Taking the advice of a highway patrolman, they head down a long dirt road, where they run over spikes, flattening all of their tires and stranding them.

Security was provided by 123 men on foot, 40 perimeter horse riders, highway patrolmen and two helicopters.

He organized detachments of armed highway patrolmen and assigned them to the principal highways to combat an epidemic of robbery.

The beginning salary was $1,500 per year for a highway patrolmen and each year thereafter the salary would be increased $120 a year until a maximum of $2,000 a year was reached.