That's their story.
Who knows what the true story is.
I live in Holiday, Florida (look at myspace for proof that I really do live there: http://profile.myspace.com/brandonkerr ) and that is exactly what happened. Our troopers are low-paid officers (starting at just $27,000 per year - their counterparts in this county, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputies start at $16.72 per hour) who seem to have a chip on their shoulders because they don't get to do routine law-enforcement like other State's highway patrolmen get to do. They only do traffic operations and do a poor job of doing so.
See this series of articles: http://www.sptimes.com/News/webspecials/lostpatrol/