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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 26, 2010

Governor Salutes N.Y. Trooper's Bubbly Personality At Memorial

Police say Mattice, 31, was driving a cruiser back to the barracks in upstate New York from her shift at a central New York school when she apparently drifted into the oncoming lane and collided with a tractor-trailer.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 30, 2009

Italian Police's Prized Lamborghini Damaged in Crash

Today, a bandaged and bruised police driver may have had a tough time explaining how he managed to write off one of the force's prized Lamborghinis when he rammed it so hard into a line of parked cars that one of the stationary vehicles ended up on the police car's roof.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2009

Maryland State Police Pilot Caused Copter Crash, NTSB Finds

The crash occurred, after "the pilot's attempt to regain visual conditions by performing a rapid descent and his failure to arrest the descent at the minimum descent altitude during a non-precision approach," according to the agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 16, 2009

Charlotte Officer was Traveling 90-Plus Before Accident, Police Say

A police officer was traveling 93 miles per hour before crashing while responding to a call in SouthPark earlier this week, a report just released from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 14, 2009

Charlotte Officer Critically Injured in Patrol Car Accident

Officer Joe Willinsky, who has been on the police force for about 13 months and works in the Providence Division, is in critical condition at Carolinas Medical Center, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Robert Fey, a spokesman for the department.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 9, 2009

Las Vegas Officer Killed, Partner Seriously Injured in One-Car Accident

A Las Vegas Metro Police officer has died following a car accident Wednesday night. Officer Milburn "Millie" Beitel died at UMC following surgery. The other officer remains at UMC in serious but stable condition.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2008

Drunk Drivers Hitting More Washington State Troopers

Impaired drivers hit troopers 25 times in 2008, up from 11 in 2007. About half the crashes happened after a trooper had stopped another violator or pulled into the shoulder to handle an accident. In a recent crash, a trooper's patrol car was pushed into another vehicle already involved in a crash, the Washington State Patrol reported.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2008

Small Town Georgia Police Chief Dies in Wreck

The 32-year-old police chief of the small town of Nelson was killed Monday in a wreck being blamed on icy weather conditions.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2008

Man Killed, Colorado Trooper Injured in Crash

The El Paso County district attorney's office has been asked to investigate a collision between a state trooper's cruiser and another car that left a 63-year-old Fountain man dead Wednesday.

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Articlesby D.P. Van BlaricamSeptember 1, 2008

He Flees: To Pursue or Not To, That Is the Question

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision shielding police officers from being sued in federal court for deaths and injuries to innocent citizens resulting form high-speed chases should not be viewed as an invitation to law officers.

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