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Parsons was for years a county sheriff of a rural county in Missouri (Polk County, current population ~30,000), so he was head of the Highway Patrol in the coun
by cossatot 5y ago
Parsons was for years a county sheriff of a rural county in Missouri (Polk County, current population ~30,000), so he was head of the Highway Patrol in the county. I suspect that as Governor he has strong relations with the Highway Patrol statewide and views them still as loyal and trustworthy to him, while he may view the more suitable branches of law enforcement (e.g., the cyber crimes division of the Department of Public Safety) as urban desk jockeys who may be less loyal and aligned with him personally, and therefore he'd rather send in his own troops for missions such as this.
- tshaddox 5y agoAs far as I know, there is no particular relationship between a Missouri county sheriff and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. County sheriffs are certainly not the head of any part of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. But of course as the governor of Missouri he personally appoints the Superintendent of the State Highway Patrol (as well as the Director of the Department of Public Safety of which the State Highway Patrol is one division).
- pyuser583 5y agoSo the sheriff is part of the state highway patrol. Interesting. Not how things are done in many places.