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HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania drivers were pulled over and cited by state police last year at roughly comparable rates for various races and ethnicities, according to information about 450,000 vehicle stops that was made public on Wednesday. “The findings across multiple analyses demonstrated no substantive racial and ethnic differences in the initial reason for…
The Fraternal Order of Police Pennsylvania State Lodge (PA FOP) and the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) today endorsed the commonwealth’s slate of Republican candidates running for statewide office at the PA FOP 48th Biennial Conference. Those endorsed are: U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick is a seventh generation Pennsylvanian. He’s a West Point graduate and combat…
The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) mourns the passing of Retired Colonel Paul J. Evanko. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this time. Thank you for leadership and service to the commonwealth. Rest easy, Colonel.
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) President Stephen Polishan today condemned the decision by the Pennsylvania State Police to fire a trooper who conducted a March 2 Philadelphia traffic stop along Interstate 76: “This decision is reprehensible. This young trooper, on the job for only six months, deserved better from our department. The department’s leadership should…
The widows of two Pennsylvania state troopers killed in the line of duty were on hand today as the woman convicted of their murders reported to prison to begin serving a sentence of up to 60 years in prison. On March 21, 2022, Troopers Martin Mack III and Branden Sisca were struck and killed, along…
The Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) today announced it has elected Lackawanna County native Sgt. Stephen Polishan as president. Polishan will serve a three-year term for the PSTA, which represents over 4,400 state police troopers. Polishan is the 15th PSTA president since the organization was formed in 1962. Enlisting with the Pennsylvania State Police in…
On December 13th, the PSTA Board of Directors were able to yet again load a tractor-trailer with new and unwrapped toys. These toys will benefit families across the Commonwealth this Holiday season. From October thru December the new and unwrapped toy’s are collected at local State Police Stations and office buildings. The PSTA would like…
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) President David Kennedy issued the following statement on Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s efforts to pass and sign House Bill 1300 into law, which provides for a 100 trooper increase in the commonwealth’s complement – the first increase in the Pennsylvania State Police complement since 2001. “Gov….
On October 25, 2023 the PSTA honored those who have made the ultimate sacrifice at the Interstate Route 84 Fallen Trooper Memorial Highway Welcome Center, located in Matamoras Pennsylvania. This year the names of three fallen Troopers were added to the wall. Trooper Martin Mack III; Trooper Branden Sisca; and Trooper Jacques Rougeau, Jr. We…
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) wants to provide information to the public on two charities for anyone wishing to help the families of Trooper Jacques F. Rougeau Jr. and Lt. James A. Wagner. Trooper Rougeau was killed and Lt. Wagner injured Saturday during separate encounters with a shooter in Juniata County. Donations can be sent…