Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpt. Mark Inman, commanding officer of Troop G in Willow Springs, announced the results of a special enforcement operation conducted during the Labor Day holiday period on the peak travel days of Friday, Aug. 31, and Monday, Sept. 3.
Troopers assigned to this operation worked 12-hour shifts to patrol 20-mile intervals of U.S. 60 Totals from this operation:
• 105 speed citations.
• 8 seat belt citations.
• 5 child restraint violation citations.
• 1 failed to yield citation.
• 6 other hazardous moving citations.
• 17 non-moving citations.
• 8 no driver’s license citations.
• 9 uninsured motorist citations.
• 1 misdemeanor drug arrest.
• 9 misdemeanor warrant arrests.
• 3 felony drug arrests.
• 1 other felony arrest.
• 2 felony warrant arrests.
• 152 warnings. “Visibility is an important part of traffic enforcement,” Inman said. “This operation increases our visibility as well as our ability to keep the motoring public safe.