Kentucky State Police Post 13 Welcomes New Dispatcher 

Hazard, KY. (October 15, 2021) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police announced that 16 telecommunicators representing 11 posts located throughout the commonwealth have graduated KSP’s in-house telecommunications academy. Present-day emergency services communication centers require several qualities and characteristics that are imperative, including the ability to handle high stress, challenging conditions; flexible work...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Pedestrian Fatality

Pippa Passes, KY. (October 14, 2021) – On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at approximately 2:42 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a pedestrian struck on KY-899 in the Pippa Passes Community of Knott County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene where they located a male subject they identified as...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Fatal Leslie County Accident

Cutshin, KY. (October 10, 2021) – On Sunday, October 10, 2021, at approximately 2:10 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a report of a two-vehicle injury accident on KY-699 in the Cutshin Community of Leslie County. Troopers responded to the scene where they located one female deceased. Initial investigation indicates that Sherry Cornett, 51,...

Kentucky State Police Troopers Continue Investigation After Locating Kidnapped Juvenile

Cinda, KY. (October 5, 2021) – On Monday October 4, 2021 at approximately 11:30 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call on Coon Creek Rd in Leslie County. The caller stated that they discovered that their juvenile daughter was missing. Trooper Chadd Daniels along with Trooper Ronnie Long responded to the scene and immediately...

Post 13 Troopers Honored at Kentucky State Police Sworn Award Ceremony

Hazard, KY. (October 1, 2021) – Yesterday, September 30, 2021, Kentucky State Police (KSP) held the annual sworn awards ceremony in Lexington to honor 55 troopers and officers who put on a uniform each day to patrol Kentucky’s neighborhoods with a mission of serving and protecting their fellow citizens. The achievement awards presented were for acts...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Deadly Hit and Run Accident 

Lost Creek, KY. (September 15, 2021) – On September 15, 2021, just before 7:00 A.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call that a male subject had been struck by a vehicle on KY-15 in the Lost Creek Community of Breathitt County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the scene along with rescue personnel. Once they...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Deadly Perry County Crash

Christopher, KY. (September 13, 2021) – Troopers with the Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, are investigating a collision that claimed the life of a Perry County man. Troopers were dispatched to KY-451 in the Christopher Community of Perry County in reference to a collision involving injuries shortly after 5:00 P.M. Evidence at the scene indicated that Ricky...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Letcher County Bus Crash

Neon, KY. (August 18, 2021) – On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, just before 3:30 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a 911 call in reference to the school bus that had reportedly been involved in an accident. Troopers with Post 13 responded to Goose Creek Road, located in the Neon community of Letcher County....

Kentucky State Police Ask Motorists to be Aware as Students Head Back to School

Hazard, KY. (August 16, 2021) – As school returns across the Post 13 district, the Kentucky State Police (KSP) are reminding motorists to remain cautious behind the wheel in school zones and while children are loading and unloading the bus. In 2020, Kentucky had 129 school bus related crashes, resulting in 11 injuries. With school underway...

Kentucky State Police Post 13 Traffic Safety Checkpoint Announcement

Hazard, KY. (August 3, 2021) – The Kentucky State Police, Hazard Post which provides coverage for Perry, Knott, Letcher, Breathitt and Leslie Counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints as approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual. These checkpoints will be conducted in an effort to enforce the traffic laws of the Commonwealth...

Kentucky State Police Investigate Breathitt County Shooting

Lost Creek, KY. (August 3, 2021) –On Sunday, August 1, 2021, at approximately 8:53 P.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a shooting on Upper River Caney Road in the Lost Creek Community of Breathitt County. Troopers and Detectives responded to the area and located Matthew White, 37, of Lost...

Post 13 Troopers Honored at Kentucky State Police Sworn Award Ceremony

Hazard, KY. (July 26, 2021) – On Thursday, July 22, 2021, Executive Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown joined Kentucky State Police (KSP) Commissioner Phillip Burnett, Jr. to recognize 58 KSP troopers and officers for their professionalism and dedication to duty at a ceremony in Lexington. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the award ceremony, originally scheduled to take place...