Okla. trooper gets 5-day unpaid suspension for videotaped scuffle with ambulance driver

October 9th, 2009 Oklahoma trooper defends use of force in reportOKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper defends his use of a baton in a second case involving claims he used excessive force. The patrol released Trooper Daniel Martin's report Friday on the latest incident after an open records request by The Associated Press.

October 6th, 2009 Kin of Okla. turnpike accident victims sue driverNORMAN, Okla.

October 4th, 2009 Okla. trooper again accused of excessive forceHOLDENVILLE, Okla. — An Oklahoma trooper previously suspended for fighting with an ambulance driver is on paid administrative leave after being accused of using excessive force.

August 15th, 2009 Ky. ambulance driver charged with murder in crashLOUISVILLE, Ky. — A grand jury charged a Kentucky ambulance driver with murder and driving under the influence in a crash that killed a patient being taken to the hospital last year.

July 16th, 2009 Police: Accused drunk driver leaves beer on trunkBENNINGTON, Vt. — Police said a man accused of driving drunk left evidence on the trunk of his car: a glass of beer.

June 16th, 2009 The incident had reportedly taken place on May 24. State Trooper Daniel Martin had stopped an ambulance carrying a patient on way to the hospital.

June 16th, 2009 Okla. paramedic wants trooper's gun and badgeOKLAHOMA CITY — The paramedic who scuffled with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper while a patient waited inside the ambulance says the trooper should lose his badge. Maurice White Jr.

June 15th, 2009 Attorney defends trooper in Okla. ambulance stopOKLAHOMA CITY — Bothered that an ambulance driver failed to yield to him as he raced to provide backup on a call — and angered further when he thought the driver flipped him an obscene gesture — state Trooper Daniel Martin decided to stop the ambulance and give the driver a piece of his mind.

May 29th, 2009 Accused reckless driver allegedly kicks troopersPORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon State Police arrested a 27-year-old woman accused of driving recklessly and kicking a state trooper in the face.

May 9th, 2009 JAMMU - A paramilitary trooper in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday shot dead his senior colleague with his service rifle after the two had a heated argument, police said. A scuffle broke out between two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers at Shiv Mandir camp in Kishtwar town.

April 22nd, 2009 Troopers: NY driver charged after hitting 134 mphPAWLING, N.Y. — State police said a 23-year-old man clocked driving at more than 130 mph on an upstate New York road is facing multiple traffic charges.

April 22nd, 2009 Erie officer: Videotaped remarks were embellishedERIE, Pa. — An Erie police officer says he embellished comments that ridiculed a murder victim in a barroom conversation that was videotaped and posted online.

April 20th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A separatist guerrilla and a trooper have been killed in clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, an army spokesperson said here Tuesday. Acting on specific information about the presence of guerrillas, troops of the Rashtriya Rifles started searches in Baramulla's Tangmulla forests Monday evening, spokesperson of the army's 15 Corps, Col Uma Maheshwar, told IANS.

April 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five people were killed when an ambulance they were travelling in was hit by a bus in Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh Friday, police said. Barring the driver who was among the dead, the other victims belonged to one family and were going to a hospital to donate blood to a relative when the accident took place in Moradabad, about 350 km form here.

April 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five people were killed and four injured when an ambulance they were travelling in was hit by a bus in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district early Friday, police said. The victims, all belonging to the same family, were going to the district hospital to donate blood to a relative when the accident took place at about 5 a.m.