MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop F Headquarters - 2920 North Shamrock Road - Jefferson City, MO 65102
NEWS RELEASE
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Scott White
573-751-1000
F160709
July 25, 2016
EMPHASIS:
DWI Sobriety Checkpoint Announcement -- Morgan County
Captain Michael A. Turner, commanding officer of Troop F, Jefferson City, announces that sometime during the month of August 2016, a sobriety checkpoint will be held in Morgan County. Motorists will be contacted for the limited purpose of determining if they are impaired by alcohol or other drugs. All efforts will be made to keep the process as brief as possible. If the officer suspects a driver to be under the influence of intoxicants and/or drugs, they will be asked to submit to a field sobriety test(s).
In 2015, 870 people were killed in traffic crashes on Missouri roadways. Preliminary statistics indicate almost one-fourth of these deaths were a result of impaired driving. Sobriety checkpoints are just one method the Missouri State Highway Patrol utilizes to combat preventable injury and death caused by impaired drivers.
"Driving while impaired continues to be a major contributing factor of traffic crashes in Missouri,” said Capt. Turner, “and we are committed to protect the public from these drivers."
The only 100 percent survivable traffic crash is the one that never happens. Make sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint. Every day as we travel on Missouri’s roadways, we trust that every driver on the road is going to obey the speed limit, pay attention, and drive sober.
“Don’t Violate The Trust.”
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