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| - I have a love / hate attitude towards the NHP. I hate their traffic enforcement efforts which I call Operation Revenue Enhancement. I also feel that they waste taxpayer dollars with their overly aggressive traffic enforcement efforts. And I think the Zero Tolerance Zone on I-15 from Las Vegas to the stateline on I-15 is one of the worst uses of law enforcement resources imaginable. (They got pissed off because they couldn't catch a couple of high performance Italian sportscars hitting 140+ mph so now everyone has to endure their wrath).
But on the flip side if you or someone you love is ever involved in an accident, seeing an NHP trooper pull up behind you is like seeing an angel coming to save you. My wife was involved in an accident and I got there 5 minutes after the trooper did. And what I saw was not a cop doing his job, but a man that was there to truly protect and serve. My wife was not at fault in the accident and was seriously hurt. The officer that responded went above and beyond to make sure the accident scene was secured and protected from the heavy traffic. He called in the emergency responders, the ambulance, and then after she was transported to the hospital he got a tow truck out there to get the car out of further harm's way. And when all that was done he came to the Emergency Room to make sure she was ok, and to make sure we had all of the info from the accident that we would need later on.
I've had accidents in the past where the officers were doing good to process the scene, write tickets, and then they were off to the next call and didn't seem to care about much else. Not the NHP, not in our experience. What I saw was above and beyond what I ever expected. And the follow up at the ER was just over the top.
So even though I hate their traffic enforcement efforts, I have to give the NHP 4 Stars. Their response, their attention to detail, and the genuine care and concern that I saw first hand deserves nothing less. They have earned my respect....and my gratitude.
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