Missouri State Highway Patrol
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol is the highway patrol 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 State Highway Patrol maintains nine troop headquarters in the following locations:
Troop A: Kansas City-Lee's Summit
Troop C: St. Louis-Flat River
Troop D: Springfield-Marshfield
Troop E: Poplar Bluff-Sikeston
Troop F: Jefferson City-Linn
Troop G: Willow Springs-West Plains
Troop H: St. Joseph-Maryville
Troop I: Rolla-Fort Leonard Wood
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 State 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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