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MINNESOTA STATE PATROL

Roads in the Twin Cities are still covered with snow and ice with high winds and drifting making it difficult to get them clear Monday morning.
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Slick roads following snow and ice across the state make for a slow and dangerous Monday commute

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New data released Tuesday from a statewide seatbelt enforcement campaign shows some Minnesotans still aren't buckling up.
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New data from a statewide seatbelt enforcement campaign shows some Minnesotans still aren't buckling up

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The Minnesota State Patrol says they don't yet have a clear picture of how much Marijuana-impaired driving is impacting Minnesota roads.
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State Patrol says they don't yet have a clear picture of how much Marijuana is impacting Minnesota roads

Troopers don't yet have access to the high-tech oral swab kits that would help them track the trend
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Police in Maplewood are investigating a fatal hit and run crash involving a pedestrian.
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Police in Maplewood are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian

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Some Minnesota State Troopers are now patrolling Minneapolis streets. This came at the request of Mayor Jacob Frey and city leaders who are trying to get a grip on mass shootings that have rocked the city in recent weeks.
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Minnesota State Troopers now helping patrol Minneapolis streets after a request from Mayor Jacob Frey

Police Chief Brian O'Hara says he's grateful for the extra patrols that began on Wednesday
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Extra seat belt and car seat enforcement is planned statewide next week across Minnesota.
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Minnesota public safety officials spread the message on the importance of proper car seat usage

Extra seat belt and car seat enforcement is planned statewide next week
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Gov. Walz activates state law enforcement personnel to assist Minneapolis police following Wednesday's mass shooting
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Gov. Walz activates state law enforcement personnel to assist Minneapolis police following Wednesday's mass shooting

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One person is dead following a head on crash Sunday morning on Highway 169 in Mille Lacs County, in central Minnesota.
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State Patrol investigating head-on crash in Mille Lacs county that kills a Big Lake man

Two others were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
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A bizarre accident on Interstate 35 north of the Twin Cities when a driver is hit by a stray bullet
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Man driving on I-35W north of the Twin Cities shot in the leg by a group that was target shooting

Three men firing at targets said to be cooperating with the investigation by the Chisago County Sherriff's Office
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Minnesota Department of Public Safety announces new security measures at the State Capitol

Those new security restrictions go into effect immediately
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The State Patrol’s chief pilot landed a brand new twin-engine helicopter just outside the front door of the capitol building in St. Paul Monday.
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State Patrol Day at capitol allows agency to show off it’s newest piece of hardware: A twin-engine Bell Helicopter

Lt. Craig Benz, State Patrol’s chief pilot, landed the helicopter just outside the front door of the capitol building
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A Minnesota State Trooper is charged in federal court with producing child pornography.
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Minnesota State Trooper charged in federal court with producing child pornography

Lead investigator with the FBI calls the alleged conduct a 'horrifying and a gross betrayal of public trust'
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137 people were killed in speed-related crashes on Minnesota roads last year. The time period between May 1st and Labor Day is consistently the deadliest across the state.
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Still Not Getting The Message: Minnesota begins crackdown on bad driving habits during "100 Deadliest Days"

Memorial Day through Labor Day typically see some of the largest fatal crash counts every year in Minnesota
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Three separate car-pedestrian crashes have resulted in three deaths.
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Three separate car-pedestrian crashes have resulted in three deaths in the Twin Cities metro

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Almost two years into a new recruiting program the Minnesota State Patrol is still trying to bolster it's numbers.
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State Patrol recruiting program looks at unconventional backgrounds amid a staffing shortage statewide

One example of their success is 38-year old Trooper Yahya Abdi who is the state's first Somalian State Trooper
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One of Minnesota's troopers assisting a driver during Wednesday morning's snow storm.
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Bad Drivers? Six Minnesota State Patrol squad cars were hit during the height of the storm Wednesday

"People are just driving too fast for conditions," the State Patrol tells WCCO Radio
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The sisters of a Minnesota doctor killed in a hit-and-run while walking her dogs in Mille Lacs County a year ago are renewing calls for the person who hit her to come forward.
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Sisters of a doctor killed in hit-and-run last year in Mille Lacs County still looking for answers

Dr. Cathy Donovan, a well-known physician in the Onamia area, was struck along Highway 169
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