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

Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64063


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3149
December 2, 2013
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EMPHASIS: Troop A Holiday DWI Enforcement Campaign


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, announces the 2013 Holiday DWI Enforcement Campaign will be held December 13, 2013 - January 2, 2014. Troopers will be conducting DWI saturation enforcement programs in Troop A that will include the entire 13-county area of West Central Missouri. Troopers assigned to the saturations will concentrate their efforts on highways which have been found to have a higher number of alcohol-related crashes and enforcement contacts

Impaired drivers killed 231people and injured 3,984 in Missouri in 2012. That year, there were 762 fatal traffic crashes, of which, 215—or 28.2 percent—involved an alcohol- or drug-impaired driver. Those impaired drivers made a choice to endanger themselves and others. Thus far in 2013, alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers have killed 151 people and injured 2,019. Alcohol- or drug-impairment has accounted for 127 of the 523 fatal crashes in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol strongly encourages everyone to make the right choice: Drive sober.

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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