Longtime trooper Primm promoted to commander of Highway Patrol Troop A

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol's Troop A -- including the greater Kansas City area -- will come under new leadership at the start of 2026.

Lt. Gregory D. Primm will be promoted to the rank of captain and will serve as the commander of Troop A, Colonel Michael A. Turner with the Highway Patrol announced.

Primm was appointed to the Patrol in 2001 as a member of the 79th Recruit Class and has worked in the Platte County, Clay County and Kansas City areas.

Troop A serves the following counties: Bates, Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Platte, Ray, and Saline.

Primm was born in Macon and graduated from Macon High School. He attended Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri, and Northwestern University School of Police and Command, where he earned the Kreml Award, a prestigious honor given to a graduating student who demonstrates exceptional leadership, ethics and dedication,