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2
a
: a mounted police officer
b
: a state police officer
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The name of trooper, who was also a paramedic, was not immediately released.
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Multiple confrontations have also taken place in Lake Worth Beach, which has become a focal point of immigration enforcement in recent months as FHP troopers patrol neighborhoods and where more than 100 PBSO deputies are trained to act as immigration officers under the agency’s 287(g) agreement.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
That, in a nutshell, is the explanation of how a state trooper working for District Attorney Marian Ryan could have been involved in a fatal traffic accident in Woburn that may have involved alcohol.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
The incidents ranged from a shootout in Maryvale to Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers serving a search warrant at a civil traffic stop in Chandler.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Multiple confrontations have also taken place in Lake Worth Beach, which has become a focal point of immigration enforcement in recent months as FHP troopers patrol neighborhoods and where more than 100 PBSO deputies are trained to act as immigration officers under the agency’s 287(g) agreement.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
That, in a nutshell, is the explanation of how a state trooper working for District Attorney Marian Ryan could have been involved in a fatal traffic accident in Woburn that may have involved alcohol.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
The incidents ranged from a shootout in Maryvale to Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers serving a search warrant at a civil traffic stop in Chandler.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Trooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trooper. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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trooper
noun
troop·er
ˈtrü-pər 
1
: a cavalry soldier
2
a
: a police officer who rides a horse
b
: a state police officer
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