Highway Patrol Trooper Ernesto Alanis
May 24, 1978 - February 27, 1983
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Trooper Alanis was killed on February 27, 1983, when he was run over by a drunk driver while making a routine traffic stop. He began his career with the agency on May 24, 1978, and was stationed at McAllen.