MSHP to continue using planes for traffic enforcement
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol in a Thursday press release announced that it will continue its use of planes for traffic enforcement.
The release says the patrol formed the Strategic Traffic Operations and Rapid Mobilization team on Sept. 1. Storm is made up of 23 troopers and is expected to “aggressively enforce criminal activity and hazardous driving behaviors throughout Missouri,” the release says.
The first “large scale operation” occurred Tuesday in Jackson County and results in 72 traffic stops, 89 warnings, five speeding tickets, 14 “hazardous moving citations,” 27 “non-moving citations,” 18 misdemeanor arrests, 12 felony arrest and one gun taken.
The release says STORM will be used throughout Missouri. MSHP used planes last month to crack down on speeding through a construction zone on Interstate 70 between Columbia and Kingdom City.