DPS Team Members of the Month
June Non-Sworn Team Members of the Month
Elisha Carlock
CJIS Program Supervisor
Clara Apel
CJIS Program Manager
Missouri State Highway Patrol
June Sworn Team Member of the Month
David T. Craig
Trooper
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Elisha Carlock and Clara Apel, of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, are the DPS Non-Sworn Team Members of the Month for June 2025 for their superb work overhauling the Patrol’s electronic process for handling fingerprints in order to comply with an FBI mandate to standardize the fingerprint systems in all 50 states.
Elisha and Clara work in the Patrol’s Criminal Justice Information Systems Division. In August 2024, the FBI directed each state to revamp the way it submits fingerprints to the bureau to decrease processing times and reduce electronic rejection rates. The process had to be completed by January 20, 2025. Elisha, who is a CJIS program supervisor, and Clara, who is a CJIS program manager, began planning immediately. They held months of meetings to coordinate with Patrol team members who deal with records, biometrics, and develop applications, along with the FBI and the FBI’s fingerprinting vendor.
Elisha and Clara continued to perform all their normal duties and worked weekends and holidays to ensure the large project was completed on time. Their planning and management of the project was so solid that the downtime for transitioning from the previous system to the new one was limited to just two days, a fraction of the time originally expected. Their work was efficient and precise and minimized the impact of the transition on the Patrol and all stakeholders.
Trooper David T. Craig, of Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A, is the DPS Sworn Team Member of the Month for June 2025 for his dedication to removing drunk and impaired drivers from the road and protecting innocent lives.
David, who joined the Patrol five years ago as a member of the 110th Recruit Class, has established himself as a leader among his peers, and in 2024 he set a Patrol record by making 185 driving while intoxicated arrests – the most DWI arrests by any trooper in a single year in the Patrol’s 94-year history.
David’s dedication to keeping drunk drivers off the road led to an award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 2024. Arresting impaired drivers requires filing a significant amount of paperwork, but this does not slow down David, who also led to the Patrol in overall arrests in 2024, with 837. David continues to file error-free reports that provide detailed accounts of his and the offender’s actions.
Trooper David T. Craig is a model of hard work, efficiency and is driven by a desire to make Missouri’s highways safer.
Congratulations to all the Team Members of the Month! You have set an outstanding example for your co-workers throughout the Department of Public Safety.
The Missouri Department of Public Safety. Many Missions. One Team.