with the Troop F Criminal Unit, in Jefferson City, MO. In May 2015, Haslag was named Department of Public Safety Employee of the Month. He was named the Division of Drug and Crime Control’s Officer of the Year for 2015. On December 9, 2016, Haslag received the Anti-Defamation League's Distinguished Service Award recognizing law enforcement representatives who distinguish themselves in the investigation and/or prosecution of hate crime, bias, domestic or international terrorism, or in the protection of civil rights. While serving in the Division of Drug and Crime Control, he has also worked as an investigator with the Rural Crimes Investigative Unit.
Sergeant Haslag grew up in Taos, MO, and graduated from Blair Oaks High School in 1992. He earned an Associate of Arts in criminal justice, from Mineral Area Community College, in Park Hills, MO, in 2008. He graduated from Leadership in Police Organization training in April 2018. Sgt. Haslag is married to Angie (Boessen), and they have two children.
A photograph is posted with this news release on the Patrol’s website.
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