DPS News Releases

For media inquires contact Mike O'Connell, Communications Director, (573) 751-4819.

• Statement from Department of Public Safety Director Jerry Lee on state-local-federal partnership to crack down on illegal immigration
• 01.11.2012

• Nominations open for Medal of Valor, Missouri's highest award for public safety officers
• 01.09.2012
• The nomination deadline for the Missouri Medal of Valor is March 31

• Missouri State Highway Patrol technology initiatives win two prestigious Governor's Awards for Quality and Productivity
• 10.19.2011
• Online services and technology improvements are makng a difference in quality and efficiency of services provided to Missouri citizens

• Missouri awards $1.5 million in grants to help law enforcement agencies fight Internet crimes, which often target children
• 08.08.2011
• Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most effective and best trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department

• Missouri awards more than $170,000 in grants to help law enforcement agencies fight Internet crimes in southwest Missouri
• 08.08.2011
• Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most effective and best-trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department

• Missouri awards more than $300,000 in grants to help law enforcement agencies fight Internet crimes in Kansas City and northwest Missouri regions
• 08.08.2011
• Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most effective and best-trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department

• Missouri awards more than $105,000 to help law enforcement agencies fight Internet crimes in southeast Missouri
• 08.08.2011
• Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most effective and best-trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department

• Missouri awards more than $190,000 in grants to help law enforcement agencies fight Internet crimes in Mid-Missouri
• 08.08.2011
• Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most effective and best-trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department

• Missouri awards more than $390,000 in grants to help law enforcement agencies fight Internet crimes in St. Louis region
• 08.08.2011
• Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most affective and best-trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department

• Missouri awards more than $140,000 in grants to help law enforcement agencies fight Internet crimes in Springfield region
• 08.08.2011
• Missouri's regional cyber crime fighting effort is ranked among the most effective and best-trained in the nation by the U.S. Justice Department