The MSHP will be out in force, both on the roads and waterways during the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
In Missouri, 18 people died and 463 were injured in 1,041 traffic crashes over the 2020 Labor Day holiday.
Troopers arrested 146 people for driving while intoxicated during last year’s holiday weekend.
The Labor Day holiday is also a busy boating weekend. In 2020, there were 20 boating crashes which included one fatality and six injuries. Troopers arrested seven people for boating while intoxicated during last year’s counting period.
The 2021 counting period for the Labor Day holiday will be from 6 p.m., Friday and runs through 11:59 p.m. Monday.
The Highway Patrol will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness & Reduction Effort) over the Labor Day holiday weekend. All available troopers will be patrolling Missouri’s roadways and waterways. Troopers on the roadways will be enforcing Missouri’s speed limit, seat belt, and impaired driving laws, in addition to being available to assist motorists.
Marine enforcement troopers will be working to make our waterways safer during the holiday weekend. Missouri’s boaters are asked to do their part by remaining alert for other boats and swimmers and being courteous on the water.