Ron Greenwood, Tpr. Tim Jones, and Tpr. Implemented in 1995. In January 1996, a state trooper was shot to death when stopping a suspected drunk driver who had been involved in a domestic shooting incident only 90 minutes earlier. Wanting to prevent future tragedies, the team took formal steps to ease the legal restrictions.
Officers using mobile data terminals have the same access.
Moments later, the vehicle was spotted and four suspects were taken into custody. The vehicle contained marijuana, drug paraphernalia, two handguns, and an automatic rifle. In its first year of operation, about 1,100 COPS entries have been made. The above example is just one of many in which officers' lives have been protected. Harold Nease, Sgt.