Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B, Macon, announces a boater safety certification course will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, August 27, 2016, at the Long Branch Lake Corps of Engineers Visitor Center, 30174 Visitor Center Road, Macon, Missouri.
There is no fee for this course; however, students are required to pre-register online as seating will be limited.
Participants are encouraged to bring a snack or sack lunch to the training.
For more information, to register for the course, or to obtain a complete listing of where other courses are being offered, you may visit the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s website, www.mshp.dps.mo.gov. A Boat Safety Education & Certification link can be found on the left side of the Patrol’s home page under “Training.”
Missouri law requires any person born after January 1, 1984, to carry a boater safety education certification card along with a picture ID anytime they operate a vessel, which includes personal watercraft, on Missouri lakes.
Participants who successfully pass the course will be eligible to order a boater safety certification card for $15.
For further information please call Corporal Darren P. Mueller at (660) 385-2132.
