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2
a
: a mounted police officer
b
: a state police officer
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a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers
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This incident comes less than two weeks after a trooper on the Mass Pike was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Williams was allegedly clocked by the trooper going more than 90 miles per hour and the trooper initiated a traffic stop, according to state police.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
At the same time, more than 100 law enforcement personnel descended — from EMS, firefighters and state troopers, to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
Preliminary information from troopers shows that Cody L. Lamping, 16, was driving a 2005 Toyota passenger car south on 155th Street as a 68-year-old man drove a 2017 Chevrolet pickup truck west on State Avenue.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Williams was allegedly clocked by the trooper going more than 90 miles per hour and the trooper initiated a traffic stop, according to state police.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
At the same time, more than 100 law enforcement personnel descended — from EMS, firefighters and state troopers, to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025
Preliminary information from troopers shows that Cody L. Lamping, 16, was driving a 2005 Toyota passenger car south on 155th Street as a 68-year-old man drove a 2017 Chevrolet pickup truck west on State Avenue.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
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“Trooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trooper. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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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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