Command Staff

Turner was appointed to the Patrol on January 1, 1996, as a member of the 71st Recruit Class. On graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 5, Camden County. He was promoted to corporal and designated assistant supervisor of Zone 8, Callaway County, on April 1, 2001, and transferred to Zone 5, Camden and Miller counties, on February 28, 2004. On April 29, 2007, he was promoted to sergeant and designated zone supervisor of Zone 6, Moniteau and Morgan counties. Turner served as Troop F SWAT team leader from 2004 to 2011 and founded the Central Missouri Tactical Officers Association. He was promoted to lieutenant on November 1, 2011, and assigned to Troop F Headquarters. On March 1, 2015, he was promoted to captain and designated commanding officer of Troop F, Jefferson City. On April 1, 2019, he was promoted to major and named commander of the Support Services Bureau. On March 1, 2022, he was named commander of the Field Operations Bureau, with direct oversight of all nine troops, the Aircraft Division, and the Water Patrol Division.

Colonel Turner was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from North Kansas City High School in 1992, earned an Associate of Arts from Metropolitan Community College in 1994, and a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice from Columbia College in 2000. He is a graduate of the St. Louis University Law Enforcement Leadership and Organizational Change program and the Missouri Police Chiefs Association Command College, and completed Police Leadership: The West Point Model Executive Level Course and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Leadership Missouri program. He is a recipient of the David Steward Academic and Leadership Award and the Patrol's Valor Award. In 2017 he earned a Master of Arts in sociology and criminal justice from Lincoln University. Colonel Turner and his wife, Stacy (Hodges), have two children, Evan and Elizabeth, and a grandson, Rowan.

McCullough was appointed to the Patrol on January 16, 2001, as a member of the 78th Recruit Class, and was assigned to Troop I, Crawford County. In January 2007 he was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Dent County. In October 2007 he began working as a commercial vehicle enforcement trooper, in both the Troop C and Troop I areas. He was promoted to sergeant in 2009 and designated supervisor of Troop I's commercial vehicle enforcement operations. He was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Troop F Headquarters effective December 1, 2013. On July 1, 2018, he transferred to the Executive Services Bureau at General Headquarters, where he served as the Patrol's governmental affairs liaison. In October 2020 he was promoted to captain and designated commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield. In July 2022 he transferred to the Field Operations Bureau as assistant bureau commander, and on March 1, 2025, was promoted to major and designated bureau commander.

Major McCullough was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and graduated from Jackson High School. In May 2000 he graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice. He completed the IACP Leadership in Police Organizations course in 2013. Major McCullough and his wife, Stacy, have three children: Evan, Owen, and Olivia.

Davis was appointed to the Patrol on August 1, 1993, as a member of the 66th Recruit Class, and was assigned to Troop C, Zone 12, Jefferson County. In September 1997 he attended the Drug Enforcement Administration's Basic Agent Training Academy at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and served as a DEA agent until returning to the Patrol on May 15, 1999, when he was assigned to Troop F, Zone 5, Camden County. He transferred to Troop F, Zone 2, Cole County in December 1999 and became an instructor in the Training Division in 2002, being promoted to corporal in 2003 and sergeant in 2005. He was promoted to lieutenant on June 1, 2017, as assistant director of the Training Division, and transferred to the Professional Standards Division on January 1, 2018. On August 1, 2020, he was promoted to captain and designated director of the Professional Standards Division. He was promoted to major and designated commander of the Administrative Services Bureau on February 1, 2026.

Major Davis grew up in Loveland, Colorado, and graduated from Loveland High School in 1988. In December 1992 he graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and a minor in Spanish, and earned a Master of Science in criminal justice administration from the University of Central Missouri in May 2002. Major Davis and his wife, Angela D. (Findley), have two children, Katie and Brian.

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 and Cooper counties. Crites transferred to Troop E, Zone 9, New Madrid and Pemiscot counties, in February 2001. He transferred to Zone 8, New Madrid and 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. He was promoted to captain and designated director of the Research and Development Division, General Headquarters, Jefferson City, in January 2020. In September 2022, Crites transferred and was named the commanding officer of Troop F. He was promoted to major and designated commander of the Executive Services Bureau on September 1, 2026.

Major 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. Major Crites attended Leadership in Police Organizations Training in February 2015. He graduated from the Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command in May 2019. Major Crites and his wife, Shannon, have three children.