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March 6, 2019Jefferson City, MO | By: AP
The acting leader of the Missouri State Highway
Patrol is about to take over the job permanently.
Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday
that he was naming Col. Eric Olson as the patrol's next superintendent, subject
to the Missouri Senate's confirmation. He's been acting superintendent since
September 1, when the previous patrol head, Sandra Karsten, was named director of
the state's Public Safety Department.
Olson grew up in Chillicothe and began serving with the patrol in 1990 after
earning a bachelor's degree in psychology from William Jewell College in
Liberty. He has served as director of the Division of Drug & Crime Control and
as commander of the Criminal Investigation Bureau at the patrol's general
headquarters in Jefferson City.
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