OSHKOSH, Wis., April 11 — Dennis Kocken, the sheriff of Brown County, Wis., said Wednesday that he truly believed that no one was above the law — not even the sheriff. He wrote himself a ticket last month after he was involved in an accident in the Village of Howard, outside Green Bay.

Sheriff Kocken said the accident occurred after he started following a driver who had sped past him. As he moved into the lane behind her car, his attention was briefly drawn to a snowblower near the edge of the road.

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“I was picking up speed,” he said, “and wouldn’t you know it, she slowed down to turn left, and I hit her.” There were no injuries.