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Slow Down Or Move Over – Save An Officer’s Life!

T

gic

lly, its h

ppened

g

in.  On S

tu

d

y, Novembe

4th, 2017, St

te T

oope

Thom

s Nippe

s  killed

hen

pickup t

uck plo

ed into his p

t

ol c du

ing

tffic stop on I-35 in Temple, Tex

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s Tnspo

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equi

es moto

ists to eithe

slo

do

n to 20 mph unde

the speed limit, o

move ove

one l

ne,

hen

police o

othe

eme

gency vehicle is pulled ove

on the side of the

o

d.  This l m

ke sense, s

ves lives,

nd the consequences of f

iling to obey this l e

ll too often – de

dly.

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nd S

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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.

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nd Expe

ience<

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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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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

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n to m

ke him the l

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