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: Sergeant Dale H. Moreland
(573) 840-9500
E030106
March 1, 2010

EMPHASIS: Troop E Officers To Conduct Special Enforcement Operations During March 2010



Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, announces that Troop E officers will be conducting Selective Traffic Enforcement Operations throughout Troop E on March 24 and April 7, 2010. During these enforcement operations, which will be held from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. each day, extra officers will be scheduled to patrol the affected areas with a goal of detecting hazardous moving and speed violations that contribute to traffic crashes.
"Troop E officers will continue to conduct these operations to help reduce fatalities and traffic crashes in Southeast Missouri,” stated Captain Ridens.


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