Perry County, Scott City get new radar equipment

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Perry County Sheriff's Department and Scott City Police Department are two of eight Southeast Missouri law enforcement agencies to receive a new radar unit from the Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety. Perry County's unit is valued at $2,700 and will replace the department's 10-year-old unit, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

"Perry County includes parts of Interstate 55, U.S. Highway 61 and Missouri Highway 51," sheriff's department Cpl. Jason Kelly said in the release. "Each of these routes have higher volumes of traffic and higher rates of speed."

Other agencies receiving radar units are police departments in Houston, Piedmont, Puxico, Thayer, West Plains and Willow Springs

The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety is group representing engineering, enforcement, education and emergency medical services. It was created in 2004 to reduce traffic fatalities and disabling injuries on Missouri's roads.

Pertinent address:

710 South Kingshighway, Perryville, MO.

618 Main St., Scott City, MO