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. J. Tim Hull
Q8182014 (573) 526-6115

August 18, 2014
EMPHASIS: Colonel Replogle Announces September 1, 2014 promotions


Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotions effective September 1, 2014.

Lieutenant Rex M. Scism will be promoted to the rank of captain and designated director of the Research & Development Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City. He is a 21-year veteran of the Patrol.

Scism was appointed to the Patrol on August 1, 1993, as a member of the 66th Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 8, Callaway County. While assigned to Troop F, Scism also worked in Zone 5, Camden County. He transferred to Troop F’s Criminal Interdiction Unit (Zone 13) in 1998. He was promoted to corporal on October 1, 1999, and designated supervisor of that same unit. In 2001, he transferred to the Gaming Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, as an investigator. Scism was promoted to sergeant and designated assistant officer-in-charge of the Jefferson City Investigative Unit on July 28, 2002. He was promoted to lieutenant and designated assistant director of the Gaming Division on September 30, 2007. As director of the Research & Development Division, Captain Scism will have oversight for maintaining the Patrol’s international accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.; performing staff inspections; coordinating Patrol strategic planning activities; composing and maintaining the Patrol Emergency Operations Plan; and the Statistical Analysis Center.

Capt. Scism was born in Honolulu, HI. He graduated from Warsaw R-IX High School in Warsaw, MO. In 2001, Scism graduated from Columbia College, in Columbia, MO, with a bachelor’s of arts degree in criminal justice administration. In 2005, he earned a master’s of science degree in criminal justice administration from Columbia College. In 2011, he completed the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Course in St. Louis, MO, and then in 2012, graduated from the 249th Session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA.

Scism served with the U.S. Army military police from 1987-1991 assigned to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. He served as a military policeman with the Missouri Army National Guard from 1998-2006. Since 2013, he has served as a military police instructor for the Missouri Army National Guard at Ft. Leonard Wood, and holds the rank of staff sergeant.

Capt. Scism and his wife, Carman (Smith), have three children. U.S. Army Specialist Trenton Scism is an explosive ordinance disposal technician serving at Fort Riley, KS. U.S. Army Private 1st Class Trey Scism serves as an airborne combat engineer assigned to the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, NC. Daughter Tiffany attends David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, MO.


Lieutenant Robert F. Wolf will be promoted to the rank of captain and designated director of the Governor’s Security Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City. He is a 35-year veteran of the Patrol.

Wolf was appointed to the Patrol on July 9, 1979, as a member of the 50th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 10, Franklin County. On August 1, 1990, he was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 3, St. Louis County. Wolf was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 10, Franklin County, on July 1, 1994. He was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to Troop C Headquarters, now Weldon Spring, MO, on July 1, 2000.

Wolf was born in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from Jennings Senior High, Jennings, MO. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO.


Note: Capt. Scism’s and Capt. Wolf’s photos can be found posted with this news release on the Patrol’s website.


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