News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Martin K. Elmore
(417) 469-3121, ext. 225
G-06099
June 10, 2009

EMPHASIS: Patrol To Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints


Captain Billy E. Chadwick, commanding officer of Troop G, Willow Springs, announces that a sobriety checkpoint will be held in Howell County sometime in the month of June. A sobriety checkpoint will also be conducted sometime in the month of July in both Douglas and Oregon counties. The Missouri State Highway Patrol in cooperation with other area law enforcement agencies will conduct the checkpoint.

Sobriety checkpoints are part of the Patrol’s efforts to remove careless and intoxicated drivers from Missouri’s highways, and are conducted at various locations which have been found to experience a higher than normal number of alcohol-related contacts, hazardous driving contacts, and collisions.

Captain Chadwick says, “The Missouri State Highway Patrol is committed to saving lives through effective enforcement of our traffic laws. We will use checkpoints as a tool to accomplish that goal.”


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