# NYS Trooper Down

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**Created:** [November 4, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-trooper-down/248119 "2009-11-04T18:14:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![deadlydave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@deadlydave](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadlydave)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-trooper-down/248119/158 "2009-11-08T18:47:07Z")

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> [@Newman's 1986 BMW 326rb build thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newmans-1986-bmw-326rb-build-thread/22123/711):
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> Anyone hear anything else about this? Btw, if ANY negative comments appear in this thread, I WILL get you banned permanently.

If my words offend, it is not to offend, it is to add to the discussion on this open forum.

> [@TW:93 del sol Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tw-93-del-sol-si/25309/18):
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> That’s your choice. The man lost his life because he was most likely going too fast when he shouldn’t have been. That’s all I’m saying.

That is the tragic part, he lost his life for so little. Weather he was hot dogging or felt his speed was justified is irrelevant. He’s not here to testify. Laws and speed governors are not going to curb behavior, for that I have no solution. There are rules of engagement from dept to dept about when to use what level of speed/illumination/sound/force. Politicians weren’t driving his cruiser. God wasn’t driving his cruiser. He was.

On the business side, here’s what the taxpayers lost.  
-Telephone Pole and associated cost  
-Crown Vic Cruiser and equipment  
-Operating officer  
-Officer’s equipment  
-Time spent to train officer  
-The officer was a Vet and the time/money spent training him in the Service.  
-Potential bill for death benefits(?) (admittedly, don’t know how that works with PD’s and the Service)

Would I call him a hero? Ultimately not. But no life deserves to be forfeit in such a way. Nothing can bring back the father, husband, brother, or son that is lost. The Community lost a public servant–an active, productive member of society. My condolences go to the family.

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