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Welcome to the website for the California Association of Highway Patrolmen. As the labor organization that represents active and retired CHP officers, we are dedicated to serving their needs on the job and in the community.
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Remembering CHP's Finest
Officer Youngstrom killed during enforcement stop
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
September 5, at approximately 6:05 PM. CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom, I.D. 18063, was pronounced deceased.
Officer Youngstrom entered the CHP Academy in August 2005 and was assigned to the CHP's Contra Costa Area upon graduation in February 2006. He transferred to the CHP's Golden Gate Division headquarters in January 2009 and most recently transferred back to the Contra Costa Area office on Aug. 1, 2012.
Officer Youngstrom served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1994 to 2000, attaining the rank of Specialist. Officer Youngstrom is the 223rd CHP officer to be killed in the line of duty since 1929. He was 37 years old.
Kenyon is survived by his wife, Karen, two sons and two daughters, parents, Gaylord and Jill Youngstrom of Riverside, Calif., four brothers and a sister.
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Officer Adams killed in head-on collision
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The CHP family is mourning the loss of Officer Thomas Adams, I.D. 19365, of the Garberville Area office. Adams, age 24, was killed in a head-on collision on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at approximately 2:15 p.m., on U.S. 101 just south of the town of Piercy in northern Mendocino County.
Adams, a native of Fortuna, was pronounced deceased at the scene and MAIT is investigating the collision. The two occupants of the 2004 Toyota Tundra also involved in the collision were taken to the hospital and later released.
After graduating from the Academy in January 2009, Adams began his career in Oakland. He transferred to the Garberville Area last September. He is survived by his parents Bruce and Karen Adams. His mother is a public safety dispatcher for the CHP who is assigned to the Humboldt Communications Center.
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Officer McGrory killed during enforcement stop
Sunday, June 27, 2010
On June 27, 2010, at approximately 3:38 AM, Officer Justin McGrory, I.D. 18606, and Officer Ryan Bostrom, I.D. 18541, from Barstow Area, were on a traffic stop on northbound I-15, when a red 2009 Pontiac G6, driven by Rafael Garcia, 18, of Las Vegas, Nev., veered onto the right shoulder, clipped the right rear of the patrol vehicle, then continued and struck Officer McGrory.
Officer McGrory suffered major injuries as a result of this collision and was taken by air ambulance to St. Mary's Hospital in Apple Valley, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Officer McGrory was 28 years old. He began his career with the CHP in October 2007 and was assigned to the Barstow Area Office. He is survived by his wife, a 7 year old daughter, a 4 year old son and a one year old son, and his wife is pregnant with a fourth child.
Rafael Garcia was arrested for vehicular manslaughter at the scene. This collision is still under investigation by Inland Division MAIT.
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Officer Oswald dies after being hit by out-of-control car
Sunday, June 27, 2010
On Sunday at 5:54 p.m., June 27, 2010, Officer Brett Oswald, I.D. 13164, of Templeton Area, responded to an abandoned vehicle partially blocking the southbound lane of South River Road. Upon arriving at the scene, he started the removal process. Officer Oswald, 47, positioned his vehicle just behind the vehicle in the roadway on southbound River Rd., and waited for a tow truck. Shortly thereafter,a Toyota Corolla driven by a 22-year-old woman crossed over the double yellow lines and struck Officer Oswald and the parked patrol vehicle at the driver's door area. Officer Oswald was thrown onto the hood of the Corolla. Oswald was transported to Twin Cities Community Hospital for treatment and succumbed to his injuries at 8:30 p.m. He is survived by his wife.
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