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

Troop D Headquarters, 3131 East Kearney Street, Springfield, Missouri 65803


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Jason M. Pace
417-895-6868
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July 22, 2015

EMPHASIS: July Enforcement Planned For Troop D

Captain Juan Villanueva, commanding officer of Troop D, Springfield, announces that sometime during the month of July, Troop D will hold sobriety checkpoints in Christian and McDonald counties, as well as a hazardous moving violation saturation in Taney County.

Additionally, during the July Fourth holiday weekend, Troop D officers will once again be participating in special enforcement operations with the objective of reducing the number and severity of traffic crashes. Throughout the holiday weekend, troopers within Troop D and throughout the state will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort). Operation C.A.R.E. is a national traffic enforcement program aimed at making holiday weekends safer. During this enforcement operation, all available troopers will be assigned to patrol Missouri highways, not only aggressively enforcing traffic laws, but also to be available in the event motorists experience any type of emergency. In conjunction with Operation C.A.R.E., Troop D will also be participating in the statewide 20-Mile Trooper project during the peak travel periods on Thursday, July 2, 2015, and Sunday, July 5, 2015. During this operation, troopers will be assigned to 20-mile stretches of Interstate 44. A similar enforcement effort will be made at the same time within Troop D on secondary roads identified as high crash areas. Troopers will be tasked with vigorously enforcing all traffic laws and helping motorists in need of assistance. Troopers will also be patrolling area lakes and rivers enforcing marine laws and assisting those utilizing Southwest Missouri waterways.

“The Missouri State Highway Patrol is committed to removing unsafe operators from our highways and waterways,” said Captain Villanueva. “Saturations and sobriety checkpoints are part of the Patrol’s strategy to make Missouri safer over this holiday period.”

Approximately 63 percent of Missouri fatal crash victims who are required to be restrained are NOT at the time of the traffic crash. The Patrol urges motorists to protect themselves and their passengers by making sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint. Join us in supporting the Drive To Zero Highway Deaths. Watercraft operators should ensure that everyone in the vessel is wearing an approved life jacket. Click It 4 Life And Wear It!!

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