Real Life Stories from a Maine State Trooper
Mark Nickerson is a retired Maine State Police Trooper. The 28-year veteran lives in Unity. The award-winning columnist may be reached at menick@uninet.net.
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So sue me!
By Mark Nickerson - Apr 13One thing I didn't think about when applying for, going through the hiring process and finally becoming a Maine State Police trooper, was getting ...
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Part IV: The snowball packs a punch
By Mark Nickerson - Feb 08This 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 ...
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Part II: The OUI continues to snowball
By Mark Nickerson - Jan 12Part 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 ...
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Where did that stop sign come from?
By Mark Nickerson - Dec 15I 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...
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A Halloween tradition in Unity
By Mark Nickerson - Nov 10It's heartwarming when people create family traditions for the holidays. I know how much I look forward to our family Christmas Eve gathering. ...
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By the book
By Mark Nickerson - Aug 10Professional police officers have a set of standards by which they live and work.The Maine State Police had several books pertaining to policy ...
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Misplaced trust and a timely tip
By Mark Nickerson - Jul 14This 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 ...
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You're going to be OK
By Mark Nickerson - Jun 23After 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 ...
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Parental kidnapping
By Mark Nickerson - May 19On TV recently there have been stories of children being taken to the homeland of one parent and the homeland government protecting that parent. ...
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Why do people do what they do?
By Mark Nickerson - Apr 21For 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 ...
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An old friend?
By Mark Nickerson - Apr 01This 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 ...
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Part III: Bar stools and snowbanks
By Mark Nickerson - Jan 26In 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 ...
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A routine OUI that snowballed
By Mark Nickerson - Dec 29This 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 ...
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Skipping school and alcohol courage
By Mark Nickerson - Nov 24You 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 ...
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Stolen trucks galore
By Mark Nickerson - Aug 25I 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...
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Harvest time
By Mark Nickerson - Jul 28It'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 ...
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There he is!
By Mark Nickerson - Jun 30To 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 ...
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Paranoia
By Mark Nickerson - Jun 02I used to find it interesting that just the presence of a uniformed trooper or a cruiser at inopportune times caused such strange reactions. The ...
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Wipe that smirk off your face
By Mark Nickerson - May 05Every 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 ...
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More tales of The Triangle
By Mark Nickerson - Apr 07I really enjoyed reading Warden John Ford's last story titled, "Waldo County's Bermuda Triangle," which concerns a particularly unlucky half-mile ...