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

Troop E Headquarters - 4947 Highway 67 North - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Clark D. Parrott
(573) 840-9500, ext. 3532
E-621
June 23, 2015

EMPHASIS: July Enforcement Projects Scheduled For Troop E

Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announces that sometime during the month of July, Troop E will hold a sobriety checkpoint in Wayne County as well as a hazardous moving violation saturation throughout the Troop E area.

Additionally, during the July Fourth holiday weekend, Troop E officers will once again be participating in special enforcement operations with the objective of reducing the number and severity of traffic crashes. Throughout the holiday weekend, troopers within Troop E and throughout the state will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E.

(Combined Accident Reduction Effort). Operation C.A.R.E. is a national traffic enforcement program aimed at making holiday weekends safer. During this enforcement operation, all available troopers will be assigned to patrol Missouri highways, not only aggressively enforcing traffic laws, but also to be available in the event motorists experience any type of emergency. In conjunction with Operation C.A.R.E., Troop E will also be participating in the statewide 20-Mile Trooper project during the peak travel periods on Thursday, July 2, 2015, and Sunday, July 5, 2015. During this operation, troopers will be assigned to 20-mile stretches of Interstate 55. A similar enforcement effort will be made at the same time within Troop E on secondary roads identified as high crash areas. Troopers will be tasked with vigorously enforcing all traffic laws and helping motorists in need of assistance. Troopers will also be patrolling area lakes and rivers enforcing marine laws and assisting those utilizing Southeast Missouri waterways.

Approximately 63 percent of Missouri fatal crash victims who are required to be restrained are NOT at the time of the traffic crash. The Patrol urges motorists to protect themselves and their passengers by making sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint. Join us in supporting the Drive To Zero Highway Deaths. Watercraft operators should ensure that everyone in the vessel is wearing an approved life jacket. Click It 4 Life And Wear It!!

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