JEFFERSON CITY – A Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper who has been serving Ste. Genevieve and Perry Counties is being promoted and transferred to Troop C Headquarters in Weldon Spring.
Now Lt. William B. Sevier will serve as a member of the Troop C command staff.
Lieutenant Sevier joined the Patrol on January 1, 1997, as part of the 73rd Recruit Class. Upon completing training at the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop C, Zone 16. He was promoted to corporal in 2008 and served as assistant zone supervisor in Zone 16. In 2014, he was promoted to sergeant and became the zone supervisor. On March 1, 2025, Sevier was promoted to lieutenant and transferred to Troop C Headquarters.
A native of St. Peters, Missouri, Lieutenant Sevier graduated from Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Missouri, in 1991. He then attended Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in justice systems. In 2021, he completed Police Leadership, West Point Model training at the Missouri State Highway Patrol Training Academy. Before joining the Patrol, Lieutenant Sevier worked as a police officer for the Dodge City Police Department in Dodge City, Kansas.