MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop E Headquarters - 4947 Highway 67 North - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901


News Release

For further information please contact: Trooper Clark D. Parrott
(573) 840-9500, ext. 3532
03181312
March 18, 2013

EMPHASIS: Troop E Announces Results Of Sobriety Checkpoint And DWI Saturation


Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announces the results of a sobriety checkpoint conducted in Butler County on March, 16, 2013, and a DWI saturation conducted throughout the Troop E area on March 17, 2013. A total of 207 vehicles were stopped during these four-hour operations. Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol made the following enforcement contacts:

7 -- Driving While Intoxicated Arrests
21 -- Seat Belt Summonses
4 -- Child Restraint Summonses
5 -- Non-Moving Summonses
7 -- Driver’s License Summonses
5 -- Uninsured Motorist Summonses
3 -- Drug Arrests
1-- Misdemeanor Warrant Arrest
87 -- Warnings

Captain Ridens said, “The focus of law enforcement is to enforce all laws and apprehend violators. The goal of DWI enforcement projects is to deter impaired driving and to make citizens aware that drinking and driving will not be tolerated.” To report a suspected intoxicated driver dial 9-1-1 or *55 on your cell phone.

The Patrol encourages motorists and watercraft operators to protect themselves by making sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint and everyone in the vessel is wearing an approved life jacket. Click It 4 Life and Wear It!!!

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