On today’s date, in 2017, Senior Trooper Thomas Nipper, 63, was conducting a traffic stop on the southbound shoulder of Interstate 35 in Temple, Texas at approximately 3:05 p.m. Saturday, when his patrol car was struck from behind by a Chevrolet pickup.
He was transported to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. Trooper Nipper was commissioned as a Trooper in January of 1983, and he was stationed in Temple. He is survived by his wife and three children.
Trooper Nipper is the 234th DPS officer to die in the line of duty since 1835.
Trooper Nipper gave his life protecting and serving his community and the great state of Texas.
Today we express our gratitude to our fallen hero.
