newyorkstatetroopers

The Troopers Are Coming: New York State Troopers 1917-1943

by Albert S. Kurek

Format: 8.25 x 11 softcover
Page Count: 240

ISBN: 978-1-60008-035-7
Price: $24.95
Publication Date: March, 2007

Book Description

LAW OF POLICE: To give the maximum of protection with the minimum of interference with the lawful right of a citizen. A police force should not be an instrument of arrest, but the maximum of protection. Obedience to law is freedom.

- Major George Fletcher Chandler, 1921

Author Information

Albert S. Kurek has spent 40 years in law enforcement. He served in the United States Marine Corp from 1957 to 1960, the New York State Police from 1962 to 1985 and as a Special Agent with the Defense Security Service from 1985 to 2002. A lifelong resident of Western New York, he is a graduate of Genesee Community college and the State University College at Buffalo, New York. He enlisted in the State Police on June 18, 1962 attending the state police school held at Oneonta, New York during that summer. He was assigned to SP Horseheads where the very capable Trooper Kenneth Epler provided his on the job training. During the next three years, he was assigned at SP Albion, SP Allegany and again at Albion. In 1965, he requested and was transferred to SP Batavia patrol where he remained until 1980, when he was detailed to the first Hazmat detail and re-assigned to SP Clarence. While at Batavia, he worked two duty tours on the Loadometer Detail and was elected to the PBA, as the Troop “A” delegate in 1979. He served as the PBA Vice President under President John Canfield until his retirement in 1985. An avid New York Trooper history buff, he maintains a minimuseum at his home with several one-of-a-kind items. He also has in excess of 100 albums containing trooper photo and newspaper articles.