1997: The State Police Aviation Unit begins a phased merger with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Aviation in an effort to control cost and enhance security
1997: In 1997, 30 years after the State Police stopped enforcing traffic laws on the highways of New York, Superintendent McMahon reestablished a motorcycle unit within the New York State Police.
1996: On July 17, 1996, TWA flight 800, a Boeing 747 aircraft traveling from New York to Paris with 230 passengers and crew, exploded without any warning minutes after takeoff, landing in the Atlantic...
1996: Two days of heavy rain and unseasonably warm temperatures resulted in a thaw that generated widespread flooding and property damage causing for a State of Emergency to be declared in multiple...
1993: On June 28, 1993, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Troopers Deborah Spaargaren and Sean Ruane attempted to stop a 1984 tan Mazda B2000 pickup with a black cap on the Southern State Parkway for...