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

Troop G Headquarters-P.O. Box 10-Willow Springs, MO 65793


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Martin K. Elmore
(417) 469-3121, ext. 225
G-08106
August 30, 2010

EMPHASIS: Troop G Releases Results Of DWI Saturation/S.T.E.P. Project


Captain Dwayne F. Isringhausen, commanding officer of Troop G, releases the following information:

A total of 27 arrests and 36 warnings were issued in conjunction with a DWI saturation conducted in Howell County on August 20, 2010. The designated highways for this saturation were U.S. Highway 63 and U.S. Highway 160. Totals from this checkpoint include:

1 -- felony DWI arrest
2 -- misdemeanor DWI arrests
5 -- speed summonses
2 -- careless & imprudent driving summonses
1 -- failed to yield summons
7 -- seat belt summonses
1 -- stop sign violation summons
1-- other hazardous moving violation summons
2 -- non-moving summonses
1 -- driver’s license summons
2-- uninsured motorist summonses
1-- misdemeanor drug arrest
1-- misdemeanor warrant arrest

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A total of 47 arrests and 33 warnings were issued in conjunction with a Hazardous Moving Violations/S.T.E.P. project conducted in Howell & Oregon counties on August 21, 2010. The designated highways for this project were U.S. Highway 60, U.S. Highway 63, and U.S. Highway 160. Totals from this project include:

25-- speed summonses
9 -- seat belt summonses
1 -- child restraint summons
1-- other hazardous moving violation summons
6 -- non-moving summonses
1 -- driver’s license summons
2 -- no-insurance summonses
2 -- misdemeanor warrant arrests

Captain Isringhausen says, “The motoring public has been very supportive of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s efforts to make our roads safer through the use of DWI saturations and S.T.E.P. projects. Nobody wants to share the road with a drunk, drugged, or otherwise unsafe driver. Please do your part by being the safest possible driver.”

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