Maroon Day means increased patrols
State Patrol announces special enforcement
Minnesota State Patrol announced this year’s statewide Maroon Day will be on Wednesday where all sworn personnel shall set aside all other business and duties to work road patrol on that date.
“The date is selected to coincide with the annual return to school for students,” said Sgt. Curt Mowers, regional public information officer, in a news release. “Traffic crashes remain the number one killer of our youth. Impaired driving, speed, lack of seat belt use and aggressive driving remain the top contributing factors of traffic crashes and injury outcome. Our agency focus on Maroon Day will be to visibly target those violations and pay particular attention to traffic going to and from school and school-related events.”
District commanders will be coordinating high visibility efforts throughout the day to the degree possible with available staff. Commanders will also be coordinating the involvement of Minnesota State Patrol Aviation in their local plans. The involvement of local law enforcement in these efforts is encouraged and welcomed.
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Add commentThe Minnesota State Patrol , Tim Pawlentys Legacy ...
Under tpaws leadership , the patrol grew by over 200 troopers. He was so confident in their capabilities , he stationed them at every gate in/out of every nuclear power plant in MN 24/7 .
As valuable a service these dedicated highly trained state employees provide , our former Gov. made them security guards ,paying them double and triple time pay to sit in their parked vehicles , on guard at all gates ?
Will the predator drones be
Will the predator drones be out in force as well? You know, for our safety???
Now half of them are assigned
to guarding the Guvnor's Mansion and making sure no white powder letters get in!b