Bio & Incident Details
Age: 33
Tour: 8 years
Badge # 1463
Cause: Automobile accident
Location: Minnesota
Incident Date: 9/4/2002
Weapon: Not available
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Michael Staples was killed when his patrol vehicle collided with a deer that had just been struck by another vehicle on County Road 27, near County Road 20, in Beltrami County, Minnesota at 0730 hours.
After being struck by the first vehicle, the deer was thrown into the air and went through the windshield of Officer Staples' patrol truck. He was on patrol in the Chippewa National Forest's Cass Ranger District near Bemidji, Minnesota at the time.
Officer Staples was a US Air Force veteran and had served with the US Forest Service for 8 years. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
