Dean Allen Goodheart served in the U.S. Army for 7 months. Dean served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Trooper Dean Goodheart was killed after being struck by a car on I-70, near Oakley, while performing a routine safety inspection. On May 16, 2000, a bill known as the Goodheart Law requiring drivers on multi-lane roads to slow down or move over was signed into law by the Kansas governor. Trooper Goodheart had served with the Kansas Highway Patrol for 23 years.
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23 years. You could have gone home.
Master Trooper Goodheart gave the Kansas Highway Patrol 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Kansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Master Trooper Goodheart.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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