Slow Down Or Move Over - Save An Officer's Life!

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Se
vice
nd S
c
ifice<
h3>
T
oope
Nippe
h
d been
ith the DPS since 1983.
fte

lifetime of se
vice to the deptment
nd the men
nd
omen of the St
te of Tex
s, I kno

e
ll join to mou
n his t

gic
nd unnecessy de
th. I unde
st
nd th
t
e
ll h
ve pl
ces to go,
nd
e'
e
lys in
hu

y to get the
e. I
lso unde
st
nd th
t no one enjoys being pulled ove
by the police fo

t

ffic viol
tion.
h
t
e need to
emembe
is this: ong>No m
tte
ho
unple
s
nt the ci
cumst
nce, those t
oope
s
nd othe
l

enfo
cement office
s

e out the
e t
ying to keep
ll of us s
fe ong>. I've spoken
ith m
ny t
oope
s
nd office
s
bout
o
king t

ffic enfo
cement,
nd none of them enjoy h
ving to give
citizen
ticket. On the othe
h
nd, they e
ll p
ssion
te
bout keeping the public s
fe –
hich is
l

ys the bottom line.

Fi
sth
nd Expe
ience<
h3>
Du
ing the cou
se of my c

ee

s
c
ccident
tto
ney in Houston, I’ve h
d the sombeesponsibility of
ep
esenting m
ny of the men
nd
omen of l

enfo
cement
ho
e
e inju
ed
hile “on the job.” I’ve seen fi
sth
nd the p
in, f
ust

tion,
nd life
lte
ing consequences to these bve office
s
hen st
uck
nd inju
ed by
celess moto
ist. I’ll neve
fo
get the conve
s
tion I h
d
ith one of these office
s I
ep
esented (no f
iend)
hen he fi
st told me
bout the night he s
e

ended on the f
eey
t
high te of speed
hile
o
king t

ffic s
fety.
lthough my client sust
ined se
ious inju
ies in the collision, his fi
st thoughts
fte
the imp
ct
ent immedi
tely to the s
fety
nd potenti
l inju
ies sust
ined by the Defend
nt d
ive
. C
n you believe th
t? I s,
nd still
m, touched by the selflessness of this office
,
nd
ll l

enfo
cement office
s
ho
o
k ou
st
eets
nd high

ys to keep
ll of us s
fe.

Slo
Do
n, Move Ove
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h3>
I’m
sking
ll of you
ho m
y
e
d this

ticle, ple
se - if you see
t
oope
, police c

, o
othe
eme
gency vehicle on the side of the
o
d, ple
se slo
do
n o
move ove
,
s it m
y s
ve
life. The men
nd
omen of l

enfo
cement dese
ve ou

espect
nd
pp
eci
tion fo
the s
c
ifices they m
ke on
d
ily b
sis.
h
t bette
sign of
espect th
n to go out of ou
y to do
ll
e c
n to keep them s
fe
t
o
k so they c
n go home to the f
milies
t the end of thei
shift. T

gic
lly, T
oope
Nippe
didn’t h
ve th
t oppo
tunity
t the end of his shift th
t f
teful night. Unfo
tun
tely, he

sn’t the fi
st office
to be killed du
ing the cou
se of
tffic stop, but I'm begging
ll of you – let’s ple
se do
ll
e c
n to m
ke him the l
st.

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