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An Idaho State Police trooper poses for a photoshoot
A field training officer helps a recent graduate of the Wisconsin State Patrol get organized
Trooper Brian North testified that he shot Mubarak Soulemane, who was holding a knife and refusing to exit a vehicle, because he feared other officers’ lives were in danger
New York State Trooper Anthony Nigro IV was charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter over the Feb. 2022 shooting death of a suspected speeding driver
“I’m pleased that we now have more troopers today than when I came into office — a few more, to be blunt. We have another class [of trainees] coming in. We need more troopers. We need more police,” Gov. Ned Lamont said
Trooper First Class Chase Redner had been with the Georgia State Patrol since graduating from the academy in 2017
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Kansas Highway Patrol K-9 Igor spent several days in the ICU after the incident and was able to return home and recover
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Officer Christopher Garcia says the state would not allow him to adopt K-9 Nala, who has lived with him throughout her two years of service
Trooper Jimmy Cenescar was killed when his vehicle exited the roadway and hit an embankment while he was trying to conduct a traffic stop
The trooper was standing on the passenger side of the stopped vehicle and speaking with the driver, when another car side swiped the stopped vehicle
The county attorney who brought the charges argued that Trooper Ryan Londregan’s use of force was unjustified in the shooting of Ricky Cobb II
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“K-9 Broko heroically served with unwavering dedication, saving lives by locating missing individuals, apprehending dangerous suspects, and providing a steadfast shield to his handler,” state police said
Trooper Michael Palmer was shot in the leg while intervening in a gun fight, forcing him to retire
The troopers, identified as Michael Abbate and Alberto Felix, were both husbands and fathers
Troopers Martin Mack III and Branden Sisca were trying to get a pedestrian to safety when a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” struck all three
“Everything about what he did, he was being so genuine. It was easy to have someone to talk to there,” Trooper Josh Osche said
The academy often loses recruits who come unprepared or get sick or injured; but this year, many have changed their minds about becoming officers
Charges were dropped for Lt. John Clary, the third of five troopers involved in a 2019 incident, following two years of withheld body camera footage
Tom Nitti became a trooper in 2015 after earning a Purple Heart for his military service in Afghanistan
District Attorney George Christian said the troopers’ use of deadly force was “objectively reasonable”
Investigators were able to identify a fingerprint from a ransom note allegedly left by the suspect, who was in a database from a 1999 DWI case
A trend that gained popularity in 2020, street takeovers have started to decrease in Atlanta thanks to a multijurisdictional crack-down
Video from the crash shows the SUV striking the back of the trooper’s cruiser, then veering off to the side and hitting the officer
The trooper was dragged several yards down the pavement, curling his legs up into his body while holding onto the car before he landed in the middle of traffic
Danelo Cavalcante — still armed with a rifle — tried to evade capture by crawling through thick underbrush but was bitten by a K-9
“You’re a good cop,” but “I will kill every state trooper that comes here,” the suspect said to a trooper
State officials said 137 of 297 applicants who applied to become a trooper in early September do not have college credits
The suspect fired shots at troopers who were executing a search warrant in connection with the torching and shooting of the agency’s cruisers