MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
A Division Of The
Department of Public Safety
Public Information and Education Division - PO Box 568 - Jefferson City, MO 65102
NEWS ALERT
For further information please contact:
Capt. John J. Hotz
Q7142020-1 (573) 526-6115
July 15, 2020
EMPHASIS: MSHP Invites Media To Press Conference To Announce Multi-State High Speed Enforcement Campaign
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, invites the media to a news conference at 10 a.m. on July 16, 2020, at MoDOT Headquarters, 600 NE Colbern Road, Lee’s Summit, MO, where he will announce a high speed enforcement campaign. The Patrol is joining four other states in the high speed enforcement campaign, which will take place between the hours of noon and midnight each day on July 17-18, 2020. Troopers with the Iowa State Patrol, Arkansas State Police, Nebraska State Patrol, and Kansas Highway Patrol will also take part in the campaign. All officers will be focused on enforcing traffic laws related to excessive speed, hazardous moving/aggressive driving, and distracted driving. Colonel Bill Bryant (AR), Colonel Nathan Fulk (IA), Colonel Herman Jones (KS), Colonel John Bolduc (NE), and NHTSA Region 7 Administrator Susan DeCourcy will also speak at the event.
Members of the media are invited to attend the news conference. Social distancing guidelines will be followed and face masks are encouraged.
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