Trooper Simpson News Today

The Wisconsin State Patrol is cracking down on those who don't buckle up during the annual Click It or Ticket campaign that started ahead of Memorial Day weekend and runs through June 5.

A police chase that reached speeds of 100+ mph on I-35 in northern Iowa on Wednesday morning led to an arrest and an Iowa State Patrol vehicle being struck.

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says distracted driving is a growing problem – as the number of crashes continue to increase.

Source: The Conversation – USA – By W. Carsten Andresen, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, St. Edward’s University The New Jersey State Police, founded 100 years ago, was created to counter the influence of the state’s rising populations of African Americans and immigrants, whom white residents feared. My research into the agency’s culture found that the agency emerged as the result of a seven-year campaign by the state’s Chamber of Commerce to replace rural...