Real Stories Of The Texas Highway Patrol

Real Stories Of The Texas Highway Patrol

Author: Robert Riggs February 8, 2022 Duration: 15:58

The men and women of the Texas Highway Patrol work alone, often at night, on remote stretches of highway.

They drive distinctive black and white cruisers and SUVs with bright gold emblems in the shape of Texas on the side doors.

Help might be a hundred miles away if a traffic stop turns bad.

For example, in 2021, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Chad Walker was killed in an ambush.

Walker stopped to help a driver in a disabled vehicle. 

The driver jumped out of the car armed with a handgun and unloaded rounds into the windshield of the Trooper’s vehicle, striking Walker in the head and abdomen.

Honoring Fallen Trooper Chad Walker Courtesy Fairfield Recorder Newspaper

His wife and four children survived the 38-year-old trooper. 

The suspect fled and later killed himself when surrounded. 

These are the dangers faced by Texas Troopers.

Senior Texas Trooper Johnny Williams Ret’d

In this episode of True Crime Reporter Extra, we feature real stories of the Texas Highway Patrol from retired Senior Trooper Johnny Williams, a Vietnam Veteran of Paris, Texas. 

By the way, people travel from miles around to see the Paris, Texas version of the Eiffel Tower.


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