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DPS honors troopers for life‑saving actions; one smuggling case leads to 99‑year sentence
Summary
The Public Safety Commission presented awards to troopers for multiple rescues and highlighted one smuggling case that resulted in a conviction and long prison sentence for the driver.
The Public Safety Commission on Tuesday presented life‑saving awards and citations to multiple Department of Public Safety employees for actions that saved lives, and a trooper described a smuggling incident that later produced a conviction and lengthy sentence.
During the awards segment, the commission recognized troopers and corporals for responses ranging from vehicle rescues to medical interventions. The director read narratives describing incidents in which officers entered burning vehicles, freed trapped crash victims and provided emergency medical…
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