Missouri Highway Patrol
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The Missouri Highway Patrol is the state police agency for Missouri, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Missouri.
The Missouri Highway Patrol maintains nine troop headquarters in the following locations:
Troop A: Lee's Summit
Troop B: Macon
Troop C: St. Louis
Troop D: Springfield
Troop E: Poplar Bluff
Troop F: Jefferson City
Troop G: Willow Springs
Troop H: St. Joseph
Troop I: Rolla
Several of the divisions also maintain satellite headquarters.
Twenty-seven officers have given their lives in the line of duty serving the citizens of the state of Missouri.
The Missouri Highway Patrol is a division of the Missouri Department of Public Safety. The others being the Missouri Capitol Police, Missouri State Water Patrol, Missouri Homeland Security, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency and Missouri Gaming Commission.
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