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

Troop C Headquarters- 891 Technology Drive, Weldon Spring, MO 63304


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Corporal Jeff Wilson
636-300-2800 ext. 3334
C010996
March 8, 2010

EMPHASIS: Operation P.R.O.T.E.C.T. To Be Held In Franklin 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 Missouri Highway 100, in Franklin County. Operation P.R.O.T.E.C.T. will begin at 7 a.m. and continue to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24, 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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