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
Q11172022-1 (573) 526-6115
November 17, 2022
EMPHASIS: Lt. Craig R. Kicker, Troop F, To Transfer December 1, 2022
Captain Matthew J. Broniec, director of the Budget & Procurement Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, announces the following:
Lieutenant Craig R. Kicker, Troop F, will transfer to the Budget & Procurement Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, effective December 1, 2022.
Kicker was appointed to the Patrol on March 15, 2000, as a member of the 77th Recruit Class. Upon completing his training at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 10, Franklin County. In 2005, he transferred to Troop F, Zone 12, serving Osage and Gasconade counties. He was promoted to corporal on March 1, 2008, and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 12, Osage and Gasconade counties. On June 1, 2011, he was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 1, Cole and Callaway counties. Kicker was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to Troop F Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO, on June 1, 2019.
Lieutenant Kicker grew up in Hermann, MO, and graduated from Hermann High School in 1993. He served in the United States Air Force from June 1993 to June 1997. He completed Police Leadership: The West Point Model
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Executive training in 2019. Lieutenant Kicker and his wife, Shari (Leimkuehler), have one son, Brady.
There is a photo of Lt. Kicker available with this news release on the Patrol’s website.
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