LODD- CHP Officer John Bailey 2-25-06

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Motorcycle officer Gregory John Bailey, 36, was killed by a drunk driver on Interstate 15 near State Highway 395 in Hesperia, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

He was the sixth CHP officer killed in the line of duty in the last five months.

"We have talked about this way too often here recently and now we mourn the death of officer John Bailey," CHP Commissioner Mike Brown said at a news conference. "Never in the history of the Highway Patrol have we seen this type of tragedy, with the number of events that we have seen in this short period of time."

A 10-year veteran of the Highway Patrol, Bailey had been back on duty for just a few months after serving for 14 months in Iraq with the Army National Guard.

"The California Highway Patrol has lost another family member in what has been a tragic few months," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement.

In the most recent CHP death, 36-year-old officer Earl Scott was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop on Feb. 17 near Modesto.

Bailey was survived by his wife and four children.

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Truck4, thanks for the update and the awesome job you're doing with the IAs. Don't know how you can type so fast....

My condolences to CHP Officer Scott' family and friends in this tragedy; may his family find the strength to go on.