Trooper Down! (36 page)

9. State troopers Dennis L. Hall (left) and Louis E. Williams exchange war stories on a truck stop coffee break.
Bob Scott

10. Trooper directs traffic. An authoritative manner tends to avert problems and establish control.
Bob Scott

11. Surveying the scene of an accident. Many troopers maintain that working the wrecks is the most harrowing aspect of the job.
Bob Scott

12. Investigating an accident and calling in the report.
Bob Scott

13. Trooper making his approach to a motorist stopped for speeding.
Bob Scott

14. Trooper stopping a motorist to administer a sobriety test. To ensure against accusations of improper conduct, troopers do not usually place female motorists in the cruiser for questioning.
Bob Scott

15. Veteran troopers often say that no “strange encounter” can surprise them anymore. Here, a woman protested the confiscation of a marijuana stash by removing her clothes.
Bob Scott
, Asheville Citizen-Times

16. Women troopers comprise a small but growing percentage of the highway patrol. Elizabeth “Dee” Parton, inducted into the highway patrol in 1981.
Steve Dixon
, Asheville Citizen-Times

17. Trooper Giles Harmon. 
North Carolina Highway Patrol

18. Harmon investigating an accident in February 1985.
Malcolm Gamble
, Asheville Citizen-Times

19. Funeral procession for Harmon moves out, April 1985.
Gary Fields
, Asheville Citizen-Times

20. Bonnie and Frank Harmon and widow, Melinda, right, leave church after memorial services.
Gary Fields
, Asheville Citizen-Times

21. Two troopers lead Charles G. Barker to a cruiser that will take him to medical attention. Barker told police he had been kidnapped, robbed, and shot in the leg by his companion, Billy McQueen.
Bob Scott
, Asheville Citizen-Times