Monthly Archives: May 2009

“[NJSP Trooper Robert Higbee] did not know his Ford Crown Victoria contained an “event data recorder,” which documented his speed and braking”

Posted on Thu, May. 7, 2009

Prosecutor: N.J. trooper reckless in crash that killed teens

By Troy Graham / Inquirer Staff Writer

www.philly.com

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE – Three weeks after New Jersey State Trooper Robert Higbee blew through a stop sign while on duty, crashing into a minivan and killing two teen-agers, he told investigators that he remembered stopping at the sign and looking both ways before proceeding through the intersection. Continue reading

100 Michigan State Troopers laid off

Details of Michigan State Police layoffs announced

By Chris Christoff • Free Press Lansing Bureau • May 11, 2009

www.freep.com

The Michigan State Police have announced how the layoff of 100 state troopers will affect 48 posts around the state beginning June 28. Continue reading

“Pennsylvania State Police is backtracking on a blanket policy to withhold victims’ names from news releases just one day after it was issued.”

Posted on Fri, May. 8, 2009

Pa. State Police reverses policy on victims’ names

The Associated Press / www.philly.com

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania State Police is backtracking on a blanket policy to withhold victims’ names from news releases just one day after it was issued. Continue reading

“I never saw a dime. My two troopers got $100 gift certificates…” Governor Ed Rendell

Posted on Sun, May. 10, 2009

Happy return: Amended form shows Rendell won at slots

By Mario F. Cattabiani

Inquirer Staff Writer / www.philly.com

HARRISBURG – He considers himself a “pretty good” blackjack player and likes the ponies, though he has never really been all that lucky a gambler. Continue reading

[PA State Police]Operating Nearly 250 Troopers Short Of Full Staff

State Police Budget Stretched ‘Dangerously Thin’

Force Operating Nearly 250 Troopers Short Of Full Staff

7:59 am EDT May 8, 2009 / 8WGAL.com

HARRISBURG, Pa. — State troopers said they will be stretched to dangerous limits if more money isn’t set aside for public safety in the state budget. Continue reading

“[Capt. John] Dougherty, 51, assumes command of Troop P, Wyoming, on May 16.”

Man with ties to area takes over state police barracks at Wyoming

Standardspeaker.com / Published: Thursday, May 7, 2009 4:15 AM EDT

There will soon be a new man in charge of the state police at Wyoming. Continue reading

State Police on standby to patrol Borough of Shenandoah

Sources: FBI probes Shenandoah cops; state police on standby to patrol if necessary
BY BEN WOLFGANG  AND DUSTIN PANGONIS
STAFF WRITERS / www.republicanherald.com

Published: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 11:48 AM EDT

In the days following the beating death of Luis Eduardo Ramirez Zavala, the FBI pursued an investigation into the Shenandoah Police Department, a source familiar with the situation told The Republican-Herald on Tuesday. Continue reading

“The event was designed “to promote diversity…”

Pennsylvania State Police Day

By Crystal Fang
Epoch Times Staff May 6, 2009

Philadelphia’s Asian Community Center hosted a Pennsylvania State Police Day to recruit qualified applicants from the Asian community Continue reading

With Regrets: Brother John L. Lazur

John L. Lazur, 78, of Hazleton, passed away Sunday morning May 3, at his home following a one-year illness. Continue reading

Ninety-one Pennsylvania State Police troopers killed in the line of duty will be remembered at a memorial ceremony at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 3

April 30, 2009

State Police To Honor 91 Fallen Troopers

HARRISBURG: (April 30, 2009) – Ninety-one Pennsylvania State Police troopers killed in the line of duty will be remembered at a memorial ceremony at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 3, at the State Police Academy in Hershey, Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski announced today.  Continue reading