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

Troop H Headquarters-3525 North Belt Highway-St. Joseph, MO. 64506


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Sheldon Lyon
816-387-2345
H06132
June 10, 2013

EMPHASIS: Troop H To Participate In Operation Lifesaver Officer On A Train


Captain Duane L. Robinson, commanding officer of Troop H, St. Joseph, announces on June 20, 2013, Troop H and the St. Joseph Police Department will be working with members of Missouri Operation Lifesaver, in Buchanan County. The enforcement program places an officer in a Burlington Northern and Santa Fe train engine to observe crossing violations. The information of a violation is then passed to officers in patrol vehicles, who will stop the violator and take enforcement action.
Buchanan County has been selected because it is one of 13 counties in Missouri with elevated crossing crashes. Since 2011, seven crossing crashes have occurred in Buchanan County. As a result of these crashes, one person has died and three others have been seriously injured. To help curb this trend, the three agencies will work together in an attempt to end violations at crossings.
For more information on Operation Lifesaver, contact Rick Mooney, Missouri Operation Lifesaver state coordinator at 573-634-4113 or cellular 573-230-3284. For additional information and statistics, please visit the state website at www.ShowMeOL.org or the national website at www.oli.org.
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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