10/2 DPS is remembering 2-troopers who died on October 2-nd, 1983. DPS Trooper Pilot Thomas McNeff and Trooper Paramedic Richard Stratman, were killed when their helicopter crashed in a cottonfield near Marana. The crash occurred during stormy weather. Prior to the crash, the men flew numerous missions, rescuing people from flood waters. McNeff was a U.S. Army veteran and served with DPS for 8-years before his death. Stratman was a DPS Explorer as a teenager and had followed his dream of becoming a DPS officer.
