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SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Participating in Statewide Campaign
You Drink & Drive. You Lose.
      The Butler County Sheriff's Department will be participating in a statewide campaign to crack down on impaired drivers from August 20 through September 6, 2010. Enforcement efforts will be increased and will focus on reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by impaired drivers.
      Is it worth it? Consider some of the consequences if you choose to drive while intoxicated:
    · For the first conviction, your license will be suspended for 30 days followed by a 60-day suspension if a hardship license is not obatined.
    · A second conviction results in a $1,000.00 fine, a yearlong revocation of your license and up to a year in jail. You will also be required to install an ignition interlock system on your vehicle, preventing your car from starting when you have alcohol on your breath.
    · Third and subsequent convictions can be penalized with up to a $5,000.00 fine, a 10-year license denial, and/or up to seven years in jail.
    · If you cause a fatal crash while intoxicated, you could be charged with Involuntary Manslaughter, a felony resulting in up to seven years of jail time, a $5,000.00 fine or both.
    · Insurance coverage will be difficult to find and if you do the rates will be significantly higher.
    For more information please visit www.saveMO lives.com.

 
 

 

Butler County
Sheriff’s Department

Honors Fallen Sheriff

 

      The Sheriff's Department recently honored fallen Sheriff Phillip Kearbey at a dedication held Monday, May 17 at their facility. The previous address of 200 Oak Street is now 200 Phillip Kearbey Blvd. Also, unveiled in Mondays dedication was a memorial outside the front entrance of the Sheriff's Department.

      Sheriff Kearbey began his career in 1913 at the age of 36 and was married with two small children. On May 14, 1915 he received information that an escapee from Ohio may have gotten off the train in Poplar Bluff. Later that day he along with other deputies went to a location known as Vinegar Hill (South Poplar Bluff). When the officers arrived at this location they split up. Sheriff Kearbey along with Constable Hubert Powell proceeded to an area where they came up on 2 individuals laying near a fence at the edge of a tree line. As they approached one of the individuals rolled over and began firing. The suspect was killed and Sheriff Kearbey was struck in the abdomen. He died from the gunshot wound on May 17, 1915.

      Speaking at the dedication were Poplar Bluff Chief of Police - Danny Whiteley, Mayor - Tracy Edington, Presiding Commissioner - Ed Strenfel, and Sheriff - Mark Dobbs. 

         Photo Courtesy of Daily American Republic

 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
TRAINING ACADEMY
     The Missouri Sheriff's Association Training Academy and the Butler County Sheriff's Department will sponsor a part-time basic 700 hour class in Poplar Bluff starting August 10, 2010 and run through May 2011. Classes will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:00-10:00 p.m., Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and a few Sundays.
     Anyone interested in obtaining a Missouri Peace Officer license and attending the classes at the Sheriff's Department should contact the Missouri Sheriff's Association Training Academy at 573-635-9644 or visit the association's website at www.mosheriffs.com to obtain an application or contact Assistant Chief Deputy, Scott Wiggs at 573-686-8070 or at bc392@bcsheriff.com.
     College credit and financial aid are available through Missouri State University, West Plains campus to those who qualify. For more information you may contact Rachel Peterson at 417-255-7978.
 
 
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