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
Q12132019 (573) 526-6115
December 13, 2019
EMPHASIS: Lt. Jason N. Crites Promoted To Captain

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective January 1, 2020:

Lieutenant Jason N. Crites, Troop F, Jefferson City, MO, is being promoted to captain and will transfer to the Research & Development Division, General Headquarters, where he will serve as director of the division.

Crites joined the Patrol as a member of the 75th Recruit Class on February 1, 1998. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 7, Howard & Cooper counties. Crites transferred to Troop E, Zone 9, New Madrid/Pemiscot counties, in February 2001. He transferred to Zone 8, New Madrid/Pemiscot counties, in September 2003. Crites was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Troop E, Zone 8, in August 2009. He remained in this zone after being promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor in December 2012. In February 2015, Crites was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to Troop F Headquarters, Jefferson City, MO.

Crites grew up in Portageville, MO, where he graduated from Portageville High School in 1992. He earned an Associate of Science from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO, in 1998. Crites attended Leadership in Police Organizations Training in February 2015. He graduated from the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command in May 2019. Capt. Crites and his wife, Shannon (Bibbs), have three children.

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


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