For further information please contact: Sgt. Collin M. Stosberg
(816) 622-0800 ext. 259
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January 3, 2012

EMPHASIS: Troop A To Offer Certified Boating Safety Course In Clinton, Independence, and Warsaw

Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, announces boating safety certification courses are being offered to the public at the following locations:

1. Saturday, February 11, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Henry County Sheriff's Department Training Room, 200 North Main St., Clinton, Missouri
2. Saturday, March 10, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Harry S. Truman Visitor Center, 2907 Visitor Center Road, Warsaw, Missouri
3. Saturday, April 21, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Truman High School, Small Lecture Hall, 3301 South Noland Road, Independence, Missouri

Students must be present 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 “Safety Education Classroom Course.”

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.
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