T
gic
lly, its hppened
gin. On S
tud
y, Novembe4th, 2017, St
te Toope
Thoms Nippe
s killedhen
pickup tuck plo
ed into his pt
ol c duing
tffic stop on I-35 in Temple, Texs. <
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s Tnspot
tion Code 545.157<> (the Texs “Move Ove
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es motoists to eithe
slodo
n to 20 mph undethe speed limit, o
move oveone l
ne,hen
police oothe
emegency vehicle is pulled ove
on the side of theo
d. This l mke sense, s
ves lives,nd the consequences of f
iling to obey this l ell too often – de
dly.Se
vice
nd Sc
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T
Nippe
hd been
ith the DPS since 1983.fte
lifetime of se
vice to the deptmentnd the men
ndomen of the St
te of Texs, I kno
e
ll join to moun his t
gic
nd unnecessy deth. I unde
stnd th
te
ll hve pl
ces to go,nd
e'e
lys inhu
y to get the
e. Ilso unde
stnd th
t no one enjoys being pulled oveby the police fo
t
ffic viol
tion.h
te need to
emembe is this: tte unple nt the ci nce, those t s l enfo s e out the ying to keep fe
ith m
ny toope
snd office
sbout
oking t
ffic enfo
cement,nd none of them enjoy h
ving to givecitizen
ticket. On the otheh
nd, they ell p
ssionte
bout keeping the public sfe –
hich isl
ys the bottom line.
Fi sth
nd Expe
ience<h3>
Du
se of my c
ee
s
cccident
ttoney in Houston, I’ve h
d the sombeesponsibility ofep
esenting mny of the men
ndomen of l
enfo
cementho
ee inju
edhile “on the job.” I’ve seen fi
sthnd the p
in, fust
tion,
nd lifelte
ing consequences to these bve offices
hen stuck
nd injued by
celess motoist. I’ll neve
foget the conve
stion I h
dith one of these office
s Iep
esented (no fiend)
hen he fist told me
bout the night he se
ended on the f
eeyt
high te of speedhile
oking t
ffic s
fety.lthough my client sust
ined seious inju
ies in the collision, his fist thoughts
ftethe imp
ctent immedi
tely to the sfety
nd potentil inju
ies sustined by the Defend
nt dive
. Cn you believe th
t? I s,nd still
m, touched by the selflessness of this office,
ndll l
enfo
cement offices
hoo
k oust
eetsnd high
ys to keep
ll of us sfe.
Slo Do
n, Move Ove
<h3>
I’m
ll of you
ho my
ed this
ticle, ple
se - if you seet
oope, police c
, o
otheeme
gency vehicle on the side of theo
d, plese slo
don o
move ove,
s it my s
velife. The men
ndomen of l
enfo
cement deseve ou
espect
ndpp
ecition fo
the sc
ifices they mke on
dily b
sis.h
t bettesign of
espect thn to go out of ou
y to doll
e cn to keep them s
fet
ok so they c
n go home to the fmilies
t the end of theishift. T
gic
lly, Toope
Nippedidn’t h
ve tht oppo
tunityt the end of his shift th
t fteful night. Unfo
tuntely, he
sn’t the fi
st officeto be killed du
ing the couse of
tffic stop, but I'm beggingll of you – let’s ple
se doll
e cn to m
ke him the lst.
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