The Official Publication of the Kentucky State Police Professional Association August 2014

Trooper Island Memorial Garden

The Kentucky State Police Professional Association 633 Chamberlin Avenue Frankfort, KY 40601 www.ksppa.com 502-875-1625 TABLE OF CONTENTS

This Kentucky Trooper magazine is published DEPARTMENTS for the KSPPA by Wildlife Publishing, 104 East Main Street, Auburn, KY 42206, and is dedicated to professional law enforcement and public 6 Letter from President education. Information on activities within the 10 Commissioner Comments Kentucky State Police Professional Association is provided for our members and the public. 25 Cold Case Files Neither the KSPPA nor Wildlife Publishing 33 endorses products or services listed within this Update from The Island publication, nor accepts any liability arising from 48 Special Ad Section the use of products or services listed. Purchasing advertising space in this magazine does not entitle 52 Gold / Silver / Bronze the advertiser to any special favors or privileges 54 Advertiser's Directory from any member of the Kentucky State Police Professional Association.

KSPPA Executive Board

President ...... Tim Hazlette District 6, Dry Ridge...... Steve Wolfzorn 1st Vice President ...... George Wells District 7, Richmond ...... Robert Purdy Treasurer ...... Phil Crumpton District 8, Morehead ...... Joyce Waddle Chaplain ...... Kevin Dale Payne District 9, Pikeville ...... Vickie Rowe Sergeant At Arms ...... Curtis Wood District 10, Harlan ...... Kevin Miller Secretary ...... Wendy Ball District 11, London ...... Don Trosper District 12, Frankfort ...... Mark Johnson Representatives District 13, Hazard ...... Jodi Sims District 14, Ashland ...... Chris Carter District 1, May eld ...... Dean Patterson District 15, Columbia ...... Adam Likens District 2, Madisonville ...... Chris Rogers District 16, Henderson ...... Blake Smith District 3, Bowling Green ...... Terry Alexander District 17, DESI/East ...... Jimmy Henderson District 4, Elizabethtown ...... Jon Taylor District 18, DESI/West ...... Gerald Wilson District 5, Campbellsburg ...... Kevin Woosley System / Network Analyst ...... Bruce W. Olin

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 3 12 Scholarship Awards

16 Buy Bust in Bell County, 1984

20 Dry Ridge Post Returns Purple Heart

38 New Trooper Island Garden

39 Selling Safety Through Magic

41 KSP Recognizes Fallen Water Patrol Officer

42 KSP Telecommunicators: More Than Just A Voice

44 Last Surviving Member of First Cadet Class

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August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 5 PRESIDENT'S PONDERINGS

By Col. Tim Hazlette (Ret.), President, KSPPA

he first half of 2014 has been a busy time for consider restructuring our membership policies the Association. Our year began with attend- (bylaws) to include all KSP personnel (active and Ting to issues during the Regular Session of the retired). While we all recognize the iconic symbol of Kentucky General Assembly which commenced on the agency is the Trooper and all department January 7 and adjourned on April 15. We presented members – regardless of function – exist to support a list of concerns, requests and issues of importance their carrying out the mission of the agency, many of to us and the department. While this session was our non – sworn persons are equally as dedicated difficult fiscally for our Legislators in view of the and invested in the Thin Gray Line as those of us continued economic stall our country is experienc- who wore the uniform. Therefore, I plan to introduce ing, we were treated fairly and KSP was restored to bylaw revisions for consideration that would allow near wholeness for the biennium budget (2014- all KSP personnel to be eligible as members 2016). regardless of job title or classification. Moreover, The budget included restored funds to with this proposed change, I believe it necessary we continue the TROOPER – R program; new funding consider “re-branding” the Association in an effort to replace Mobile Data Computers in police cars; to better market ourselves and create a readily and critical Crime Laboratory equipment. recognizable identity. Personally, I would favor Additionally, personnel within the agency covered re-naming the Association as the Kentucky State under KRS 16 will continue to receive the Police Association. More on these topics at our “Performance Stipend” funded by the Kentucky regular ‘convention’ meeting in August. Law Enforcement Foundation Program (KLEPF). In an effort to enhance member benefits, we The Association is continuing its efforts to have attended a presentation from Professional Law commission a specialty license plate. These plates Enforcement Association (PLEA) which offers will serve to bring recognition to the Association members of police/law enforcement associations and create an outward expression of support from with a variety of benefit programs such as Legal within our ranks (active and retired), and for the Defense; discounts to many services; and additional many supporters we have across the Commonwealth. insurance protections. Our board will consider The Association board has met in regular enrolling our membership in this ‘value – added’ meetings to discuss membership recruitment and program. Just from the Legal Defense perspective, benefits, and possible overhauls. It has been a topic PLEA offers expanded protections beyond what the on my mind for a few years that we should seriously “member – funded; Agency administered” Legal

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Fund provides at about the same or comparable Lastly, our annual Convention Meeting is rate. scheduled for August 9, 2014 in Frankfort at the Another exciting project the Association has Association headquarters. This meeting is open to embarked is the TROOPER STATUE project. all members. You are strongly encouraged to attend. Recently, Commissioner Brewer met with us to This meeting is important for many reasons. First, it discuss the idea of erecting a bronze Trooper statue serves as the election meeting for Officers of the at the new Academy. This 90 inch (7 ½ feet) tall Association. Secondly, it is the only meeting where statue will serve as an icon dedicated to the historical consideration may be given to Bylaw changes significance of the KSP Trooper for these sixty – six introduced and acted on. Please set aside August 9 (66) years. The projected cost for production and (Saturday at 12:00 noon) as a day you will dedicate installation is $100,000.00. Your Association has to YOUR Association. Attend and Participate ! provided the ‘down – payment’ of $25,000.00 to start In closing, we wish to express our gratitude to the project. In the coming weeks and months, we the many supporters and advertisers in the will be reaching out to businesses and persons TROOPER MAGAZINE. Without your valuable across the Commonwealth and nation for financial support this publication would not be possible. As support to secure necessary funding to complete the members of the agency and Association, we must project by May 15, 2015 (see brochure on page 9). always remember our advertisers and patronize During the May meeting, we conducted the their businesses whenever possible. annual police memorial service recognizing the Blessings to you and your families for a safe ultimate sacrifice given by the brave Troopers and and enjoyable summer. Officers serving in the ranks of the Kentucky State Police. We were delighted and honored to have many family members attend the service held in the Association Chapel.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 7 KSP TURNS 66: HAPPY BIRTHDAY

By Col. Tim Hazlette (Ret.), President, KSPPA

All across the Commonwealth Troopers young Recruits quickly learn their gender is Trooper and and old should have been celebrating the State their color is Gray. Police’s 66th birthday on July 1. Throughout the past 66 years the KSP has become known as a bastion against the elements of Yes, it is the birthday of the Kentucky State evil and law breakers who prey on the weak and Police, born July 1, 1948. It should be referred to as vulnerable. Troopers have been called to address a birthday rather than an anniversary, because the many unpleasant tasks at the urging of local officials. KSP is a living organization. It was founded by Labor disputes occurring in every decade up through visionaries in 1948 like Governor Earl C. Clements to the 1980’s saw Troopers holding the line to and the Kentucky General Assembly. Governor maintain peace and prevent property damage and Clements, a former Union County Sheriff, foresaw loss of life. It was Troopers who dismantled the the need for a state-wide police agency not limited gambling and illicit nightclubs of Northern Kentucky by jurisdictional constraints of county lines and in the late 1970’s. During times of civil unrest it was uninhibited by partisan politics. The road to the KSP who quelled the riots on college campuses establishing a heritage of reliable state police service during the Vietnam War. Duty called Troopers to began with Commissioner Guthrie Crowe. Jefferson County in the mid 1970’s to aid the local Troopers have long set the standard for government in restoring peace and calm amidst policing in Kentucky and have earned the respect of forced busing in the Jefferson County Schools. its citizens. Many communities rely on a “handful” Spectators were awed at how the first squads of of Troopers and their local police and sheriff to Troopers dispersed an angry gathering ten times ensure public safety are maintained. This is greater in number. amplified by the too numerous crimes investigated Troopers learn a creed composed by Lieutenant to name individually, but resonate in the memories Tony Terry and others, to provide them perspective. of those who have been reassured by a State Trooper Every recruit memorizes the creed and recites it at in the pursuit of justice. graduation. “I am what others did not want to be. I Although small and thinly dispersed, KSP went where others feared to go; risk and danger is approaches its mission with the tenacity of a my constant companion. I have seen the face of “bulldog” and can mobilize a contingency of terror, felt the sting of cold fear and enjoyed the Troopers to any part of the state to address a sweet taste of a moments love. I have helped people problem or crisis. Troopers can generally be in times of stress and subdued others in times of characterized as “gung ho”! Even though small in trouble. I have cried, loved, and hoped, but most of number, they produce tremendous results, with all, have honored my commitment to serve and little fanfare. Being a Trooper is a “calling”, a way of protect for which I have paid the ultimate sacrifice in life. The secret of their historical success is the the name of Service Above Self. I am a Kentucky transformation that occurs in their Training State Trooper”. Academy. The strength of any organization is its Complementing their creed, Troopers subscribe people. The KSP puts great stock in its personnel, both sworn and civilian. They are trained to be Continued Troopers first. This is a methodical indoctrination and socialization process immersed in structure and discipline resembling “boot camp”, which is not replicated by any other police department or academy in Kentucky. It incorporates academics, technical expertise, and interpersonal skill development, together with discipline to produce Kentucky’s finest. The transformation of a Trooper breaks down barriers of gender, race and ethnicity.

Page 8 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com to a set of Values; Trust: total confidence in the integrity, ability, and good character of other Troopers. Respect: Treat people as they should be treated. Objectivity: uninfluenced by emotions and personal prejudices. Obligation: upholding the proud tradition and image of the “Thin Gray Line”. Perseverance: there is no substitute for hard work. Stay the course. Excellence: the commitment to constantly strive to be your best. Responsibility: the duty of each Trooper to protect and serve the citizens of Kentucky.

To many citizens and visitors in Kentucky, the State Police are known only for their traffic duties, causing many to mistakenly believe all Troopers do are issue traffic citations for exceeding the speed limit. However, citizens in rural Kentucky know first hand a State Troopers duties are much broader. Daily, Troopers answer citizen calls for service for non-emergency needs such as stranded motorists to the more hazardous police task of resolving domestic disputes among families and assisting schools to provide safe learning environments. Traffic collisions, crimes against persons and property and the constant vigil to subdue the illegal drug market compete for time in the Trooper’s day. In addition to this, KSP offers many support services provided to local police and prosecutors in the form of computer crimes, forensic laboratory services, tactical and operational support. The State Police is equally committed to outreach in a non-traditional police approach. Many partnerships have been foraged with Area Development Districts and the Cooperative Extension Service to seek ways to improve the quality of life in Kentucky’s counties. Moreover, a special project was established in 1965 under the leadership of Colonel James E. “Ted” Bassett, Director of KSP - called Trooper Island. This became a boy and girls’ camp situated in the middle of Dale Hollow Lake in South Central Kentucky where each year hundreds of children, age’s nine to twelve, are recruited to attend camp and interact with Troopers to learn skills for life, understand responsibility and safety and have fun. It has been said the investment of tax dollars in the State Police produces the highest return and the most efficiency in state government. The citizens of Kentucky should be proud of their State Police and its devoted women and men who serve in both sworn and civilian capacities. For those of us who have served and are now retired, we maintain fond memories and affection of a career in an organization rich in history and tradition recognizable in every community in the Commonwealth. Unfortunately, the KSP heritage has not come without a cost. We are constantly reminded of the Troopers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. May all who come after them hold firm to the high standards they subscribed and render not their sacrifice as vain. We have been handed a great heritage!

Happy Birthday KSP.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 9 COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS

By Rodney Brewer

first visited the Grand Canyon when I was about trooper/officer who died defending the citizens of eight years old. Although our journey that sum- the Commonwealth when we embark in late August. Imer to California was eerily similar to a Griswold As you are aware, we are currently involved in family vacation, it provided much laughter and a major fundraising effort for a 7 1/2 foot bronze memories in the years that followed. Of all the sculpture of a trooper that will occupy a prominent sights that trip generated, none is more vivid in my place in our new academy courtyard. Handcrafted mind than my first glimpse at the Grand Canyon by world renowned sculptor Benjamin Victor, it will from the South Rim. Even as a little boy, this world represent all who have fallen in the line of duty as wonder left me spellbound and amazed. Although well as those who have faithfully served under the our trip was short because we had to get back on the Kentucky State Police flag since our inception. It road, (note Griswold likeness!) I remember gazing will be a stunning piece of art that will represent the at the trails and river below through one of those sacrifice, courage, and integrity that our agency was telescopes that cost you a hard earned quarter. founded upon. The total cost of this project will be Climbing into my Dad's old Cadillac, I daydreamed funded through private donations and fundraisers about what it was like at the bottom of this incredi- without the benefit of tax dollars. This is where I ble spectacle. need your help and support. I have visited the Grand Canyon several times Although the entire cost of the Grand Canyon since that day and its beauty and grandeur continues trip will be borne by us, we are asking supporters of to be magical. Created by millions of years of our agency to donate one dollar for our fundraising erosion, this mystical work of nature contains efforts to help pay for this bronze sculpture. The thirteen different ecosystems below the rim level. entire trip will encompass nearly twenty-five miles As the crow flies, it is over a mile down before of rugged terrain before completion. I suppose our reaching the Colorado River, equating to many trip will be representative of many things that we miles when hiking the main trails. Of the 5 million hold sacred in our agency psyche: preparation, people who visit the Grand Canyon each year, less struggle, perseverance, determination, victory and than 3 percent ever venture below the lookouts on sacrifice. the rim. The Kentucky State Police has been very Several months ago, Lieutenant Colonel Jack blessed with strong community support since our Miniard and I began formalizing a plan to hike the inception in 1948. Would you help make this project Grand Canyon from rim to rim. Fascinated by the a reality by taking the time to donate a dollar? concept, we began a training regiment to check this Would you tell 3 of your friends about our efforts? childhood dream off of our bucket list. We decided Progress regarding our trip will be updated on our early on that we would 'hike for a cause.' A few website and agency Facebook page. Checks can be weeks ago we decided that our journey would be made payable "The Trooper Project" and sent to: dedicated to those individuals in our agency that had given their life in the line of duty. Both of us The Trooper Project will be carrying the photos and names of each 919 Versailles Road Frankfort, Kentucky. 40601 Continued

Page 10 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com For additional information about the bronze sculpture and photographs of our upcoming trip, visit TheTrooperProject.com and click on the attached YouTube link. All contributions are tax deductible and donations can also be made through PayPal. Thanks in advance for your ongoing support of the men and women who make up the Kentucky State Police---past, present and future.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 11 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Kentucky State Police Professional Association is proud to offer scholarships to the following applicants and we wish them the best in their college careers.

Mason Laine Larimore Kathryn Elizabeth Payne Summer Kasey Poynter Murray State University University of Kentucky Eastern Kentucky University

Rachel Celene Smith Morgan Glen Roberts Elizabeth Carol Swiney University of Kentucky Somerset Comm. College Western Kentucky University

Page 12 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Christopher Figg Allison Flick Breanna Shoemaker University of Pikeville Berea College

Kayla Elise Hall Alli Morgan Chaffins Austen Eaton University of Kentucky Southeastern Free Will Baptist College

Brandon Mitchell Caitlynn Frazier Continued Eastern Ky University Midway College

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 13 Hannah Dials Marissa Leann Barnes Keirstyn S. Correll Big Sandy Community Tech Morehead State University Lindsey Wilson College

Joseph Blake Gemmer Rachael Moore Union College Eastern Ky University

Page 14 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com KSP Participates In Coordinated Effort To Lock Up Child Predators

nternet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces around the country, including the IKentucky State Police, launched “Operation Broken Heart” on May 1st, a coordinated strike by law enforcement representing more than 3,000 fed- eral, state and local law enforcement agencies--with the sole purpose of arresting as many child preda- tors as possible. The Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force says the operation concentrated on offenders who: (1) possess, manufacture and distribute child pornography; (2) engage in online enticement of children for sexual purposes; (3) engage in the commercial sexual exploitation of children (commonly referred to as child prostitution) and (4) engage in child sex tourism (traveling abroad for the purpose of sexually abusing foreign children). The combined efforts of the Kentucky Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force resulted in approximately 52 investigations and 12 arrests across the state. ICAC affiliate agencies from the State Attorney General’s Office, Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Bowling Green PD, Campbell County PD, Hopkinsville PD, Kenton County PD, Lexington PD and the Kentucky State Police participated in the month long operation.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 15 Buy Bust in Bell County, 1984

By Investigator Ronnie Turner, WGD

t was near the end of summer in 1984 and I had made two buys from the miscreant”. These were my made a couple one pound marijuana buys from famous last words. Ia miscreant over in Bell County. The “powers to We had the SRT Team, led by Sgt. Roland be” wanted to have a round up over in Eastern Huckabee, already at the airport, set up in the Kentucky and wanted me to set up a buy bust for woods awaiting my signal. He would come in and some weight from him. I hooked up with my infor- take us down as soon as I confirmed the marijuana mant and we drove over to see the perp. and see if was there. I had a wire on so Sgt. Huckabee could hear my verbal signal (the word “Christmas”) he could put together 50 pounds. My cover was that confirming that I had seen the dope and come take I owned a saw mill in Georgia and I flew in and out us down. I also had a baseball cap on, which was to of Kentucky on a regular basis. I told him to get the be my second signal, in case the wire went belly up, 50 pounds together and to meet me at the which often happens. I would take my cap off to Williamsburg Airport the following Monday morn- signal them to come take us down. Yep, you guessed ing at 100 hours. He agreed and said he would be it, “Best laid plans of mice and men.” there, with a set price of $1,000.00 per pound. Right on time the miscreant pulled into the I contacted Lt. Abe Adams of the KSP air craft airport, but he had a player riding shotgun with him section in Frankfort to tell him that I would need a that I had never saw before. (Turned out it was his plane to pick me up at the London airport at 0930 marijuana and he did not trust the prep. with his and fly me down to the Williamsburg Airport (about dope.) The DEA agent and I climbed out of the 10 miles) for a buy bust. He agreed and said he airplane as they pulled up. Yep, I pulled the wire out would be there Monday. of the transmitter as I got out leaving no audio Come Monday morning, I called the air craft signal for Sgt. Huckabee. section about 0700 and was advised by Lt. Adams We walked over the car and my man got out that the Governor had taken the only airplane we and came around to the trunk. I walked by the had not in use and that he did not have one for me. unknown player’s door and saw a Desert Eagle 44. Yikes! It’s hard to make a buy bust out of a plane Magnum lying at his feet in the floor board. I walked with no plane. But wah lah! Lt. Adams called a on back to the trunk and as he opened it I saw two friend who was a DEA pilot in Cincinnati and he dogs food bags stuffed with marijuana. I pulled out said he would pick me up at the London airport at a bag, examined it and said, “It is going to be 0930 Monday morning. We were back in business. Christmas in July.” At 0930, right on cue, the DEA Pilot flew into I waited… nothing for the SRT team (wire was the London airport, he advised me he had never dead). Again I said, a bit louder, “It is going to be done a buy bust and was bit concerned. “Just follow Christmas in July.” my lead. It will go like clockwork. I have already

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Still nothing from the SRT Team. The miscreant began to get a bit nervous. I take my hat off and put it back on. Nothing from the SRT Team. I took my hat off again just as the unknown player began to get out of the car and the miscreant began to head for the driver’s side. The “calvary” finally exploded out of the woods and took us all down. Whew, close call. I immediately went to Sgt. Huckabee and wanted to know what happed with the CHRISTMAS signal. Ss we know now, the wire was dead. “Ok, what about the cap signal, Huck?” I asked. “Well, you took it and then put it back on,” he answered. Me: “What was I supposed to do, eat the damn thing?!” It went well, and no one was hurt, and we got a new Camaro, a Desert Eagle 44 mag. revolver, 48 pounds of marijuana (yep, he was stiffing me for two pounds ) and two miscreants sent back to the pen. Mine had just got out the pen for dealing drugs; the other one was a PFO and went back for a very long stay. Both got five extra years for showing up for a drug deal armed. The story continues that day with another buy bust there, minus a plane. LOL.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 17 Page 18 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 19 KSP Dry Ridge Post Returns Purple Heart To Family of WWII Vet

he Kentucky Purple Heart Trail doesn’t run Jaskowiak attempted to through Grant County, but Kentucky State learn more about the medal’s TPolice Post 6 in Dry Ridge has a special con- owner without success. The nection to it. On May 27th, the day after Memorial only clue was an engraved Day, the post hosted a special ceremony to return a name on the back which read: Purple Heart medal to the family of a World War II PFC Herman A. Bowling, USMC. Upon his soldier. retirement, he passed the medal on to Mindi Troopers and staffers of the post presented Thompson, a criminal intelligence analyst at the the medal to Grant Co.-resident Gary Bowling, the post, for further research. nephew of Private First Class Herman A. Bowling, Thompson kept the medal on her desk, a a 20-year-old Marine who was wounded on July silent sentinel to an untold story. Her efforts to 27, 1944 on the island of Guam during the Pacific solve the mystery had limited success until she campaign. While he was being removed from the enlisted the help of Bethany West, a Highlands battlefield by medical corpsmen, one of them High School student working at the post in a stepped on a land mine, killing Bowling and mentoring program. several of the corpsmen. Thompson steered her toward some initial “His uncle earned this medal by making the resources and after that West “really ran with it,” ultimate sacrifice for our country and we wanted recalls Thompson. “She did an excellent job.” to make sure it was returned to the family,” said Using various online resources such as Capt. Anthony Taulbee, commander of Post 6. Ancestry.com and Google, West started getting hits “You don’t know how important this is to on the name. She was then able to search family us,” said Bowling, whose father died four years trees to narrow down the hunt. She even received ago at age 88. “It would have meant a lot to him. help from the Pendleton Co. Historical Society. The He missed his brother. We thank you for all your entire process involved about 13 hours of research. efforts to get this back to us.” “The fact that he died so young, with no wife How the post got the medal is a mystery. Det. or children, added difficulty to the search,” said C.J. Jaskowiak discovered it in a file cabinet shortly West. “Although he had six sisters and five before his retirement in 2013. An Army veteran of brothers, most of them had already passed away.” the 1980’s era, he knew what it represented. It is a “His military records only gave his mother as combat decoration awarded to members of the U.S. armed forces who are wounded or killed in action against an enemy of the United States. Continued

Page 20 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 21 KSP Dry Ridge Post Returns Purple Heart to Family of WWII Veteran a family contact,” noted Thompson. “The trail finally led to a brother in Florida, who referred us to Gary Bowling, a nephew, who, ironically, lives only a few miles from Post 6,” she added. “The whole process was an exciting and rewarding experience,” says West, who hopes to pursue a college major in criminology. “It was really interesting to track down the elements of the story and help a family reunite with a piece of its history.” Pfc. Herman A. Bowling was buried in a temporary grave on Guam. In 1948, his remains were repatriated to the U.S. and interred in Gardnersville Cemetery in The Purple Heart presentation ceremony included (left to right ) Pendleton County, Ky. Barb Bowling (wife of Gary Bowling), retired KSP Det. C.J. The Purple Heart is the oldest known Jaskowiak, Gary Bowling, Post 6 Intelligence Analyst Mindi U.S. military decoration. Introduced as the Thompson, Post 6 Commander Capt. Anthony Taulbee, Tpr. “Badge for Military Merit by Gen. George Davd Jones, Post 6 Public Affairs Officer, and Highlands High School student Bethany West. Washington in 1782, it originally consisted of a heart-shaped piece of purple cloth or silk to be worn over the left breast. Today it takes the form of a heart-shaped medal within a gold border containing a profile of Gen. Washington. Above the heart is the general’s coat of arms. It is awarded in the name of the President of the United States and it differs from all other decorations in that the individual is not “recommended” for the award, but is entitled to it after meeting specific criteria. It is ranked immediately behind the Bronze Star and ahead of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal in order of precedence.

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August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 23 Page 24 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com COLD CASE FEATURES

KSP Requests Help in Resolving Cold Case Murders

Cold Case of Terry Robinson Cold Case of Angel Fernandez State Police Request Help Resolving the Murder of Terry Robinson - November 7, 2001. Victim was The Kentucky State Police in Bowling Green are found shot to death on Wednesday, November 7, asking for help in solving the hit and run fatality 2001 on Wilderness Trail Road, 1 mile north of of Angel Fernandez. The accident occurred on US Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky. The victim 31-W south of Franklin on Sunday September 25th, was Terry Robinson, Black Male, age 29, of 2005 just after midnight. Two hispanic males were Cincinnati, Ohio. Investigating Officer is Lt. Chris riding their bicycles home after getting off work at Steward, 859-623-2404, or e-mail: Chris.Steward@ Cracker Barrel. Unknown person ran off the right ky.gov side of the roadway and struck the males from behind and fled the scene. Luis Rodriguez was seriously injured and was flown from the scene to Cold Case of James H. Simdon Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville. Angel Fernandez was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigation State Police request help resolving the murder of determined that the vehicle involved was most James H. Simdon, found on January 08, 2010 inside likely a 1982 or 83 Honda Accord. If you have any his residence at Gospel of Peace Road knowledge of what happened to Angel Fernandez, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. This happened 4 years please contact Det. Sgt. Tim Adams at 270-782- ago. Anyone with information concerning this 2010. investigation, is urged to contact KSP Detective Scott Smith or the KSP Post 2 Madisonville at 1-270-676-3313 or toll-free in Kentucky at 1-800- Continued 222-5555.

If you or anyone you know has information regarding these cases, please contact the Kentucky State Police immediately at 1-800-222-5555. See www.kentuckystatepolice.org for more cold case files.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 25 Cold Case of Robert (Bob) Paul Hunt Cold Case of Kevin D. Hogan

The Kentucky State Police request help State police request help resolving Kevin D. Hogan in resolving the murder of Robert (Bob) murder. On February 25, 2002, at the Days Inn Paul Hunt on December 2nd, 2003 Hotel in Carrollton, Kentucky, Kevin D. Hogan was Robert (Bob) Paul Hunt was murdered found deceased in his room. It is believed that the in his home on Armes-Lively Road in victim met with an unknown female the night Grayson County. He was dropped off before at the hotel. Mr. Hogan was hit in the back by a friend at approximately 11:30 p.m. of the head with an object and manually strangled. on the 1st and was killed after 12:10 Post 05 Detectives are asking anyone with a.m. on December 2nd. He was shot information regarding the murder of Kevin D. several times while he was lying in Hogan to contact Lt. Howard Rice at 1-877-416- bed. They had left the American 1226 or they can email him at [email protected] Legion in Leitchfield. No arrests have . been made in this case. Anyone with information can contact Lt. Ezra Stout. Ezra with the Kentucky State Police Post 4 Elizabethtown, Kentucky at (270) 766-5078 or e-mail them at Ezra. [email protected].

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Page 26 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Our Scars Remind Us: A Dispatcher's Perspective By Mindi Thompson

n Tuesday, December 19, 2006, I reported radios with offers to help in any way possible. To for my shift at the Pikeville Post of the say the least, the radio room was amazingly busy. OKentucky State Police. I was a dispatcher I remember every last detail of the night we then, and while I always knew that there was a pos- lost Jonathan. However, one 911 call stands out sibility that something horribly wrong could hap- because it demonstrated the difference in a pen during my shift, I didn’t expect it to happen dispatcher’s perspective versus a trooper’s that night. I was working the radio room with two perspective of that night. At one point, a sergeant on duty called post and I answered the phone. He of my best friends, Christy Runyon and Misty asked me for the on-call coroner’s phone number. I Conley. We chatted about the Christmas party that told him that I would call the coroner. After all, it had just occurred the weekend before, while simul- was part of my job. When I called the coroner, I taneously keeping an ear on our radios and phones. struggled to find the words to tell him why he was A little while after 6 p.m., we dispatched needed. I did not want to say the words aloud, as Trooper Jonathan Leonard, Unit 750, to a call of a that would have made Jonathan’s death real to me. domestic disturbance. Minutes later, Trooper The coroner finally asked me if I had the victim’s Jimmy Nolte activated the emergency alarm on his name and all I could say in response was, “It’s my radio. The sound it made was very distinct and trooper.” never failed to make our hearts skip a beat. Christy As soon as we hung up, I answered a 911 call. answered the alarm by asking Jimmy his status. An elderly lady was on the phone and said that He responded that 750 had been involved in an her 78-year-old diabetic husband had not eaten in accident with injuries and they needed help fast. a while and had passed out and she couldn’t wake Our lives changed in that moment. him. I contacted the ambulance service for her, Over the next several hours, we called gave her instructions on how to care for her ambulances, toned out fire departments, and got a husband until EMS arrived, and then prepared to helicopter in the air. In the two hours following end the call. Instead, she asked me if I could Jonathan’s collision, Christy, Misty, and I fielded remain on the phone with her until the ambulance over 300 phone calls in addition to the radio traffic arrived. I could hear the fear in her voice. She was associated with this incident and our normal in the midst of an emergency and she had called barrage of 911 calls. Troopers from all over our 911 for help. She had no idea what was going on in district were stopping what they were doing and my world. She didn’t know that I had just called calling en route to Jonathan’s location. Troopers from surrounding districts were appearing on our Continued

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 27 the coroner for my friend. She didn’t know that I it to her parents’ house for dinner and when he did was reeling inside from losing one of my troopers not answer his phone, she went to his house to in the line of duty. The only thing she knew was check on him. There, she found he had passed that she needed help and she was on the phone away during the night. I was completely stunned. I with the person who could send it. I stayed on the couldn’t put together a cogent thought for several phone with her until the ambulance arrived. seconds. Thankfully, Christy had picked up on the When the call for assistance for Jonathan call and started help toward Joey’s house. When went out, time stopped for my troopers on the my mind collected itself, I offered everything my road. They left whatever they were doing to go be Emergency Medical Dispatching book could with their friend, their comrade, their brother in possibly give. I knew, though, that it was too late gray. We, the dispatchers, did not have that option. for any of that. We experienced Jonathan’s death from beneath a I have never been able to put into words how headset and behind a computer screen. We had to I felt that day. I was so raw with grief from losing put away the grief and guilt that was Jonathan. This was so much more than I was able overwhelming us so we could continue dealing to process. I didn’t feel numb, but I did feel like I with the never-ending 911 calls, the ongoing radio shut down, mentally and emotionally. When my traffic, and the phone calls from people from other relief arrived, I was anxious to give up my console parts of the Commonwealth asking us, “Is it true?” to someone else. I could not breathe in that room. Christy, Misty and I were nearly ordered to I went home that afternoon and I tried to take two weeks off to recover from Jonathan’s watch TV, but all the colors and noises were just collision. We negotiated with our supervisors until too “happy”. I tried to listen to the radio, but the we reached an agreement that we would return to music was just too much. I attempted to read a work on December 25th, a notoriously slow day book, but the words on the pages looked like for the KSP Pikeville radio room. It would not be a random letters to me. Instead, I sat in the middle of slow day for the three of us. my couch hugging a pillow, replaying all of the On Christmas Day, I arrived at work and felt events from the last six days. And, I cried. I cried prepared to jump back into the saddle so I could harder and longer than I ever have in my life. My start moving on. Christy was already working, and grief was twofold then. Misty was scheduled to be there very soon. I felt I decided I would get out my resume and good about being back at work. It seemed so start applying for jobs so I could stop being a normal after a week of such abnormal days. We dispatcher. I wanted a job in any field that was had attended Jonathan’s visitation, and then his completely unrelated to law enforcement. This job funeral. We needed a taste of normalcy. had broken my heart. I could not stomach the idea As Misty arrived for the start of her shift, a of stepping back into that radio room with the 911 call came in. It was the very first 911 call that I possibility of something else happening on my had an opportunity to answer. When I connected shift. It was during this thought process that I the call, I saw on my CAD screen that it was from received a phone call from one of my troopers. He the residence of one of our detectives, Joey Howard. His fiancé told me that he had not made Continued

Page 28 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com started the conversation by saying that he was not I used my break to drive to the hospital so that I going to ask how I was doing because he knew it could see for myself that my trooper was okay. was a stupid question. Then, he said he knew what And, thankfully, he was. I was contemplating and that should not do it. I I wake up some days and feel like all of this tried to explain to him that I needed to get out of happened ten years ago, and I wake up some days the radio room forever. His response was simply, and feel like it happened yesterday. The first year “Don’t go. We need you.” following Jonathan's wreck, Joey's death, and BJ's We had a long conversation and I came to the accident, I was riddled with guilt. I know what resolution that if I left dispatching, I wanted to do that phrase means now, and I don’t use it lightly. In it on my own terms. I did not want to do it just telecommunications training, we are taught that because I felt scared. I called my supervisor and our fundamental purpose is responder (officer) told him I needed to work my shift the next day. safety. I felt like I had completely failed at my most He was adamantly against it, but told me that if I important task. The entire first year following all of wanted to come in to be around my people, that I this, I could not resolve the guilt I felt. The three of should do just that. When I arrived the next day us were given civilian awards for what we did. and my supervisor left, I immediately plugged in Sometimes, I would sit at home and stare at that my headset and logged on to the computer. award, wondering why anyone felt that I deserved It was Tuesday, December 26, 2006, just one when I had been a failure in my job. It took a few week since Jonathan’s death and one day since years for me to fully understand that no matter Joey’s. My shift was going well and I was what I'd done differently in any of the three beginning to relax. We had two troopers on the situations, the outcome of each would have been scene of an accident with injuries at a busy the same. Sometimes, those thoughts still creep intersection. EMS had already transported the into my mind. patients to the hospital and the fire department I am a firm believer that the decisions you was directing traffic so our troopers could get make for yourself lead you to the places in life some measurements and photos for their report. where you are most needed. Before I dispatched, I Post 9 dispatched for all the fire departments worked in jobs that taught me the right questions and EMS services in that county, so we also to ask and how to ask them when I need answered all of their radio traffic. I happened to be information; they taught me how to communicate monitoring the fire department’s radio frequency both verbally and through writing; they taught me when one of their members screamed into the to multitask in stressful situations; but most radio that a trooper had just been hit and they importantly, they taught me how to be bold and needed EMS to come back to the scene. I took a confident. I needed all those traits to survive the split second to replay in my mind what he had just daily stressors of being a dispatcher. I certainly said. Misty was working with me and she looked needed them during my experiences in December at me with the same expression I had on my face – 2006. absolute disbelief. I called on the radio for one of In May 2010, I accepted a position as the the troopers on scene. He responded that Unit 955, criminal intelligence analyst at Post 6 in Dry Ridge. Trooper BJ Caudill, had been struck by a car and This position was a goal that I had set for myself was unconscious and bleeding from his head. The within my first year of becoming a KSP dispatcher. next hour was so surreal. I was doing exactly what I made the move three hours away from all my I needed to do, but it felt like someone else had friends and family just for this job. Two months taken over my mind and was making me do it. later, I regretted the decision so much that I A sergeant at the scene called post a few considered reverting back to being a dispatcher minutes later. He said, “Mindi, BJ is fine. He is and going back home. I felt completely alone here, awake in the back of the ambulance, he’s talking, isolated from my support network at post 9, and and he’s okay.” Then, he suggested I take a break guilty for leaving my parents and grandparents from my console. I told him there was way too behind to pursue a career. much to do and I needed to get it all done. I felt so I went into my office one day planning to tell out of control that I needed to take control of the my supervisor that I was going back to Pikeville. situation. He reminded me that there were other For a bit of courage, I opened up a piece of Dove people in the radio room quite capable of finishing this call and that I needed a break. I finally agreed. Continued August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 29 dark chocolate from a candy dish on my desk. Their foil wrappers have motivational quotes on the inside. The one I opened read, “You are exactly where you are supposed to be.” I decided to give this position a one year trial before I made any significant decisions. I’ve now been here for 4 years. I have shadowboxes full of memorabilia and photos of Jonathan and Joey on my office walls. I have pencil rubbings of Jonathan’s name from the law enforcement memorials in Washington, DC, and Richmond, KY. A coworker once said that I needed to take all that “sad stuff” off my walls because it was depressing. The pictures do remind me of sad times, but, more importantly, they keep me focused. I am no longer on the front lines of the radio room where I can be directly involved in my Christy Runyon, Dispatcher, Post 9; Mindi Thompson, officers’ safety. However, the position I am in now Intelligence Analyst, Post 6; Misty Conley, Intelligence provides me with the opportunity to arm my Analyst Post 13, at Trooper Jonathan Leonard’s 2013 troopers with intel that they need to hopefully annual memorial. assist them in making informed and safe decisions. My experiences with the Kentucky State Police over the last ten years have run the gamut from hilarious to heart-wrenching. Sometimes, they keep me awake at night. Other times, I have to fight to make myself get out of bed in the morning. I carry them with me wherever I go. I wish that these experiences had never happened, however, I wouldn’t trade any of them for the world.

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Page 32 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Update from The Island

Six members of the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife, lead by Lt. Brett Zalla, Commander of the Fourth District, spent a night at Trooper Island. They were passing through during their recent assignment monitoring the Kentucky/Tennessee border. Pictured left to right are Sgt. Joe Mills, Lt. Brett Zalla, Tpr. Endre Samu, Officers Adam Avery, Barrett Speck, Jared Ervin and Brandon Boone. The staff at Trooper Island look forward to a continued working relationship with the Department of Fish & Wildlife.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 33 Mr. Sam Dunning and his family recently visited Trooper Island and brought with them a work of art. Sam is a chainsaw wood carver by trade and handcarved the magnificant display of the 7' wooden statue. It's the epitome of Trooper Island's legacy, namely the dedicated Troopers of the Kentucky State Police, changing one child's life at a time. While no amount of words would be enough to say "Thank You" to such a classic display, on behalf of all the Troopers of the Kentucky State Police, we tip our hats to Sam and his family.

Page 34 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Members of the Indiana State Police, in association with Kentucky State Police Sgt. Fred Scroggins, spent quality time on the island. In addition to donating cell batteries and paint brushes, they also moved cabintry, equipment and had time to plant roses in a new garden. On behalf of the Kentucky State Police and the staff of Trooper Island, a special "Thank You" is extended to our law enforcement family to the north.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 35 Twelve Morehead Nursing students under the direction of Professors Stephanie Johnson and Tara Clark, recently spent time on the island as part of their community service orientation. Their work included washing the boats, cleaning the vehicles, the camper cabins, and painting. On behalf of the staff of Trooper Island, a debt of gratitude is extended for their lengthy hours of work.

Page 36 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Many who visit the island don't have the opportunity to see the colorful changes, so we thought we'd share nature's beauty from this Spring.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 37 New Trooper Island Garden Dedicated in Memory of Richmond Native

he Kentucky State Police, Trooper Island Camp features a new garden for all visitors to see when they arrive. The gar- Tden was completed and dedicated to the memory of Brett Benton, while his family and friends were present at the 2014 Trooper Island Appreciation day. The garden which includes a water feature, several tons of river rock, fresh plants, and stone- work, is positioned in front of the old ‘Blue Light Memorial’. The structure where the former ‘Blue Light Memorial’ used to be is the current home to three carved statues. The statues are of a KSP Trooper holding hands with a young boy and girl, depicting the true meaning of the camp and its history. Brett Benton was raised in Madison County where he graduated from Madison Central High School in 1992. Brett began his service to Trooper Island when he first started attending the camp with his father, Trooper Skip Benton. Brett later served as an adult camp counselor while he was employed by KSP as a dispatcher at the Richmond Post, between 1993 and 1998. Following his service to KSP, Brett joined the Kentucky National Guard and worked as a police officer for both the Nicholasville Police Department and Kenton County Police Department. In 2011, he was killed during a terrorist attack while he was assisting in the training of the Afghan Police Force in Afghanistan. “The memorial garden would not have been possible without the financial support and donations of the public” said KSP Sergeant Toby Coyle. “Trooper Island has touched the lives of thousands of children since it began. Brett saw the difference that the island made and was always actively involved with it”. The majority of the financial support for the project was a result of the Brett Benton Memorial Corn Hole Tournament that was held in Pigeon Forge, TN. Additional donations and assistance were provided by Shannon Devere Construction and Jade Enterprise of Berea, KY. Trooper Island Camp is a 34 acre island on Dale Hollow Lake that was developed by the Kentucky State Police as part of a long range program of public service to the youth of Kentucky: a place where the tensions and turmoil of our everyday lives can be forgotten; and for one week young people can be given a touch of hope and desire of a better tomorrow. For more information about Trooper Island and how you can help, please visit: www. kentuckystatepolice.org/island.htm

Page 38 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Selling Safety Through Magic

ong before the days of email, smart phones and social media, one KSP pioneer was blazing a trail using innova- Ltion and outside-the-box thinking to spread safety mes- sages throughout Kentucky. As a member of the Fayette County Patrol in the 1930s, Lee Allen Estes watched children fidget and yawn during safety lectures presented by police officers. Feeling that a lesson must be “heard” to be “learned,” he had an idea. He would “make the words stick by illustrating them with a trick.” A student of magic tricks, illusions and ventriloquism from an early age, Estes developed a travelling show that entertained children while presenting messages about fire, bicycle and general safety. The program was a rousing success from the start with children, schools and adults throughout the state. Word of Estes’ efforts spread and he soon joined the Kentucky Highway Patrol and later the Kentucky State Police. As a sergeant and later a lieutenant, he took the show to schools and civic organizations around the state during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. He was no “suitcase magician” however. He traveled in a specially-built, two-ton truck that carried eight trunks full of stunts and gadgets. His equipment was valued at more than $5,600 and his hands were insured for $5,000. His 50-90 minute shows required two hours to set up and an hour to tear down. Prior to a performance, he sent a complete show script to each school with stage directions and piano sheet music. He required piano accompaniment for each show. Putting his own spell on safety, Estes would tie each trick to a safety message. Multi-colored silk handkerchiefs would appear from nowhere. There were balloon illusions, a magic ball and yes, he pulled a rabbit out of a hat. He would tear a paper cone to bits and turn them into a lace banner bearing a “Safety First” slogan. Estes was especially proud of his “amputation” illusion, where a subject placed their arm in a special box and the arm appeared to be severed when two steel bars were inserted through the top. He used this trick to highlight the danger of sticking one’s arm outside the window of a school bus. He reinforced the message by telling the children that in 1941 one company alone manufactured 63 artificial arms for persons injured in such accidents.

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August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 39 Assisting Estes in his shows were two pop-eyed, big-mouthed ventriloquist dummies: Willie Talk and Kenny Talk. Wearing uniforms identical to Estes,’ the sassy figures had moveable eyebrows and could talk, laugh and spit. They delighted the kids by jabbering about safety and bantering back and forth with Estes. As much fun as the show was, it was also hard work. Estes practiced three to four hours a day to perfect his tricks and illusions and make sure they had both entertainment and educational value. Since the vast majority of his audiences were made up of children, he faced a constant challenge: it’s difficult to get children to follow misdirection (diverting the audiences’ attention is one of a magician’s secrets of success). But that didn’t hold Estes back. He said he would rather perform for children than adults. One testament to his skills, however, is impressive. He was once invited to present a special show to the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Once dubbed the “Houdini of the Highways” by the press, Estes passed away in 1967. Willie Talk and Kenny Talk still live on as part of the collection of the Vent Haven Museum* in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., a tribute to KSP’s early use of innovation and a silent reminder of a slower-paced time when live, face-to- face communication brought smiles, laughter and understanding to children and adults throughout the Commonwealth. *The Vent Haven Museum is the world’s only museum dedicated to the art of ventriloquism. It contains more than 700 objects of memorabilia and character dolls from 20 countries. Admission is by appointment only (859-341-0461).

Page 40 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Kentucky State Police Recognize Fallen Water Patrol Officer

The Kentucky State Police held a memorial ceremony for one of its fallen officers at KSP headquarters in Frankfort. KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer presented a flag to Roy Childs, of Frankfort, in memory of his father, David Thomas Childs, a Kentucky State Police Water Patrol Officer* who perished along with Trooper James McNeely on April 8, 1972. The officers were searching for two Louisville teens reported missing on a canoe trip when a swift current in the rain-swollen Kentucky River swept their boat over the Lock 4 dam in Frankfort, Ky. The missing youths were found later unhurt. Child was 39-years-old at the time of his death. His body was recovered from the Ohio River near Tell City, Ind. McNeely was 37-years-old. His body was never found. On April 11, 1972, the Lexington Herald wrote the following about the tragic incident. “It takes the death of policemen, such as the drowning of State Trooper James McNeely and Boating Officer David Childs, to remind the public of its collective debt to the men of the safety forces who each day risk their lives in an often thankless profession.” “Today, we stand on the shoulders of all those who have gone before us and, like David Childs and James McNeely, made the ultimate sacrifice of service over self,” said KSP Commissioner Brewer. “We salute them and all those who chose a life that makes a difference.” Note: In 1968, responsibility for the enforcement of boating safety laws was transferred from the Kentucky Dept. of Public Safety’s Boating Division to the Division of State Police. In November of 1972, responsibility for boating safety was transferred to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.

Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer (left) presented a flag to Frankfort resident Roy Childs in memory of his father, Water Patrol Officer David Childs, who lost his life with Trooper James McNeely on April 8, 1972 in a boating accident on the Kentucky River near the Lock 4 dam while searching for two teens reported missing on a canoe trip.

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 41 KSP Telecommunicators: More Than Just A Voice

ften called the “unsung heroes of public safety,” Thomas immediately volunteered to talk with KSP telecommunicators provide a lifeline to the subject by phone. She paced back and forth in Oboth citizens in need and officers in the field. her bedroom waiting for the call to be patched They serve as an unseen, but vital link in keeping law through. enforcement officers and the public safe at all times of the “I knew I was ready to help the subject day or night. The agency employs 163 telecommunica- because I had spoken to him so many times over tors at 16 posts throughout the state and one headquar- the years,” she says. “For him to be personally asking for me in this most critical hour of need ters location. In 2013, they answered a total of 529,179 showed that a strong form of trust had been requests for assistance. The following incident illustrates achieved and I was not going to let him or my the impact these dispatchers can have in the performance troopers down.” of their daily duties. While she waited, Thomas was thinking On the night of May, 5, 2013, Miria Thomas, a about what she would say to the subject. “I wanted telecommunicator at Kentucky State Police Post 2 him to know that I was there for him just like he in Madisonville, was at home enjoying an evening had asked and that I was his friend,” she of television when she received a text message remembers. “I wanted him to know that I was from one of her fellow dispatchers. The post had going to help him. I was also very worried about received a call from a subject who said he was the troopers on the scene. I wanted to make sure feeling homicidal and suicidal. Troopers that I did not say anything to make the subject responding to the call discovered the subject had more upset. I made up my mind that I just needed barricaded himself in an abandoned apartment for him to talk, just as he had done in all the other and was armed with knives. His behavior was phone calls in the past. I mostly just needed to erratic and escalating. He told troopers that he listen and let him know I was there for him and I wanted to talk with Thomas or he was “going to was going to help him just as I had in the past.” start killing someone!” Thomas felt at a disadvantage however. “The When she found out the identity of the hardest part was doing this from my home,” she subject, “My heart almost stopped beating,” says explains. “I was not in my comfort zone. I could Thomas. Although she had never met him face-to- not hear the troopers or have constant contact with face, he was no stranger. them. Not being at work put me at a disadvantage I first remember having contact with the and I was concerned about making a mistake that subject when I worked the midnight shift from could get a trooper or the subject hurt.” 1998 to 2008,” Thomas recalls. “He would often Finally the phone rang and the dispatcher on call to make a complaint on being threatened or duty told Thomas she was patching her through to assaulted. I would send him the help he needed a trooper’s cell phone. She heard the trooper tell and he would always call back and thank me for the subject, “We have Dispatcher Thomas on the helping him.” phone and she is going to talk to you on speaker “As time went on, he began to call to just phone.” thank me for listening to him and helping him,” “I first asked the subject if he could hear me,” she says. “These short conversations were often Thomas recalls. “When he heard my voice, he just to let me know if he was having a good day or began to sob and cry out my name over and over. week or a hard time. I would try to encourage him He said he was so scared and wanted to be placed and let him know he was not alone during his into protective custody. He said he was so glad to struggles in life and advise him where he could seek the appropriate help he might need, help that KSP could not give him.” Continued

Page 42 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com talk to me and he knew everything was going to be all right now.” She then heard one of the troopers on the scene say, “Dispatcher Thomas wants me to place you in protective custody now.” Shortly thereafter, Thomas called Post 2 and was told that after talking to her, the subject had surrendered his weapons, exited the apartment and was taken into custody without further incident. Both the subject and all the troopers involved were fine. “They told me it was a good thing that I was able to talk the subject out because troopers on the scene had reported they were getting nowhere talking to him and his actions and mental state would most likely have caused them to use extreme force with possibly fatal results,” she notes. Thomas has still never met the subject she Kentucky State Police Madisonville Post Telecommunicator Miria Thomas, a 15-year veteran of helped that night. Yet she believes her phone the agency, received a Police Telecommunications contact with him over the years made the Support Award for her actions during the incident difference. “I never at any time made any promises described in this article. A resident of Earlington, Ky., to him and I never lied to him, even if the truth she is the daughter of the late Raymond Ellis Howard, of was not what he really wanted to hear,” she points Earlington, and Yevonna Qualls, of Slaughters, Ky. out. “He just needed someone to listen. I believe that is the reason he called KSP and asked for me personally.” Thomas has been a telecommunicator for KSP for 15 years. Prior to that, she worked as a dispatcher for the Dawson Springs City Police for three-and-a-half years. She credits these years of experience with aiding her actions that night. I have spoken to callers in the past who have talked about ending their lives or wanting to hurt others,” she says. “Each call is completely different and you learn something from each call you take. These lessons you learn just help you prepare for the next call.” “I learned mostly that you do affect the people you speak to and help even if you never think anything you do or say matters,” she adds. “There will be someone out there who will remember who you are for what you did or did not do for them.” “The best part of the job,” she concludes, “is knowing that I have helped someone in some way and that everyone on my shift went home safe. It’s a great job for someone who wants to help others and does not need acknowledgement for it. The reward is knowing you made a difference.”

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 43 Kentucky State Police Recognize Last Surviving Member Of First Cadet Class

s a member of Kentucky State Police Cadet created more targets, especially if the one you were Class #1 in 1948, Chester Potter was a tracking was a good marksman. By yourself, I felt Aground floor witness to the birth and you had a better chance of capturing the person growth of an organization that would transform without injuring anyone.” law enforcement in Kentucky. Recently, the 83-year- Safety was always a priority for Potter. old Pikeville resident, who retired in 1975 as a lieu- “Sometimes I would track someone for a week tenant after 27 years on the force, recalled those through the mountains to get in the right position early “trailblazing” days. to take them without anyone being seriously “The training lasted about three weeks in injured. That was always my goal,” he said. Frankfort,” he recalls. “It ran from 8:00 Monday Research was key to achieving that goal. “The morning until about 9:00 Saturday evening. It was first thing you wanted to do was to learn as much a busy time with instructors from the FBI and the as you could about the person you were tracking,” Indiana State Police. Together they taught us Potter observed. “Talk to people who live close to enough to get our feet on the ground.” him or knew him well. Find out what he's like and Potter was initially assigned to the Pikeville how good a marksman he is.” post. “But in those days, they'd send you wherever “The trick,” he continued, “was to pursue the they needed you, so you always had to keep a bag person and make them believe they were going to packed,” he says. “No car was issued to you,” he get away. You don't press them too hard. Wear explains. “There were 'pool' cars which you could them down. Just keep on pressing him until he draw out for a certain length of time in order to runs out of food or energy and gives up without a complete your business.” He even remembers shootout.” renting a horse at one time to get where he needed “Many a night, with snow fallin', I've rolled to go. “Often, once you got where you were going, back under a cliff, raked leaves up into a pile for you could just let the horse go and it would go warmth, slept for a few hours then would get up back home on its own,” he chuckled. and go again,” he recalls. Communications could also pose challenges. Overall, Potter says he had many nice “Since we had no radios at the time, we would experiences as a state trooper and some that have to call in by phone every so often,” he says. weren't so nice. “I remember one instance where I “Generally, we knew everyone in the area that had was slipping around a house trying to locate a a phone we could use or we would find people to murder suspect and I must have gotten tired or relay information back to the post.” “Many a time careless because the first thing I knew I was I wished we'd had better communications. There looking down the barrel of a double barreled wouldn't have been as many knots and bruises on shotgun. The guy had a real mean look in his eyes my head if we had,” he recalled with a grin. and was kind of grinning. He said, "You know I've Tracking was Potter's specialty. “When always wanted to know how a person feels when someone had took to the mountains to hide out, they are about to die. Can you tell me?" they would call me in to track 'em down and bring I said if you;re talking to me, I don't feel too 'em in,” he says. good.” “I always liked to work alone if it was “We had a disagreement and it turned out reasonable,” he noted. “I always felt if there was someone with me that I was responsible for their safety. If you had several people out with you, it Continued

Page 44 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com alright,” says Potter. “I'm still here.” Another time, Potter remembers driving by a little country store and seeing a truck with a Georgia license plate and two guys wearing cowboy hats “that cost more than my whole outfit.” “They got in a nice, slick Cadillac,” he said, “and I wondered what those strangers in a slick Cadillac were doing at that little store. I went back and found out they had put in an order for a truckload of sugar going to Georgia. I thought to myself, "Now they sell sugar in Georgia surely.” After further investigation, it turned out they were running a moonshine operation out of a cattle farm in Central Kentucky. Overall, it was an interesting career,” Potter notes. Although he hadn't planned on a law enforcement career, the more he became involved, the more he saw the need for change. “Commissioner (Guthrie) Crowe was a wonderful man who was really a cornerstone of law enforcement in Kentucky. I liked his chain of Kentucky State Police Commissioner Rodney Brewer thought about improving law enforcement in presented 83-year-old, Pikeville, Ky. resident Chester Potter with a Colonel, Aide de Camp certificate on January 30, 2014. Potter, who retired from KSP in 1975 Continued as a lieutenant after 27 years on the force, is the last surviving member of the first Kentucky State Police cadet class in 1948. (Photo: Sherry Bray, KSP Public Affairs) THOMPSON DRUG SADDLEBROOK

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 606-862-6261    !%&! '    Hours: Mon-Fri 9-6    ! "  Sat 9-1 August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 45 Kentucky. I guess that's the reason I chose KSP as a career,” said Potter. (Guthrie Crowe was the first KSP commissioner.) “I had the privilege of working with some very fine people,” he recalls. “It was the type of work you get some comfort from. You had the opportunity to improve things a little bit and that's what makes the world go around,” he says. “The most important thing that I have ever done was giving someone else a helping hand.” “What I see and hear about the state police today is a comfort to know that it's going in the right direction,” he says. “It's come a long way and when I think about some of it and all the knots and gashes in my head — I have to grin and smile a little bit.” KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer had the opportunity to visit with Potter in January and thanked him for his service. He also presented Potter with a certificate naming him Colonel, Aide de Camp to the Commissioner's staff. “We stand on the shoulders of folks, like you, who went before us,” he told Potter, “those who have blazed the trail for the agency we enjoy today. That is a very strong signal for us to not soil that reputation. Many, many people have endured many, many hardships, trials and tribulations to make our agency what it is today.”

Tpr. Endre Samu, director of Trooper Island, presented Potter with a brick engraved with his name that will be placed in front of the eternal flame at the camp's Fallen Trooper Memorial, shown at right. The brick was donated by troopers and employees of Post 9. (Photos by Sherry Bray, KSP Public Affairs Branch)

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Page 46 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com Tpr. Kendra Wilson, public affairs officer at KSP Post 12, was part of the security detail on March 5, 2014 at the 50th anniversary observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Freedom March in Frankfort, which helped lead to passage of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act in 1966.

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Page 48 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com FREDONIA GENERAL MINE CONTRACTING LIBERTY FREDONIA VALLEY BANK 29 N MCKINLEY ANIMAL CLINIC OF LIBERTY PO BOX 135 HENDERSON, KY 42420 651 WHIPP AVE FREDONIA, KY 42411 (270) 827-8506 LIBERTY, KY 42539 (270) 388-2265 HINDMAN (606) 787-8288 GARRARD CLEAN GAS INC LONDON B&J VARIETY STORE PO BOX 783 GLEN ROARK CONSTRUCTION PO BOX 71 HINDMAN, KY 41822 350 BURLEY AVE GARRARD, KY 40941 (606) 785-0761 LONDON, KY 40741 (606) 598-1187 HOPKINSVILLE (606) 864-4321 GLASGOW CONGRESSMAN ED WHITFIELD LOUISVILLE CAMPBELL, MYERS & RUTLEDGE PO BOX 391 HILL VIEW RECREATION 410 SOUTH BROADWAY HOPKINSVILLE, KY 42241 283 CRESTWOOD GLASGOW, KY 42141 (270) 885-8079 LOUISVILLE, KY 40229 (270) 651-2163 HUNTINGBERG, TN (502) 957-2841 CITY OF GLASGOW OFS BRANDS LOTUS GUN WORKS PO BOX 278 1204 EAST CHERRY ST 3231 RUCKRIEGEL PARK GLASGOW, KY 42142 HUNTINGBERG, TN 47542 LOUISVILLE, KY 40299 (270) 651-5131 (270) 230-8008 (502) 267-4867 GREENUP JACKSON WALTER S STONE CRESTWOOD GREENUP COUNTY BOARD OF ROSE BROTHERS DEPT. STORE COIN EDUCATION PO BOX 943 621 HATHERLEIGH LN 45 MUSKETEER DR JACKSON, KY 41339 LOUISVILLE, KY 40222 GREENUP, KY 41144 (606) 666-2397 (502) 241-7676 (606) 473-9819 KEVIL MADISON GREENVILLE JEFF DOUTHITT M & M TOWING BRENT YONTS ATTORNEY AT LAW 261 BOBBY HOOK LANE 3705 N SHUN PIKE RD PO BOX 370 KEVIL, KY 42053 MADISON, TN 47250 GREENVILLE, KY 42345 (270) 462-3841 (812) 273-6171 (270) 338-0816 LANCASTER MADISONVILLE HAZARD ROCKY TOP MARKETS ACAPULCO KEMPER FURNITURE 226 SYLVAN WAY 105 COUNTRY CLUB 165 KEMPER DR LANCASTER, KY 40444 MADISONVILLE, KY 42431 HAZARD, KY 41701 (859) 548-2422 (270) 452-2130 (606) 439-2400 LEBANON AMERICAN LEGION POST 6 MAGGARD ELECTRIC BOSLEY FUNERAL HOME 856 LEGION RD 237 KENNEDY RD PO BOX 613 MADISONVILLE, KY 42431 HAZARD, KY 41701 LEBANON, KY 40033 (270) 821-9161 (606) 436-6886 (270) 692-3187 RICKY WILSON CONSTRUCTION NAPA AUTO HAZARD LEWISBURG 5770 ANTON RD P.O. BOX 479 GOWER DRUG STORE MADISONVILLE, KY 42431 HAZARD, KY 41701 P.O. BOX 300 (270) 825-2028 (606) 435-2345 LEWISBURG, KY 42253 MANCHESTER HENDERSON (270) 755-4831 BRITTON FUNERAL HOME ARMOR FIRE PROTECTION PRICE FUNERAL HOME 27 OLD HIGHWAY 421 1196 5TH ST #D P.O. BOX 299 MANCHESTER, KY 40962 HENDERSON, KY 42420 LEWISBURG, KY 42256 (606) 598-2121 (270) 830-7515 (270) 755-4848 MASONVILLE EDWARD UTLEY JR INC LEXINGTON HAYDEN ELECTRIC PO BOX 382 MITCHS AUTO REPAIR PO BOX 129 HENDERSON, KY 42420 1253 INDUSTRY RD STE 120 MASONVILLE, KY 42366 (270) 826-2465 LEXINGTON, KY 40505 (270) 281-4765 (859) 254-6398

August 2014 The Kentucky Trooper Page 49 MAYFIELD (859) 885-3336 RICHMOND AFFORDABLE TOWING & AUTO CROSSWOODS BAPTIST CHURCH D&D TRANSPORT REPAIR 4991 HARRODSBURG RD 3715 LEXINGTON RD PO BOX 977 NICHOLASVILLE, KY 40356 RICHMOND, KY 40475 MAYFIELD, KY 42066 (859) 223-1003 (859) 623-3089 (270) 247-2442 ONITA, TN EMMONS LUXON PUCKETT & APOTHECARY SHOPPE FIRST TRUST & SAVINGS BANK SHANNON 1520 CUBA RD PO BOX 4909 232 W MAIN ST MAYFIELD, KY 42066 ONITA, TN 37841 RICHMOND, KY 40475 (270) 247-3111 (423) 569-6313 (859) 623-0092 GILLIAM THOMPSON FURNITURE OWENSBORO HUSTON BARGER MASONRY INC 2239 STATE ROUTE 121 N BENTHALL BROTHERS INC 1024 FORTUNE DR MAYFIELD, KY 42066 1600 MOSELEY RICHMOND, KY 40475 (270) 247-6620 OWENSBORO, KY 42303 (859) 624-0734 WEST KY RURAL ELECTRIC (270) 926-2103 SAYLERSVILLE 1218 W BROADWAY CMC MAGOFFIN CO BOARD OF MAYFIELD, KY 42066 2235 RAGU DR EDUCATION (270) 251-6927 OWENSBORO, KY 42303 PO BOX 109 MIDDLESBORO (270) 683-2000 SALYERSVILLE, KY 41465 SHUMATE FUNERAL HOME DAVID PRESSNELL (606) 349-6117 PO BOX 1474 3405 ROYAL DR SHELBYVILLE MIDDLESBORO, KY 40965 OWENSBORO, KY 42301 MISTY VALLEY WEDDING CHAPEL (606) 248-1234 (270) 926-7004 3592 FINCHVILLE RD MIDWAY PADUCAH SHELBYVILLE, KY 40065 JOHNSON CONSULTING GROUP FOUR RIVERS HARLEY DAVIDSON (502) 834-7448 PO BOX 4523 3005 OLD HUSBAND RD SOMERSET MIDWAY, KY 40347 PADUCAH, KY 42003 COLDWELL BANKER & FOSTER (859) 846-9824 (270) 443-5636 REAL MILTON JASON'S COLLISION CTR & 5383 S HWY 27 TRIMBLE COUNTRY TOWING SOMERSET, KY 42501 11300 HWY 421 N 125 COUNTY PARK RD (606) 678-4663 MILTON, KY 40045 PADUCAH, KY 42001 KING OF KINGS RADIO (502) 268-3012 (270) 444-6699 93 RAINBOW TERRACE DR MOREHEAD MCBRIDE MACK TRUCK SALES SOMERSET, KY 42503 MAJOR BRANDS TIRE & 155 MCBRIDE LN (606) 679-1342 AUTO SERVICE PADUCAH, KY 42001 SPARTA 125 TOMS DR (270) 442-7545 CRAIGMYLE TRUCK & TRAILOR MOREHEAD, KY 40351 REMAX REALTY GROUP JOHN 35 KY HWY 35 (606) 784-4448 DAVIS SPARTA, KY 41086 MT. STERLING 2131 OHIO ST (502) 463-2233 AMBURGEY'S FARM MACHINERY PADUCAH, KY 42003 STANFORD 530 SOUTH QUEEN ST (270) 444-7755 AGE ENGINEERING SVC MT STERLING, KY 40353 SOUTHSIDE MACHINE SHOP PO BOX 204 (859) 498-1113 PO BOX 3426 STANFORD, KY 40484 MURRAY PADUCAH, KY 42002 (606) 365-8362 BAD BOBS BAR B QUE (270) 442-6107 UPTON 806 CHESTNUT ST PAINTSVILLE UPTON MILES FARM SUPPLY MURRAY, KY 42071 WEIGHT LOSS CLINIC OF PO BOX 380 (270) 767-0054 PAINTSVILLE UPTON, KY 42784 BRAD ROBERTSON/STEVE 209 MAIN ST (270) 369-7310 FARMER DD PAINTSVILLE, KY 41240 WHITESVILLE 1710 STATE ROUTE 121 N (606) 789-5600 WHITESVILLE CITY HALL MURRAY, KY 42071 PIKEVILLE 10436 MAIN CROSS ST (270) 753-9479 THE EYE SITE WHITESVILLE, KY 42378 NICHOLASVILLE 3469 N MAYO TRL (270) 233-5666 BOB MADISON DRYWALL PIKEVILLE, KY 41501 121 BROOKVIEW DR (606) 432-5594 NICHOLASVILLE, KY 40356 Page 50 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com GOLD SPONSORS PENNYRILE VAULT CO PO BOX 332 ~ CROFTON, KY 42217 (270) 424-8868

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LLOYD & CHARLEY MCCUTCHEN PO BOX 353 ~ FRANKFORT, KY 42135 (270) 586-6711

JALAPENO MEXICAN RESTAURANT 1030 S BROADWAY ~ LEXINGTON, KY 40504 (859) 281-5171

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Page 52 The Kentucky Trooper www.ksppa.com NORVEL BARNES EXCAVATING PAINTLESS PROS SOUTHSIDE FINANCE SVC INC PARK HILLS GROCERY SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIAL SOLUTION PATRONS HOME ELECTRIC OUTLET SPICER MACHINE TOOL PC FURNITURE STRATTON IMPLEMENT PERFORMANCE RETREADING SUMMERSVILLE FURNITURE STORE PHIL GOOTEE PAINTING SVC SUZANNE THOMPSON PIERCE AUTOMOTIVE UPHOLSTERY TERRY JOHNSON BODY SHOP PLEASANT VIEW FARMS THOMASONS BARBECUE PRECIOUS MEMORIES THOMPSON'S GROCERY PULASKI FUNERAL HOME TIM & SHEILA MCDONALD R&R LAWN CARE TIM REED'S PAINTING RENFROS PAINT & COLLISION TIRE WORLD INC RICKS AUTO TOBYS PEST CONTROL SERVICE INC ROE INSURANCE TOMMY WELLS CONSTRUCTION CO S & R TIRE CENTER TOWN & COUNTRY STARTER SHOP SCOTT & MURPHY TRANSMISSIONS PLUS SECURE LOCK TUCKER FUNERAL HOME SENIOR CITIZENS CTR VESSEL'S MARKET SHARKEYS WESTSIDE SERVICE VIETNAM KITCHEN SHARON SPILLE WALKER FLAG COMPANY SHEAR PLEASURE WILLIAM HUDSON CARPET SALES SHELTER INSURANCE

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ACCESS FINANCIAL SERVICES ...... 33 FUGATE FAMILY CHIROPRACTOR ...... 30 MASON & MEFFORD ...... 14 ADECCO ...... 37 GEORGE BOWLING COMM. PARK ...... 46 MCDONALD & NEW FUNERAL HOMES 15 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ...... 19 GRAVES GILBERT CLINIC ...... 31 MCELROY METAL SERV CENTER ...... 33 BECKER BROTHERS ...... 40 GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES ...... 17 MINIT MART ...... 7 BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS CONS...... 45 H. BARRY SMITH REALTORS ...... 32 NRA ...... 5 BLUEGRASS CLINIC ...... 35 HAPPY'S LIMOUSINE SERVICE ...... 9 NUNERY & CALL ...... 32 BOB'S GARAGE ...... 15 HERZOG PAWN & LOAN ...... 14 NUTRITION AND YOU ...... 21 BOILERMAKERS LOCAL 40 ...... 22 HORSE CENTS ...... 43 OAKS CREDIT CORP ...... 33 BUDWEISER OF HOPKINSVILLE ...... 19 HUDSON'S WRECKER SERVICE ...... 34 PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO ...... 43 CAMPBELLSVILLE NURSING & REHAB INGRAMS ...... 56 POMEROY ...... 55 CENTER ...... 15 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OP ENGI- PREMIER STABLES ...... 9 CASEY'S PLUMBING ...... 32 NEERS ...... 15 PUBLISHERS PRINTING CO ...... 6 CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES ...... 18 JAMES MARINE ...... 26 PURPLE_HEART ...... 20 CAVE RUN OVERHEAD DOOR ...... 40 JEFF HOLIDAY CPA ...... 32 REP ROBERT DAMRON ...... 32 CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOLS ...... 27 JOHN HUNT MORGAN PSC ...... 19 SALT RIVER ELECTRIC ...... 21 CLINIC PHARMACY ...... 40 JOHNSON NEWCOMB LLP ...... 28 SOMERSET NURSING & REHAB ...... 13 COBRA TRANSMISSIONS ...... 32 JT'S GUTTERWORKS ...... 36 SOUTH CENTRAL BANK ...... 47 COCA COLA ...... 35 KAYLOR'S MARINE SERVICE ...... 47 SWARTZ MOWING ...... 17 COFFEY & SONS TRUCKING ...... 37 KEBCO ...... 6 TARRANCE'S TRANSMISSION ...... 36 COLLINS & COLLINS ATTORNEYS ...... 28 KEETON TRUCKING ...... 36 THE JONES GROUP ...... 36 COMMONWEALTH EXPRESS ...... 24 KELLEY, BROWN & BREEDING ...... 17 THOMPSON DRUG ...... 45 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ...... 32 KELLYS TOWING ...... 16 TIM F CRISP DMD ...... 13 CONTRACTOR'S CORPORATION ...... 34 KIESLER POLICE SUPPLY ...... 2 TOWNE & COUNTRY PHARMACY ...... 34 COOTER BROWN'S ...... 37 KINDER HAVEN ...... 40 WEBB'S RECYCLING ...... 8 D & C RENTAL & SALES ...... 33 KISER'S TAX SERVICE ...... 40 WEST KY SCOTTISH DANVILLE VALUE PHARMACY ...... 32 LAKEWAY STORAGE CENTER ...... 20 RITE CONSISTORY ...... 46 EFI ...... 17 LEXINGTON TILE ...... 17 WHAYNE SUPPLY ...... 34 FARMERS ENERGY PROPANE PLUS ..37 LOGAN METAL & LUMBER ...... 17 WIDE OPEN OUTDOORS ...... 26 FAUSTSE OIL SERVICES ...... 32 LP PRODUCTIONS ...... 32 WORLDWIDE EQUIP ...... 21 FLUID POWER SERV ...... 16 MARTIN'S PETERBILT ...... 21 WRIGHT'S BODY SHOP ...... 45

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