New Mexico: Dangerous Duty: Law Enforcement Officers Face Daily Peril on the Roads

Armando Reyes was an all-city baseball player in El Paso, and he still bears the requisite sturdy physique of a catcher beneath his black New Mexico State Police uniform.  But, when Reyes stands next to cars pulled over on the highway, he is no match for the powerful wind stirred up by 18-wheelers or other large vehicles barreling toward him at 75 miles an hour. Those walls of air buffet him, shoving him toward the driver and often forcing Reyes to catch himself on the car's door frame.