Captain Steven V. Wilhoit Promoted To Major

Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri Highway Patrol announces the following promotion:
Effective January 1, 2026, Captain Steven V. Wilhoit will be promoted to the rank of major and will serve as the commander of the Executive Services Bureau. 
Wilhoit was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 1996, as a member of the 72nd Recruit Class. Upon graduating from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy in Jefferson City, he was assigned to Troop B, Zone 3, Linn and Chariton counties. On June 1, 1999, he transferred to Zone 2, Macon, MO. He was promoted to corporal and designated assistant zone supervisor of Zone 3, Linn and Chariton counties on March 9, 2003. Wilhoit also served as assistant zone supervisor in Zone 2. On December 1, 2005, he transferred to the Division of Drug and Crime Control, Troop B Unit, Macon. He was promoted to sergeant on June 1, 2008, and remained in that assignment. On July 1, 2014, Wilhoit was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Division of Drug & Crime Control, General Headquarters, Jefferson City. Wilhoit was promoted to the rank of captain and named commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, MO on March 1, 2021.
Major Wilhoit was born in Shelbina, MO. He graduated from South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO, in 1987. In 1991, he graduated from Central Missouri State University, in Warrensburg, MO, with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice. Major Wilhoit and his wife, Shayla, have five children.