New commanding officer named for Highway Patrol Troop D

(From Missouri State Highway Patrol)

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective September 1, 2024:

Lieutenant Dale O. Jinkens, Troop A, has been promoted to the rank of captain and named commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, MO.

Jinkens 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 A, Zone 6, Jackson County. In August 1998, he was promoted to corporal and assigned to Zone 14, Bates County. Jinkens was promoted to sergeant in May 2003, and designated zone supervisor of Zone 7, Jackson County. On May 1, 2010, Jinkens was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Troop A Headquarters.

Jinkens was born in Fort Madison, IA. He graduated from Fort Madison Senior High School in 1988. He earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO, in 2007. Jinkens served in the United States Marine Corps from 1989 to 1993, prior to joining the Highway Patrol. Captain Jinkens and his wife, Kristie, have three children.