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

TROOP C HEADQUARTERS
891 Technology Drive
Weldon Spring, MO 63304


NEWS ALERT

For further information please contact: Sergeant Al Nothum
(636) 300-2800 ext. 3340
C010178
October 12, 2010

EMPHASIS: Operation P.R.O.T.E.C.T. To Be Conducted In Jefferson County



Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer of Troop C, Weldon Spring, announces Troop C has scheduled an “OPERATION P.R.O.T.E.C.T.”, which will be an eight-hour operation utilizing 12 state troopers. The enforcement effort will focus on Interstate 55 near Pevely, MO, in Jefferson County. Operation P.R.O.T.E.C.T. will begin at 7 a.m. and continue to 1 p.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2010.

“OPERATION P.R.O.T.E.C.T.” identifies and prioritizes construction /work zones with critical issues or problems affecting highway safety through complaints from the general public, highway/construction workers, law enforcement, and emergency responders, to include, but not to be limited to, recent crash statistics. In addition, a zero tolerance enforcement policy has been established for the operation as well as routine construction zone enforcement focusing on traffic violations, such as speed, following too close, other hazardous moving, and commercial motor vehicle violations. This zero tolerance policy directs troopers to take appropriate action on all observed traffic violations in construction/work zones by issuing uniform citations or warnings.



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