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

Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64063


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3159
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June 25, 2015

EMPHASIS: Troop A To Offer Certified Boating Safety Courses In Warsaw And Clinton


Captain Scott Shipers, commanding officer of Troop A, announces boating safety certification courses are being offered to the public at the following locations:

1. June 30, 2015 ? Harry S. Truman Visitor Center, 2907 Visitor Center Road, Warsaw, Missouri
2. July 22, 2015 ? Harry S. Truman Visitor Center, 2907 Visitor Center Road, Warsaw, Missouri
3. August 4, 2015 ? Harry S. Truman Visitor Center, 2907 Visitor Center Road, Warsaw, Missouri
4. September 12, 2015 ? Harry S. Truman Visitor Center, 2907 Visitor Center Road, Warsaw, Missouri
5. September 26, 2015 ? The Hampton Inn, 900 Kansas Avenue, Clinton, Missouri
6. October 10, 2015 ? The Hampton Inn, 900 Kansas Avenue, Clinton, Missouri
7. October 24, 2015 ? Harry S. Truman Visitor Center, 2907 Visitor Center Road, Warsaw, Missouri
8. November 7, 2015 ? Warsaw/Lincoln Ambulance Base, 1206 Medic Drive, Warsaw, Missouri
9. December 5, 2015 ? Warsaw/Lincoln Ambulance Base, 1206 Medic Drive, Warsaw, Missouri

The training will begin at 9 a.m. and be completed at 3 p.m. Students must attend the entire class to satisfy requirements for the boating safety card. There is no fee for this course; however, students are required to pre-register online as seating will be limited and notification may be sent in the event the course is canceled. For more information, to register for this course, or to obtain a complete listing of where other courses are being offered, you may visit the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s website at www.mshp.dps.mo.gov. Once there, select “Divisions,” “Water Patrol Division,” and then “Boater Safety Education & Certification.”

Missouri law requires any person born after January 1, 1984, to carry a boating safety certification card along with a picture ID anytime they operate a vessel, which includes personal watercraft, on Missouri lakes. Any student who successfully passes this course will be eligible to order the boating safety certification card, which costs $15.

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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