MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64063
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sgt. Andy Bell
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3149
A2024-02
January 31, 2024
EMPHASIS:
Troop A Announces Promotion
Captain Steve Wilhoit, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee's Summit, announces effective February 1, 2024, Master Sergeant Greg D. Primm will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant and will transfer from the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Division to Troop A Headquarters.
Primm was appointed to the Patrol on October 16, 2001, as a member of the 79th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop A, Zone 2, Platte County. On August 1, 2009, he was promoted to corporal and transferred to Zone 4, serving the citizens of Clay County. On December 1, 2010, Corporal Primm transferred from Zone 4 to Troop A’s Criminal Interdiction Team (now called Special Enforcement Interdiction Zone). On November 1, 2013, Primm was promoted to sergeant and remained on the Criminal Interdiction Team. On April 1, 2018, Sergeant Primm transferred from Troop A to the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control, Team 3. He was assigned to the Kansas City Interdiction Task Force and the Kansas City Career Criminal Task Force, where he remained until his promotion.
Lieutenant Primm was born in Macon, Missouri. He graduated from Macon High School in Macon, Missouri, in 1997. He earned an associate in criminal justice degree from Mineral Area College, in Park Hills, Missouri, in 2001. Lieutenant Primm is married to Amanda (Stattelman), and they have two children, Ellie, and Gavin.
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