situation and certainly, ron was the right person for the right time and the right situation. >> today, i'm announcing the missouri highway patrol under the sprfgs of captain ron johnson who grew up in this area will be directing the team to provide security in ferguson. >> it would be his biggest assignment since joining the highway patrol 27 years ago. >> this is my original id card when i became a trooper. >> oh, wow. >> that's the original badge that i had. number 326. wallet is worn and tattered. i keep that to remind me of where i started. >> he followed in his father's footsteps. >> this is my father. he was a police sergeant at st. joe university. he passed in 2012. you talk about heroes, it's because of this one. my hero. >> for more than ten years, johnson has led the largest