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
Q12132019-4 (573) 526-6115
December 13, 2019
EMPHASIS: Sgt. Gara Howard Promoted To Lieutenant
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective January 1, 2020:
Sergeant Gara N. Howard, Q/DDCC, is being promoted to lieutenant and will transfer to the Research & Development Division, General Headquarters, where she will serve as an assistant director of the division.
Howard joined the Patrol as a member of the 75th Recruit Class on February 1, 1998. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, she was assigned to Troop H, Zone 8, Clinton/Caldwell counties. While assigned to Troop H, Howard also served in Andrew/Buchanan counties. She transferred to the Gaming Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, in March 2004, and was assigned to the Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, MO. Howard returned to Troop H in September 2010. She was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 5, Andrew/Buchanan counties in May 2012. Howard was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Troop H, Zone 3, Gentry/Harrison counties, in February 2014. In September 2018, she transferred to the Division of Drug and Crime Control, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, and was assigned to the Troop H DDCC Unit.
Lt. Howard grew up in Savannah, MO, where she graduated from Savannah High School in Savannah, in 1993. She graduated from Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, MO, with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice in 1996. Lt. Howard attended Leadership in Police Organizations Training in February 2015.
A photograph of Lt. Howard is posted with this news release on the Patrol’s website.
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