New Patrol website provides fast checks on criminal past for public

The Missouri Highway Patrol announced Monday the launch of a website that will allow the public to obtain name-based open record criminal background checks in a matter of seconds.

The criminal history check website, called the Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS), can be found at www.machs.mshp.dps.mo.gov or can also be accessed by going to the patrol's website, www.mshp.dps.mo.gov, and clicking on "Background Checks" in the red information bar at the top of the main page. Then click on the link to MACHS from the background check page of the patrol website.