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U.S. Government | The California Highway Patrol is California's state police agency whose investigation of the 1983 'Queen's accident' - a collision involving a Mariposa County Sheriff's vehicle and a Secret Service car - was reportedly suppressed after the state Attorney General's office discarded its report. | 1929 | Sacramento, California |
The California Highway Patrol is the state police agency of California. It was involved in the investigation of the "Queen's accident" on March 5, 1983, a head-on collision involving a Mariposa County Sheriff's vehicle and a Secret Service car. California Highway Patrol Assistant Chief Richard Hanna reported on the collision, and California Highway Patrol Sergeant Bob Schilly provided details about the accident.1
The original California Highway Patrol report on the "Queen's accident" was sent to the California Attorney General's Office (John Van de Kamp) in Sacramento. However, John Van de Kamp reportedly told his assistant to "discard" or "trash" the report. All of the "crack M.A.I.T.S. team" California Highway Patrol officers involved in the original investigation either resigned or were transferred or fired afterward. The California Highway Patrol Commander and the Deputy Commander who supervised the M.A.I.T.S. investigation also resigned.1
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Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎