In 2018, the Dexter Police Department was awarded two traffic safety enforcement grants targeting occupant protection safety and impaired driving enforcement from the Missouri Department of Transportation Highway Safety Division. Officers worked these grants during MODOT’s fiscal year, which ran from 10/01/2018 – 09/30/2019. The following are the results of both grants enforcement statistics:
MODOT Grant Enforcement Statistics 10/01/2018 – 09/30/2019
DWI Alcohol Arrests: 2
DWI Drug Arrests: 1
Hazardous Moving Violations: 47
Seatbelt Violations: 141
Child Restrain Violations: 4
Suspended/Revoked Violations: 10
No Operators License: 3
Uninsured Motorist Violations: 36
Felony Arrests: 6
Drug Arrests: 5
Stolen Vehicles Recovered: 1
Fugitives Apprehended: 14
Non-Hazardous Moving Violations: 254
Verbal/Written Warnings for
Various Traffic Offenses: 661
Traffic Stops Conducted: 674
Hours Worked on Grants: 493
The Dexter Police Department would like to thank MODOT for providing the funding to help provide a safer driving environment for the citizens of Dexter due to these enforcement efforts. Without the grant funding, these enforcement efforts wouldn’t be possible.
Missouri Law Requires Children under Eight to Be Restrained in Child Safety Seat.
Dexter, Missouri - Missouri law requires all children under the age of eight to be in an appropriate child safety seat or booster seat unless they are 80 lbs or 4’9” tall.
Dexter Police announced today they are joining with law enforcement agencies across the state September 15-21 for the annual Child Passenger Safety Week Law Enforcement Campaign to help reduce highway fatalities and serious injuries by cracking down on Missouri’s child safety seat law violators.
Car crashes are one of the leading killers of kids. The proper use of a booster seat can reduce the risk of serious injury by 45 percent for children aged 4-8 years when compared with a standard seat belt by itself. Using the proper child safety seat provides children with the greatest opportunity to survive a crash.
Chief Trevor Pulley said regular child safety seat and safety belt use is the single most effective way to protect people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.
Dexter, Missouri - Local law enforcement participated in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics on Friday, May 24, 2019. So far the hottest day of the year, but they managed to run from Wal-Mart down Business 60 to On the Go.
They also sold t-shirts to raise money and awareness for the Special Olympics.
Participating this year from left to right are Josh Benton, Dexter Police Department; Andrew Johnson, Missouri Highway Patrol; Hank Trout, Dexter Police Department; Kristie Palmer, Stoddard County Sheriff's Department; Amy Holden, Stoddard County Sheriff's Department; Trevor Pulley, Chief of Police at Dexter Police Department and Russ Gibson, Missouri Highway Patrol.
