Post 9 of the Kentucky State Police in Pikeville was struck by tragedy several times before the New Year. The post covers 9 counties with 48 troopers and detectives. Trooper Jonathan Leonard, 28, was killed mid-December in an auto accident. Then Det. Stewart Howard, 45, died of a heart attack at the end of December, and Trooper Billy Caudill, 24, was seriously injured in an auto accident. Lastly, a trooper and another officer shot a suspect to death after a vehicle chase. All the incidents were handled by the post’s dispatchers, but have been helped by dispatchers from other posts who volunteered to help out.
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