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. Bill Lowe
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3159
A2012-39
September 7, 2012

EMPHASIS: Troop A Conducting Radio Coverage Survey


Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, would like to make the citizens within the area of Troop A aware of a radio coverage survey. Patrol members and retired Patrol personnel are conducting the radio coverage survey on new communications equipment for the entire Troop A area in West Central Missouri. The survey must be done on every road throughout the area to ensure overall system performance and is scheduled to begin in the Troop A area on September 10, 2012. At times, citizens will observe unmarked patrol vehicles traveling at a very slow rate of speed in some of the more rural areas of Troop A. The unmarked vehicles are occupied by one Patrol member or a retired Patrol employee and employees from the Motorola Company. The field testing is expected to last until December 2012.
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