Yearly Events
Timothy Huffman
Timothy A. Huffman, 47 Officer Tim Huffman Residence: Yuma Badge: 5430 End of Watch: May, 6, 2013 Officer Huffman was on scene helping investigate an injury collision on Interstate 8, 40 miles east of Yuma, when a tanker truck failed to yield to the closure of the number-two lane on the highway. The driver of the semi-truck, Jorge Espinoza, 33, first collided with DPS...
22nd Annual AHPA Golf Classic: May 11th, 2013
SATURDAY MAY 11th 2013 WIGWAM RESORT 451 N. OLD LITCHFIELD RD, LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ 85340 5:30 A.M. CHECK IN AT COURSE 7:30 A.M. SHOTGUN START LUNCHEON/AWARDS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING PLAY IN THE BALLROOM DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM HERE: AHPA Golf 2013 Registration Form PDF AHPA Golf 2013 Registration Form Word Doc DOWNLOAD THE SPONSOR FORM HERE: 2013 AHPA Golf Tournament Sponsor...
May 6th, 2013: AHPA to Honor 28 DPS Officers Killed in Line of Duty with Memorial Ceremony
AHPA to Honor 28 DPS Officers Killed in Line of Duty with Memorial Ceremony Annual event will take place on Monday, May 6th (Phoenix, AZ) –The men and women of the Arizona Highway Patrol Association (AHPA) will pay their respects to the 28 Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers who have been killed in the line of duty. The Annual DPS Fallen Officer Memorial Ceremony...
December 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
9:00 am Mountain Preserve Reception Center 1431 E Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020 Read More →
November 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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October 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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September 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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August 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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July 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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June 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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May 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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April 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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March 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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Feb 2013 AHPA Membership Meeting
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Jan 2013 Membership Meeting
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32nd Annual AHPA Bass Derby
For questions contact: Danny Roark 602-319-4418 roarkdanny@aol.com Click here to download: 2013 AHPA Derby rules Click here to download: 2013 Entry Form Read More →
17th Annual Bob Martin/Mark Brown Memorial Mile Clean Up Feb. 16th
Bob Martin/Mark Brown 17th Annual Memorial Mile Clean Up February 16, 2013 The annual Bob Martin Memorial Highway Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday February 16, 2013. The event commemorates Department of Public Safety Officer Robert K. Martin #474 who gave his life in the line of duty on August 15, 1995. Officer Martin had conducted a traffic stop southbound on State Route...
COPS Walk Southwest 2013 on February 23 and 24
The Concerns of Police Survivors is holding their COPS Walk Southwest 2013 on February 23 and 24 (Saturday/Sunday)and are in desperate need of walkers for this event. The registration deadline is February 1 (there is no fee to register). Go to http://www.nationalcops.org/copswalksw.htm to learn more about the walk and how you can register. Marie Dryer, Retired Sgt. Badge 3064...
ASU Basketball Benefiting AHPA – Jan. 26th
Arizona Highway Patrol recognizes heroes involved in a recent cancelled Amber Alert (Tempe, Arizona) – It was Public Safety Day during Arizona State University’s basketball game on January 26th, where first responders received discounted tickets and were recognized during the game. Firefighters and Highway Patrol officers faced-off in a three point shoot-out, where...
Phoenix Suns Law Enforcement Appreciation Night – Jan 2nd
The Phoenix Suns invite all public safety officers from city, county, state and federal agencies to come out to US Airways Center to celebrate our first responders. This special ticket package is available to all sworn and non-sworn employees of any law enforcement, fire, EMT or DHS agency, their family members, friends and supporters. If you care about our first responders...
REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FALLEN COMRADE, SGT TAPIA
Sgt. Manny Tapia Come and join us on January 12th, 2013 to remember Sgt. Manny Tapia #1409. We will first start with a burrito breakfast on Rio Rico Drive, be shuttled onto Interstate 19 for the Adopt-A-Highway cleanup and from there we will meet at his Memorial Site on North Grand Avenue for a small service. Afterwards, we will meet at Officer Ibarra’s residence for...
AHPA Hosts Matt Salmon Fundraiser – August 1
Read more about Matt Salmon’s Campaign for Congressional District 5 from his website: http://www.salmonforcongress.com or CLICK HERE TO READ AHPA’S ENDORSEMENT Read More →
Fallen Officer Memorial – Highway Patrol District Three – July 3, 2012
Fallen Officer Memorial Highway Patrol District Three Navajo County Sheriff’s Office July 3, 2012 10:00 am to 11:00 am Show Low City Complex Field (Sitgreaves National Forest) N 6th St & E McNeil Show Low, Arizona 85901 Fallen Officers to be honored: Patrolman James L. Keeton (EOW 2/5/1971) Patrolman Donald A. Beckstead (EOW 2/7/1971) Patrolman Bruce A. Petersen (EOW...
31st Annual AHPA Bass Derby
For questions contact: Danny Roark 602-319-4418 roarkdanny@aol.com PDF of AHPA Bass Derby Rules: 2012 AHPA Derby Rules WORD DOC of AHPA Bass Derby Rules: 2012 AHPA Derby Rules PDF of AHPA Entry Form: AHPA 2012 Derby Entry Form WORD DOC of AHPA Entry Form: AHPA 2012 Derby Entry Form If you plan to camp there, you must make a reservation online through Alamo Lake’s website. ...
December 2012 Membership Meeting
9:00 am Mountain Preserve Reception Center 1431 E Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020 Read More →
November 2012 Membership Meeting
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October 2012 Membership Meeting
9:00 am Mountain Preserve Reception Center 1431 E Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020 Read More →
September 2012 Membership Meeting
9:00 am Mountain Preserve Reception Center 1431 E Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020 Read More →
August 2012 Membership Meeting
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July 2012 Membership Meeting
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June 2012 Membership Meeting
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May 2012 Membership Meeting
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April 2012 Membership Meeting
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March 2012 Membership Meeting
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February 2012 Membership Meeting
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January 2012 Membership Meeting
9:00 am Mountain Preserve Reception Center 1431 E Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020 Read More →
911 Golf 2012 – W. Steven Martin
911toydrive.com 911 Golf 2012 (911toydrive.com) Oakwood Golf Course, Sun Lakes Saturday April 14, 2012, 8am Shotgun Awards and lunch after the tournament $400 for a foursome $100 for individuals $100 for tee-box sponsorship Don’t miss this day of fun on the greens at Oakwood Golf Course in Chandler. You’ll play golf with some of the top cops in the state –...
17th Annual Law Enforcement Golf Tournament for Special Olympics
Sponsored in part by Arizona Highway Patrol Association Saturday, May 5, 2012 Canoa Hills Golf Course, Green Valley – canoahillsgolfclub.com $60 per person Includes green fees, cart and meal Registration 6:30am/7:30 shotgun start Format is 4 person scramble and open to the public Tee Box Sponsorships: $150 Tee Box and Team: $325 Deadline is Friday April 20, 2012 Limited...
BOB MARTIN MILE CLEANUP
Bob Martin ROBERT K. MARTIN #474 EOW 08/15/95 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012 MEET AT THE FORT MCDOWELL CASINO PARKING LOT BETWEEN 0830 AND 0900 HOURS. TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO MP-196 SB SR-87 CLEANUP WILL BEGIN AT THE LT. MARK BROWN MILE AFTER THAT MILE, WE WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH (SANDWICHES & SOFT DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED) CLEANUP WILL CONTINUE SB TO BOB MARTIN’S...
MEMORIAL HIKE – IN MEMORY OF PILOT LOREN LEONBERGER
LOREN LEONBERGER MEMORIAL HIKE – WATERMAN PEAK IN MEMORY AND HONOR OF RETIRED DPS PILOT AND FORMER MARICOPA COUNTY, LA COUNTY PILOT AND PIMA COUNTY PILOT LOREN LEONBERGER #2384 TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012 0900 -1230 MEET AT THE STAGING AREA AT THE BASE OF WATERMAN PEAK IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR TO HIKE TO THE ACCIDENT SITE FROM THE STAGING AREA. THE TERRAIN IS...
Jan. 7th, 2012: “REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FALLEN COMRADE” SGT. MANNY TAPIA
Sgt. Manny Tapia “REMEMBRANCE OF OUR FALLEN COMRADE” SGT. MANNY TAPIA Come and join us on January 7th, 2012 to remember Sgt. Manny Tapia. We will first start with the Adopt-A-Highway cleanup and will be meeting on Rio Rico Drive and be shuttled onto Interstate 19 for the cleanup. From there, we will meet at his memorial site on North Grand Avenue for a small service....
December 2011 Membership Meeting
9:00 am Mountain Preserve Reception Center 1431 E Dunlap Ave Phoenix, AZ 85020 Read More →
Support Justin Domres’ Cousin Fight with Cancer
Justin Domres of Fleet service’s cousin Katie Wagner is a beautiful 15 year old sophomore from Anthem, Arizona. She was recently diagnosed with a rare form of stage 4 Cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. Her medical insurance has been canceled and we all know the medical bills add up fast. Anyone who knows Katie and her family can testify that these people are one of a kind;...
2011 DPS Fallen Officer Memorial – May 2nd
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20th Annual AHPA Golf Classic
The 20th Annual AHPA Golf Classic Saturday May 14th 2011 Wildfire J.W. Marriott Golf Club 5350 E. Marriott Dr. – Phoenix, AZ 85054 AHPA Golf 2011 Registration AHPA Golf Tournament 2011 Sponsorship Information AHPA Golf Scholarship – 2011 All applicants must return their completed application by June 2011. Five scholarships for $500 will be given out. Download...
30th Annual AHPA Bass Derby
All entries must be received by March 8th 2011. There is a $20.00 per person late fee for entries submitted after March 8th. 2011 Derby Rules 2011 Entry Form For questions contact: Danny Roark 602-319-4418 roarkdanny@aol.com Read More →
Chris R Marano
On Thursday, December 17, 2009, DPS Officer Christopher R. Marano died from injuries suffered when struck by a vehicle on the Loop 101 freeway in Phoenix. Officer Marano, who had served with DPS almost four years, was in the process of laying down “stop sticks”, a tire deflation device, in an attempt to end a pursuit when he was struck Read More →
Bruce W Harrolle
DPS Officer/Paramedic Bruce W. Harrolle was killed while assisting with a search and rescue mission of two stranded hikers. Officer Harrolle was struck by the helicopter’s rotor blades and fatally injured. Officer Bruce Harrolle, 36 years, is survived by his wife, two young children, and parents. Read More →
Brett C. Buckmister
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on March 21, 2000, DPS Officer Brett Buckmister was killed when his patrol car collided with a van on US89 in Page, Arizona. Officer Buckmister was responding to another collision on US89 at the time of the fatal collision. Three of the five occupant of the van received fatal injuries in the collision. Officer Buckmister started his career with...
F.J. “Skip” Fink, Jr.
Officer Fink had just stopped an eastbound motorist on the Superstition Freeway (U.S. 60) near McClintock Drive, Tempe, when his patrol car was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Robert Stavers, 22, of Mesa. Upon impact, Officer Fink’s patrol car burst into flames, trapping the 28-year DPS veteran officer. Several people tried to rescue the DPS officer, who had not...
Juan N. Cruz
Officer Cruz, along with two other DPS officers, were blocking the high-speed (left) traffic lane of Interstate 10 in Tucson, Arizona, with their patrol vehicles, while investigating a prior collision. A westbound vehicle driven by Tucson resident Marissa A. Rodriguez, 21, struck the rear of Officer Cruz’s vehicle, which was positioned at the far east end of the...
Douglas E. Knutson
While standing and waiting for a tow truck to remove an abandoned vehicle at the gore point of Scottsdale Road and westbound Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway), Motorcycle Officer Knutson suffered multiple injuries when struck from behind by a small pickup truck driven by Brett Baxter, 22, of Tempe. He was taken to Maricopa County Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Officer...
Robert K. Martin
Officer Martin was shot to death during a traffic stop on the Beeline Highway, about seven miles north of Shea Boulevard. With 27 years of service, Officer Martin had the most years of service among DPS/AHP officers killed in the line of duty. His assailant, Ernesto Salgado Martinez, a 19-year-old ex-convict from Globe, fled the scene and was captured two days later in...
Sgt. Michael L. Crowe
Sgt. Crowe was shot to death along with Yuma Police Department Lt. Dan Elkins after they arrived at the Southwest border Alliance headquarters building near the Yuma International Airport. The two were members of the SBA task force and had agreed to meet at the building to discuss missing items from the SBA property room. Upon entering the building, they interrupted a...
Reserve Sgt. Mark Dryer
While standing near a motorist he had stopped for speeding 20 miles south of Phoenix on Interstate 10, Sgt. Dryer was struck and killed by a passing car driven by Charles Robert Ransier, 33, of Phoenix. Sgt. Dryer was the first DPS reserve officer to be killed in the line of duty. The motorist, who was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident, was sentenced...
Sgt. David J. Zesiger
m.p. 367.3Sgt. Zesiger was leading a family to a campsite near McNary when his fully-marked departmental Chevrolet Blazer was struck head-on by a pickup truck driven by Calvin Dayea, who was found to be driving under the influence. In April 1993, Dayea was sentenced to four years in a federal prison but was released Dec. 21, 1994. Ten days later, Dec. 31, 1994, he was...
Sgt. Manuel H. Tapia
Sgt. Tapia was shot at about 7 p.m. Jan. 7, 1991, in Nogales by a drug suspect. He died at about 1 a.m. Jan. 8, 1991, at Tucson Medical Center. The suspect, Noel Gonzales-Bernal of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was fatally shot by a Nogales police officer. The incident occurred in Nogales, about a mile north of the border, after Tapia and the Nogales police officer stopped...
David G. Gabrielli
Officer Gabrielli was killed while investigating a previous fatal crash on U.S. 89, just south of Valencia Road in Tucson. Officer Gabrielli, who was standing in the median with Sgt. John M. Blaser, was struck from behind by a car driven by a drunken driver, James B. Sheets. Officer Gabrielli died at the scene. Read More →
Sgt. John M. Blaser
Sgt. Blaser died after being transported to a Tucson-area hospital. He was the first DPS line supervisor to die in the line of duty. The driver, James B. Sheets, was found guilty July 18, 1991, of manslaughter and reckless endangerment by a Pima County Superior Court jury. In September 1991, a judge ordered Sheets to serve 9-year sentences on each of the two manslaughter...
Johnny E. Garcia
Officer Garcia died while responding to a report of a drunken driver whose car was stuck in a right-of-way fence near the Picacho interchange on Interstate 10. While passing a car on State Route 84 near Casa Grande, Officer Garcia’s patrol car struck loose gravel, rolled three times, hit a car and then a tree. Read More →
Ed Rebel
Officer Rebel, 50, was shot to death while attempting to arrest a suspect driving a stolen car near Marana on Interstate 10. Officer Rebel, despite his mortal wound, was able to fire a volley of shots, killing his assailant, Bruce Beaty, 23, of Houston. Beaty was believed to be part of a stolen car ring. Read More →
Bruce A. Petersen
State Route 61 m.p. 357. Officer Petersen was in pursuit of a speeding vehicle on State Route 61 near Concho when his patrol vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. Read More →
Thomas McNeff
Pilot McNeff was flying a DPS helicopter in a rainstorm when it crashed in a cotton field near Marana. The DPS aircraft was en route to Catalina to pick up a pregnant woman and fly her to a Tucson hospital. Read More →
Richard Stratman
Paramedic Stratman was on the same mission as Pilot McNeff in a departmental helicopter during a rainstorm when it crashed in a cotton field near Marana. The DPS aircraft was enroute to Catalina to pick up a pregnant woman and fly her to a Tucson medical facility. Read More →
William H. Murie
Officer Murie was en route to Phoenix from Flagstaff on Nov. 16 when he stopped just north of Phoenix on Interstate 17 to assist at a crash scene. He was struck by a passing vehicle, crushing his legs and a wrist. Complications resulting from these injuries led to his death on Nov. 19, 1980. Read More →
John C. Walker
Officer Walker was shot and killed while working an undercover cocaine case. He was sitting in his car at Tucson International Airport when he was shot. The assailant, Genaro Celaya, 28, of Ajo, was captured a short time later with Walker’s flash roll in his possession. Celaya is serving a life sentence in an Arizona prison. Read More →
Noah M. (Mac) Merrill
During a traffic stop on Interstate 10, eight miles east of Benson, Officer Merrill was struck by a passing tractor-trailer. Read More →
Gregory A. Diley
Officer Diley, 28, was returning to Kingman following a narcotics investigation when he was killed in a one-vehicle crash west of Kingman on Interstate 0. The death of Officer Diley, who was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Bureau at DPS, was the first outside the Highway Patrol Bureau. Read More →
Alan H. Hansen
Officer Hansen was killed in Kingman when a railroad tanker loaded with butane exploded. In all, 13 people were killed and 112 were injured in the afternoon explosion. Click here to read Hansen’s 40 Year E.O.W. Anniversary Story with AHPA Read More →
Don A. Beckstead
A few minutes after shooting Officer Keeton, Greenberg shot Officer Beckstead during another traffic stop. It is believed that Officer Beckstead was not aware of the shooting involving Keeton. Officer Beckstead died two days later in a Gallup, N.M., hospital. After shooting the two DPS officers, Greenberg kidnapped and killed another person during the chase before New...
James L. Keeton
Officer Keeton was shot to death with his own weapon by Bertram Greenberg, a suspect in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old California girl. Keeton, who lost his pistol during a skirmish with Greenberg, was shot after stopping Greenberg for a traffic violation on Interstate 40, 12 miles west of the New Mexico state line. Read More →
Gilbert A. (Gib) Duthie
Officer Duthie was the first Arizona Department of Public Safety officer to lose his life in the line of duty. The preceding three deaths occurred before the formation of DPS. Officer Duthie died the evening of Sept. 5 when his patrol car was swept away by Sycamore Creek flood waters near Sunflower on State Route 87. Officer Duthie and his patrol car were found the following...
Paul E. Marston
Patrolman Marston was shot and killed by prison escapee Danny Lee Eckard during a gun battle on a farm in Chino Valley. Eckard, nicknamed the Desert Fox by the Arizona media for his ability to escape and survive in the desert, was then fatally shot by Patrolman Ron Mayes who was riding with Marston. Read More →
Louis O. Cochran
While stopped along U.S. 80 one mile east of Dateland, Patrolman Cochran’s patrol car was struck from behind and burst into flames, killing the officer. It was the first death in the 25-year history of the Arizona Highway Patrol. Read More →





