MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop E Headquarters - 4947 Highway 67 North - Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
News Release
For further information please contact:
Trooper Todd E. Erpenbach
(573) 840-9500, ext. 3532
E11
March 3, 2017
EMPHASIS:
Troop E Announces Special Operations For March
Captain Jeffrey N. Vitale, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, announces that sometime during the month of March, Troop E officers will conduct two sobriety checkpoints and a driving while intoxicated saturation enforcement operation. The sobriety checkpoint will be in Stoddard County and the saturation will be in Cape Girardeau County. The operation will be conducted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies.
The checkpoint is a static operation on a specific highway that is designed to check every driver to ensure they are sober. The driving while intoxicated saturation is a mobile operation in which troopers saturate a specific area in an effort to arrest impaired drivers.
The only 100 percent survivable 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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