What the bureau does
The Field Operations Bureau is responsible for coordinating, planning, and analyzing the traffic and patrol functions of the nine geographic troops. The nine troops provide the full spectrum of police services throughout the state. In all areas of the state not within municipal boundaries, the Patrol provides the primary enforcement of all traffic and boating laws.
The Patrol is also responsible for the investigation of traffic crashes on all roadways, as well as boating crashes and drownings on all waterways. Members of the Patrol are routinely called upon to assist municipal police agencies and sheriff's departments across the state of Missouri. The bureau additionally provides administrative oversight and assistance with emergency and disaster response statewide.
The Field Operations Bureau also coordinates five Major Crash Investigation Units, four Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, the Dive Team, Mobile Field Force operations, Swift Water Rescue operations, Selective Traffic Enforcement Programs, Driving While Impaired victim advocacy, criminal interdiction, and gubernatorial inauguration details.
Units and programs
STORM
Strategic Traffic Operations and Rapid Mobilization: a statewide, deployable team of troopers, including 12 K-9 teams and motorcycle, DWI, and criminal interdiction officers.
SWAT Teams
The Patrol currently has four Special Weapons and Tactics teams, stationed at Troop A in Lee's Summit, Troop C in St. Louis, Troop D in Springfield, and Troop F in Jefferson City. The teams are trained and equipped to respond to a variety of critical incidents, from hostage situations to high-risk warrant service, and are regularly requested by sheriff's departments and police agencies that lack the personnel and resources to maintain their own unit.
Major Crash Investigation Units
Twenty officers are assigned to five Major Crash Investigation Units located strategically throughout the state. Their primary mission is to investigate and provide detailed reporting of serious crashes involving fatalities, commercial motor vehicles, and crashes resulting in felony criminal charges. The teams use Robotic Total Station technology to diagram a crash or critical crime scene to scale, and each officer is trained in the human, mechanical, and environmental factors of crash investigation.
Filling a V.O.I.D.
The Filling a V.O.I.D. (Victims of Impaired Drivers) program provides support, information, and resources primarily to victims of alcohol and drug related traffic and boating crashes, an under-served population. Through the services and referrals it provides, victims have a single source of access to direct service providers.
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Aircraft Division
Aerial support for patrol, search, and traffic enforcement operations.
Water Patrol Division
Boating law enforcement, boater safety education, buoys, and regatta permits.
Dive Team
Recovery of drowning and boating crash victims, and evidence in felony cases.
STORM
K-9, motorcycle, DWI, and criminal interdiction officers.
Major Crash Investigation Unit
Investigation and scene mapping for the state's most serious crashes.
Filling a V.O.I.D.
Support and referrals for victims of impaired drivers.
Troop Headquarters
Contact details and services for each of the nine troops.
Missouri Homeland Security
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Bureau staff
Lieutenant Nathan D. Wallace
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Contact the Field Operations Bureau
For matters relating to a specific area of the state, contact the troop headquarters serving that county. For bureau-level inquiries, contact the Patrol's General Headquarters.