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

Troop D Service Center - 4282 South Grand Avenue - Carthage MO 64836


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Mike Watson
(417) 359-1500 ext. 2229
DS2012-19
August 30, 2012

EMPHASIS: September Enforcement Projects Scheduled For Troop D


Captain Juan Villanueva, commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, announces during the month of September, Troop D will conduct a sobriety checkpoint and two hazardous moving saturations. The sobriety checkpoint will be held in Lawrence County and the hazardous moving saturations are to be held in Newton and Taney counties.

In addition, troopers will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) during the Labor Day holiday weekend. All available troopers will be patrolling Missouri's roadways. The 2012 counting period for the Labor Day holiday will be from 6 p.m., Friday, August 31, to 11:59 p.m., Monday, September 3. In conjunction with Operation C.A.R.E., Troop D will also be participating in the statewide 20-Mile Trooper operation on August 31 and again on September 3. A similar enforcement effort will be made at the same time within Troop D on secondary roads identified as high crash areas.

Motorists who need assistance or who witness criminal activity while traveling on Missouri's roadways can contact the nearest Highway Patrol troop headquarters by calling the Patrol Emergency Report Line at 1-800-525-5555 or *55 on their cellular phone.

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