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. Bill Lowe
(816) 622-0800
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August 18, 2016
EMPHASIS:
August Enforcement Operation Scheduled For Troop A
Captain Scott A. Shipers, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, announces a DWI checkpoint will be conducted in the Troop A area during the month of August.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol, along with the Kansas City [MO] Police Department, will conduct a DWI checkpoint in Jackson County between now and the end of August. This operation is an effort by both law enforcement agencies to remove impaired drivers from Missouri’s highways. The checkpoint will consist of officers stopping drivers at a set location and testing those who have been drinking. The sobering fact is that impaired driving contributes to nearly 26 percent of all Missouri fatal crashes.
“Our goal is to make traveling on Missouri’s highways safer for everyone,” stated Captain Shipers. “The Missouri State Highway Patrol has zero tolerance for those operating a motor vehicle, or marine vessel while impaired by alcohol or drugs.”
The public can contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol toll-free at 1-800-525-5555, or *55 on a cellular phone, and report any driver who is operating a vehicle in an unsafe manner.
The only 100 percent survivable traffic crash is the one that never happens. Make sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint. Every day as we travel on Missouri’s roadways, we trust that every driver on the road is going to obey the speed limit, pay attention, and drive sober.
“Don’t Violate The Trust.”
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