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

Troop H Headquarters - 3525 North Belt - St. Joseph, MO 64506-1370


News Release

For further information please contact: Sgt. Sheldon A. Lyon
816-387-2345
H08102
August 10, 2010

EMPHASIS: Ten-Mile Trooper Project


Captain Duane L. Robinson, commanding officer of Troop H in St. Joseph, announces a program designed to provide the maximum amount of manpower during the busy travel days of the Labor Day weekend. The operation will be conducted on Friday, September 3, 2010, and Monday, September 6, 2010. The hours of the program will be from 12 p.m. to midnight on September 3, 2010, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on September 6, 2010. Interstate 29 has been selected as the location for the operation.
Troopers will be located in both stationary and moving observational positions. Troopers will monitor traffic, enforcing a zero tolerance policy for motorists who are stopped for a traffic violation and are not wearing a seat belt. All other types of hazardous driving will be addressed.
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