Real Life Stories from a Maine State Trooper

By Mark Nickerson

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  So sue me!

  By Mark Nickerson - Apr 13
  One thing I didn't think about when applying for, going through the hiring process and finally becoming a Maine State Police trooper, was getting ...
  

• Part IV: The snowball packs a punch

  By Mark Nickerson - Feb 08
  This is Part IV and the conclusion of the story about a routine operating under the influence stop that snowballed into one of the major cases of ...
  

• Part II: The OUI continues to snowball

  By Mark Nickerson - Jan 12
  Part I of the "OUI that snowballed" ended with me getting ready to obtain a search warrant to recover a stolen piece of equipment parked on the ...
  

• Where did that stop sign come from?

  By Mark Nickerson - Dec 15
  I thought I would write about a funny little story that happened to me long ago in the middle of the night. Stop me if you've heard it before. It...
  

• A Halloween tradition in Unity

  By Mark Nickerson - Nov 10
  It's heartwarming when people create family traditions for the holidays. I know how much I look forward to our family Christmas Eve gathering. ...
  

• By the book

  By Mark Nickerson - Aug 10
  Professional police officers have a set of standards by which they live and work.The Maine State Police had several books pertaining to policy ...
  

• Misplaced trust and a timely tip

  By Mark Nickerson - Jul 14
  This story sounds like it came right out of the Wild West. And it demonstrates the dangers that police officers can be in each and every day ...
  

• You're going to be OK

  By Mark Nickerson - Jun 23
  After reading former Game Warden John Ford's column last week, it hit home how true his words are: "You never know what is going to happen from ...
  

• Parental kidnapping

  By Mark Nickerson - May 19
  On TV recently there have been stories of children being taken to the homeland of one parent and the homeland government protecting that parent. ...
  

• Why do people do what they do?

  By Mark Nickerson - Apr 21
  For the life of me I cannot figure out why people do some of the things they do. I can't count how many times when I attempted to pull someone ...
  

• Real Life Stories from a Maine State Trooper

  An old friend?

  By Mark Nickerson - Apr 01
  This story sheds light on who we were and who we become.This incident started when I was doing a radar detail south of Randolph going toward the ...
  

• Part III: Bar stools and snowbanks

  By Mark Nickerson - Jan 26
  In Part I, I wrote about recovering a stolen $3,000 piece of equipment from a business owner who, for years, had been involved in criminal ...
  

• A routine OUI that snowballed

  By Mark Nickerson - Dec 29
  This next story can only be told in segments. It started out as a simple arrest for operating under the influence. Then a stolen truck was found ...
  

• Skipping school and alcohol courage

  By Mark Nickerson - Nov 24
  You know that first lovely spring day after a long, cold winter? The warmth of the sun, the smell of spring in the light breeze, the sounds of ...
  

• Stolen trucks galore

  By Mark Nickerson - Aug 25
  I told you about my super-secret trooper friend in my last story. Well here is the continuation of his getting me involved in one of his shenanigan...
  

• Harvest time

  By Mark Nickerson - Jul 28
  It's about that time of year when marijuana plants start to get higher than the other crops and are easier to spot. While on patrol, or doing ...
  

• There he is!

  By Mark Nickerson - Jun 30
  To those who read retired Warden John Ford's column last week about me, the rocket man, I will admit he bailed me out once or twice. I bailed him ...
  

• Paranoia

  By Mark Nickerson - Jun 02
  I used to find it interesting that just the presence of a uniformed trooper or a cruiser at inopportune times caused such strange reactions. The ...
  

• Wipe that smirk off your face

  By Mark Nickerson - May 05
  Every once in a while I took riders along on routine patrol. Most were young people who had an interest in law enforcement and had started the ...
  

• More tales of The Triangle

  By Mark Nickerson - Apr 07
  I really enjoyed reading Warden John Ford's last story titled, "Waldo County's Bermuda Triangle," which concerns a particularly unlucky half-mile ...