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Missouri Highway Patrol Troopers in Mississippi

September 13, 2005
By: David Schneider
State Capital Bureau

Missouri joins five other states sending state troopers to the Gulf Coast to help Mississippi recover from Hurricane Katrina. David Schneider has more in Jefferson City.

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The State Highway Patrol says about 50 uniformed troopers and six radio operators arrived in Biloxi, Mississippi Saturday. This is in addition to the some 2,000 National Guard soldiers already on the Gulf Coast. The patrol troopers are helping Mississippi law enforcement officials protect cleanup crews and keep citizens out of dangerous areas. Missouri Highway Patrol spokesman Lieutenant Tim Hull says conditions in Mississippi have not been easy.

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"It's hot, dirty work because there's just no other way to describe it, that's just the location there right now, it's just that situation."

Hull says the Highway Patrol expects to have troopers in Mississippi for about two weeks. From the state capital, I'm David Schneider.

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Missouri state troopers are helping in the effort to rebuild in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina devistated the Gulf Coast. David Schneider has more in Jefferson City.

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About 50 Missouri Highway Patrol troopers are helping to protect cleanup crews and keep citizens out dangerous areas in Biloxi, Mississippi.

The Highway Patrol's Lieutenant Tim Hull says Missouri troopers are working well with other law enforcement from around the nation.

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"The other agencies are there to help as well and everybody's working hand in hand trying to get the situation to where we can get those people back on the right track."

Hull added that locals in Mississippi have been very welcoming to Missouri troopers. From the state capital, I'm David Schneider.

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The Missouri Highway Patrol joins in the effort to rebuild in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast. David Schneider has more in Jefferson City.

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The Missouri Highway Patrol says it has sent more than 50 state troopers to Biloxi in response to FEMA's request for help in Mississippi. The troopers are protecting cleanup crews and keeping citizens away from dangerous areas destroyed by the hurricane. The patrol's Tim Hull says troopers are glad to take time to help out on the Gulf Coast.

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"The guys put their life on hold with their families, and their jobs and whatever they have going in their lives, to take take two weeks, or whatever out of it, to go help somebody else."

The Highway Patrol says Missouri is one of about six states to have troopers helping with relief in Mississippi. Reporting from the state captial, I'm David Schneider.