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64 Remembering Those We’ve Lost to COVID 

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Freeport Chief of Police, 

Raymond Garivey, was 

presented with The BLUES 

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AWARD at Freeport’s City 

Council Meeting. His story 

begins on Page 80. 

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FROM THE PUBLISHER’S DESK 

CONGRATULATIONS 

CONGRATS RAY GARIVEY 

I suppose being a Police Chief 

in 2022 isn’t the easiest job in the 

world. I’ve never been a police 

chief, so I have no idea what it’s 

like to have an entire department 

riding on your shoulders. I would 

guess stressful is probably a 

good way to describe it. 

In the 38 years The BLUES has 

been around, we’ve come to 

know a lot of police chiefs. Large 

departments with thousands 

of officers, to departments so 

small the Chief IS the department. 

Those picked to run large 

metro departments like Houston, 

Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Austin, 

often take over when crime is 

at its highest and department 

morale is at its lowest. Their job 

is to turn all that around, play 

the political role with the mayor 

and city council, win the hearts 

and minds of the troops and be a 

good leader. 

In the larger cities, the chief 

is constantly on the news, holding 

one press conference after 

another, and God forbid it doesn’t 

involve an officer involved shooting 

or line of duty death. In 

smaller cities, the Chief has the 

exact same responsibilities except 

that when something goes 

down in a small town, it involves 

someone’s neighbor, relative or 

close friend. The chief knows 

everybody, and everybody knows 

them. 

Which brings me to the city 

of Freeport and its police chief 

Raymond Garivey. Ray rose up 

through the ranks at Freeport 

and was promoted to chief in 

September of 2017. Unlike some 

small cities in Texas, Freeport’s 

police department has always 

had a good reputation. It’s small 

community, but one that grows 

exponentially in the summer 

months. Under Garivey’s leadership, 

community policing has 

taken on a whole new meaning. 

His officers go the extra mile for 

Freeport’s citizens every day. In 

a society where cops are often 

seen as the bad guys, Freeport 

loves its cops. And it’s primary 

because of Ray Garivey. 

Ray Garivey is not your typical 

police chief. Hell, he’s not even 

a typical cop. Sure, he’s had his 

days on the street fighting drug 

dealers and gangs. And he was 

damn good at it. Ray worked 

for years cleaning up the streets 

of Pasadena. But now he’s on a 

new mission. One that involves a 

younger audience and different 

kind of evil. 

It all started with a chance 

meeting of a young cancer patient 

named Abigail Arias. Ray 

discovered her dream was to 

become a police officer when 

she grew up. Unfortunately, 

Abigail would never achieve that 

goal because she literally only 

had months to live. But Garivey 

wasn’t going to let that stop him 

for making her dream a reality. 

On February 7, 2019 Abigail was 


sworn in as Freeport police officer 

and presented with badge # 

758. The youngest police officer 

in the nation became a beacon 

of light for every kid in America 

suffering from the evils of cancer. 

Anyone who had the opportunity 

to meet Abigail was immediately 

drawn in by her determination 

to fight bad guys and be 

forever relentless. Unfortunately, 

the world lost her on November 

5, 2019 and Ray Garivey and the 

rest of her blue family were devastated. 

We loved her so much 

that we forgot she was slowly 

dying each and every day. 

But Garivey turned his sadness 

into a quest to be there for every 

young cancer patient that he 

encountered. And trust me, there 

have been a lot. Garivey has a 

way with these kids that is just 

magical. He interacts with them 

on a level that is hard to imagine 

for parent much less a chief of 

police. Garivey is truly doing the 

work of God. He’s committed his 

life to being there for these kids 

and he’s truly making a difference. 

Ray Garivey is an amazing po- 

lice chief and an amazing individual. 

His love and compassion 

for his community and citizens 

is model for all chiefs across 

the country. It is an honor and a 

privilege to present Freeport Police 

Chief Raymond Garivey with 

The BLUES LIFETIME ACHIEVE- 

MENT AWARD. On behalf of our 

staff and the 100,000 readers of 

this magazine, let me say how 

proud we are to call you our 

brother in Blue. God Bless you 

and may God Bless your family. 


FROM THE PUBLISHER’S DESK 

CONGRATS to a NEW CHIEF 

Rex Evans is once again a Chief of Police...he is now the Chief of 

Police for the Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Police Department. 

This is actually good news for a 

change. Our very own editor, Rex 

Evans, is the new Chief of Police 

for the Alabama-Coushatta Tribal 

Police Department. 

Rex is now one of only two 

Tribal Police Chiefs that hold dual 

status as both a Texas Peace Officer, 

as well as a Federal Police 

Officer in the State of Texas 

Rex is extremely qualified for 

this position having served ten 

years as a chief at Cleveland ISD 

and Splendora ISD Police Departments. 

Rex also worked for Alan 

Rosen at Harris County Constable 

Pct. 1, was a captain at the Liberty 

County Sheriff’s Office and a 

FTO at the Harris County Sheriff’s 

office. Oh, and he was also the 

Director of Emergency Management 

for Klein ISD. As I said, well 

qualified. 

To be honest, I didn’t even know 

the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe had 

a police department. I just assumed 

the Sheriff in POLK County 

handled all the law enforcement 

duties both on and off the Reservation. 

And before May of 2012, 

that was the case. 

On May 12, 2013, one year after 

the Alabama-Coushatta Tribal 

Council hired their first police 

chief, they swore in nine fully 

certified Texas law enforcement 

officers that would make up their 

police department. Tribal leaders 

invited the community to tour 

their new police department after 

the ceremony. 

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribal 

Police Department began operations 

on Jan. 1, 2013, but they didn’t 

finish the move into their new 

offices behind the original Tribal 

Security building until May. At the 

ceremony, the department’s first 

police chief, Chief Antonio Ford, 

thanked his staff and others in the 

community who helped get the 

new department going. 

“We’re started and we’re going to 

grow to different heights and other 

levels. I would like to thank all the 

people, the tribal council and the 

community that has supported this 

endeavor,” Ford said. “It’s an honor 

for me, again, to be standing here, 

to have this opportunity and to believe 

in me as an individual and to 

bring this police department into 

existence.” 

The founding officers of the Tribal 

police department were: Chief 

Antonio Ford, Captain William 

Jerry, Lieutenant Deborah Richardson, 

Sergeant Makesha Young, 

Patrolman Craig Battise, Patrolman 

Garett Blake. Patrolman Christopher 

Darden. Patrolman John Sikes 

and Patrolman K-9 Unit Zachary 

Williams. 

After the ceremony Ford said the 

department would focus on delivering 

quality customer service 

to the community — not only to 

the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, but 

to Polk and Tyler Counties. The 

Alabama-Coushatta Police Department 

has the unique role of enforcing 

not only state and federal 

laws, but also tribal laws, which 

are similar to city ordinances, many 

of which are enforceable only on 

tribal members in a tribal court. 

Although the Alabama-Coushatta 

Police Department has the option 

of working with the U.S. Attorney’s 

Office and filing cases in federal 

court, for all intents and purposes, 

they work with the Polk County 

District Attorney’s Office, who was 

extremely helpful in their efforts to 

create the police department. 

So, there you have the history of 

Alabama-Coushatta Police Department 

and it’s Chief Rex Evans turn 

to make history on the Reservation. 

Finally, many of you probably 

don’t know, that Rex was instrumental 

in getting the BLUES up and 

going again in 2019 as a digital 

magazine. I can say for a fact, that 

had it not been for Rex you probably 

wouldn’t be reading this issue of 

The BLUES today. Rex convinced me 

that The BLUES was an institution 

and piece of history that deserved 

to live on. And despite two horrible 

years of dealing with COVID that 

nearly did us in, The BLUES is now 

the largest all-digital police magazine 

in the US. 

Rex has proved to us all that not 

only is he a great cop, but he’s a 

damn good writer as well. (he’s 

even better now that we’ve removed 

the space bar from his laptop.) 

So please join me in congratulating 

Chief Rex Evans of the Alabama-Coushatta 

Police Department. 


FROM THE GUEST EDITOR’S DESK 

THE CHAPLAINS 

The term “Chaplain” is defined as 

a Member of the Clergy attached to 

a private chapel, institution, ship, 

or branch of the armed forces or 

an entity of public service. 

For generations, Chaplains have 

stood by the side of men in combat 

around the World. In the United 

States, Chaplains can be traced all 

the way back to the Battlefields of 

the American Revolutionary War. 

And again in the Civil War, WWI 

and WWII. Then called upon again 

during the Korean War as well as 

the streets and alleyways of Fallujah. 

But little is known about the 

Chaplains of Law Enforcement, 

unless of course you are in Law Enforcement. 

And just like the armed 

forces, our Chaplains have often 

found themselves riding side by 

side, with their counterparts on the 

streets, highways, and byways of 

cities, counties, and states across 

America. 

Here in Harris County, there are 

two very well known, well respected 

and loved Law Enforcement 

Chaplains. Both men can 

grip their .45’s just as equally as 

they can a Bible. Both can and have 

made a profound difference, not 

just in the lives of their fellow Law 

Enforcement Officers, but the families 

of injured and fallen officers, 

friends, and others who simply 

needed someone who would take 

the time to listen. 

That someone who could, with 

the Grace of God and the Humanity 

of Mankind, listen to a troubled, 

tortured and wandering soul, 

without judgement and resolute 

in the delivery of relief from such 

burdens and the pain those burdens 

inflict upon us all. 

I have had many opportunities 

in my lifetime. Perhaps one of 

the most humbling opportunities 

I have had though was, knowing 

BOTH men whom I am referring to. 

Now, to be fair here, neither man 

would want any attention or light 

brought unto them for they are 

truly humble servants of our Father 

in Heaven and their fellow Law 

Enforcement Officers. 

To have worked with both men 

in a Law Enforcement capacity 

and to have witnessed their work 

as Chaplains, has been some of 

the most inspirational moments 

of my lifetime. For how these two 

men can wear a silver star, carry a 

gun and deliver comfort from the 

words written within the bounds 

of the Bible, has been nothing 

short of a miracle in and of itself 

to me. 

Deputies Don Savell and Shannon 

Bowdoin are both veteran Harris 

County Sheriff’s Deputies and arguably 

the first two highly noticeable 

and highly respected Chaplains for 

the third largest Sheriff’s Office in 

the United States of America. 

Now, the HCSO Chaplaincy has 

grown considerably. There are 

many non-sworn volunteers who 

work in and outside of the walls of 

the Harris County Jail System and 

Field Operations. 

While working for the Harris 

County Sheriff’s Office and the Pct. 

1 Constable’s Office, I have had the 

privilege to work with and get to 

know both of these men. And I can 

REX EVANS 

tell you all, both men are stellar, 

dedicated, compassionate men 

who give more of themselves then 

anyone should have to provide. 

How they continue to function, under 

such trying and difficult conditions, 

is surely by the Grace of God. 

To speak of each man on a very 

personal note though. There are 

the Downtown Fuel Pumps, located 

at the intersection of Austin Street 

and Preston Street, just outside the 

Pct. 1 Headquarters Building. Now 

these old fuel pumps and the tiny 

office/restrooms have been at this 

location since well, I was a kid and 

my old man filled up his old county 

rides there. 

The unique thing about these 

pumps however is everyone uses 

them. Every Agency from the Sheriff’s 

Office to the Environmental 

Office of Harris County, stops by 

here and refuels their cars. It is a 

bit of a “meeting place” in many 

regards. Cops from all over Harris 

County see one another from time 

to time here and the stories of days 

and nights long since passed. 

Over the last two years, those 

who haven’t known, my dad and 

my son have both been diagnosed 

with different forms of cancer. 

LT./CHAPLAIN DON SAVELL 

Both have been fighting valiantly 

and have at times, suffered immensely. 

The weight of their fight, 

coupled with the weight of the 

job, had certainly taken a toll upon 

myself and my entire family. 

Anyway, back to the Fuel Pumps. 

How so many of Harris County’s 

Law Enforcement Officers have 

met there in passing? Well as 

chance or fate would have it, on 

two separate occasions, I was 

refueling my county Tahoe when 

Savell or Bowdoin, would pull up 

to refuel their county rides. 

Each time was like seeing an old, 

long-lost friend. A Brother whom I 

had unfortunately become distant 

from. And yet both times, both 

men asked how I was doing, asked 

about my family and of course, 

shared how they and their families 

were doing. 

SGT./CHAPLAIN SHANNON BOWDOIN 

On both occasions, both men 

without me mentioning or asking, 

paused and prayed with me. Right 

there in Downtown Houston and 

the downtown county fuel pumps. 

In front of God and everyone else, 

under the canopy of Heaven, these 

two men exemplified everything 

it means to be a Chaplain in Law 

Enforcement. 

As we drove away to our separate 

missions, I felt as if a huge 

burden had been lifted from my 

shoulders. I felt as if through kindness, 

compassion and reverence, 

each of these men and I were able 

to have a moment of prayer and 

for all intents and purposes walk, 

if only for a moment, closer to God. 

A moment which guys like me, 

would’ve never had the opportunity 

to have if not for these two 

incredible men. Two men who 

paused their lives, their careers, 

their everything, to simply stand 

by me and hear me. And I sincerely 

believe, through them, they 

helped my voice and my prayers to 

be heard by our Father in Heaven 

above. 

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office 

has unique positions, assignments, 

and jobs. I respectfully say that the 

Chaplain’s job, is not only one of 

the most unique, but one of the 

most desperately needed positions. 

Especially in today’s dangerous and 

trying times. 

It is my sincerest hope that both 

of these special men, are allowed 

to continue their mission for God. 

And on a very personal level they 

know unequivocally, what a difference 

they’ve made in my heart and 

in my life. For which I am forever 

grateful. 


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

REMEMBERING TWO HEROES 

HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S 

DEPUTY DARREN ALMENDAREZ 

ANOTHER HERO IS MURDERED 

HERE IN HARRIS COUNTY SERVING 

& PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES! 

Our hearts are heavy as we mourn 

the loss of a fellow brother in blue, 

Harris County Sheriff Investigator 

Darren Almendarez. 

The men and women of Constable 

Mark Herman’s Office send our 

deepest condolences to his family, 

loved ones and the entire Sheriff’s 

Office. 

Rest In Peace brother! 

MARK HERMAN, HARRIS COUNTY 

CONSTABLE PRECINCT 4 

Ride along with auto theft investigator 

Deputy Almendarez, who has 

been with the HCSO for 22 years. 

( https://www.facebook.com/HC- 

SOTexas/videos/311491134228248 

) The used vehicle market is hot 

right now and Deputy Almendarez 

is warning the public to take these 

steps to avoid buying a stolen vehicle: 

- If a price is too good to be true, 

it probably is. 

- Check to make sure the public 

VIN on the driver’s side dashboard 

matches the VIN on the mylar stickers 

on the driver’s door jam. 

- Meet in a safe public place like 

a police station. 

An ignorant and senseless act, 

lead to the life of this gentleman, 

being cowardly taken. Kudos to Officer 

Almendarez, doing his best, to 

protect himself, his wife and possibly 

others. 

GODSPEED SIR! 

IRENE ROMO GARCIA 

A True Hero. 

My most sincere Condolences to 

the Immediate Family, Wife and 

Children. May he Rest In Peace, His 

Life was Snatched away by these 

senseless criminals, Who have No 

respect for Life, Human beings, Law 

Enforcement, May they throw the 

book at them, So tired of all these 

killings, 

WE NEED CHANGE IN OUR 

COURTS, STELLA T CAVAZOS 

HARRIS COUNTY DEPUTY 

CONSTABLE JENNIFER CHAVIS 

Most people, when asked “What 

does a Hero look like, to you?” 

Some will describe, Superman, 

Superwoman, Batman and Catwoman. 

Others would describe, all kinds 

of big time Professional Athletes. 

Or, movie and music industry stars. 

Real Heroes though, don’t wear 

capes. They don’t make millions of 

dollars and they’ll never be “A Star” 

In fact, a real Hero, is rarely even 

known, spoken of or admired until, 

they do something so extraordinarily 

amazing, you’d never even know 

them. Most would, walk right by 

them, like they didn’t even exist. 

Such Heroes, ask for nothing and 

want nothing really, in return for so 

much sacrifice of themselves. Even 

up to the point where, they’ve given 

their very lives so others might live. 

Those very other who, all the times 

before, walked right past them. 

Deputy Jennifer Chavis was in 

fact, just such a Hero. She never 

asked for anything but, a fair shot. 

The opportunity to be, one good 

cop. To give of herself, to ensure 

others in her community, didn’t 

have to do anything but, live, laugh 

and love without fear. Because, she 

was there. 

To be fair, I only met Jennifer in 

passing once. When I saw her photograph 

and her name, I was taken 

back to that moment where, her 

smile illuminated the entire room. 

She was, a light in the midst of 

darkness. Truly, an inspiration to 

everyone who met her and the very 

epitome of what a real “Hero” actually 

is. 

In a time where Law Enforcement 

is under unprecedented scrutiny, 

animosity and completely unwanted 

hatred, Jennifer absolutely exemplified 

who, not what, we really are. 

Just good people, trying to do a 

good job so other good people can 

enjoy their lives free from tyranny 

and fear. 

Rest easy, Jennifer. You were truly 

an Angel among us all. And, we’re 

humbly grateful. In fact “Thank 

you” just doesn’t seem to even 

come close to, all that we owe you. 

God’s speed, my friend. We’ll take 

it from here. I promise you. We will. 

REX EVANS, POLICE CHIEF 

ALABAMA-COUSHATTA 

POLICE DEPT. 

A DAILY PRAYER FOR COPS 

Lord, as I’m on patrol, guide my 

hands and heart to defend the cause 

of the weak and fatherless; maintain 

the rights of the poor and oppressed, 

rescue the weak and needy and 

deliver them from the hand of the 

wicked, in Jesus’ name, Amen 

Ps. 82:3-4 


AROUND THE COUNTRY 

In a never ending battle against crime, two officers 

in Harris County have been injured and 

two have been killed - in the past 2 weeks! 

SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2022 

SUGAR LAND – Sugar Land 

Police Officer Ruben Munoz 

was critically injured in a crash 

on US59 on Sunday, March 20. 

His wife Phuong says he’s lucky 

to be alive. 

“He’s doing very well. He’s 

able to talk and joke around 

and be very vibrant, talk and be 

with friends,” Phuong said. “It’s 

a miracle.” 

Munoz’s crushed patrol can be 

seen in Transtar photos taken 

the following morning. He was 

sitting inside at impact when 

a drunk driver ran into his unit 

while he was inside. 

According to Sugar Land PD, 

25-year-old Julian Requena was 

intoxicated when he slammed 

into the officer’s vehicle. Officer 

Munoz was blocking traffic for a 

separate traffic scene. He suffered 

critical injuries to his spine 

and has undergone two surgeries. 

Requena has been charged 

with two counts of intoxication 

assault. 

Sugar Land said Munoz was 

pulled out by other officers and 

they performed CPR until medics 

arrive. He was then taken to 

Memorial Hermann Hospital by 

Life Flight. 

Munoz’s wife, said, “It’s a miracle 

and you know he was being 

watched over. So, I don’t know 

what to say. It’s just a miracle” 

“I am very appreciative and so 

grateful for rallying around Ruben 

for this,” Phuong said about the 

community support. 

Phuong and the couple’s two 

young children were at home 

sleeping as Officer Munoz patrolled 

the streets of Sugar Land. 

He recently left his job as a police 

officer in New Jersey so they could 

be closer to family. Officer Munoz 

had been on the job just six 

months when the crash happened. 

Family friends have set up a 

GoFundMe to help the family with 

FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 2022 

SPRING – At approximately 

8:35pm, Harris County Sheriff’s 

Deputy Darren Almendarez, 

off-duty and with his wife 

walked out of the store and 

Almendarez observed a black, 

four-door, Nissan Altima backed 

up to his truck and two males 

under his truck. 

Like the true hero and outstanding 

husband, he was, he 

told his wife to run for safety 

and call 911. He then approached 

suspect’s and saw it was occupied 

by three suspects. As Deputy 

Almendarez approached, 

the suspect’s began discharging 

firearms at him. 

Despite being struck multiple 

expenses. 

Sugar Land Police Department 

has provided these ways to help: 

- Anyone wishing to send 

cards, flowers or well wishes, 

please direct them to the Police 

Department Administration by 

reaching out to Linda Myers at 

lmyers@sugarlandtx.gov or police@sugarlandtx.gov. 

- All monetary donations and 

coordination of meals will be 

handled by the Sugar Land Police 

Officer’s Association (SLPOA). To 

work with SLPOA, please reach 

out to sugarlandpoa@gmail. 

com. 

- The Sugar Land Citizens Po- 

times, Deputy Almendarez was 

able to return fire shooting at 

least two of the suspects. The 

suspects fled the parking lot at a 

high rate of speed. 

Deputy Darren Almendarez was 

lice Academy Alumni Association 

(CPAAA) will also be organizing 

ways to support our officers in 

the department. If you would like 

to contribute your time or money 

to CPAAA, please send an email 

to Lt. John Volek at jvolek@sugarlandtx.gov. 

transported to Houston Northwest 

Hospital where he was 

pronounced deceased. 

All three suspects have been 

arrested and charged with Capital 

Murder. 


SATURDAY, APRIL 2. 2022 

HUMBLE – An New Caney ISD 

officer was injured after stopping 

a catalytic converter theft 

outside a movie theater in the 

Humble area Saturday at approximately 

11:30pm, according to the 

Harris County Sheriff’s office. 

The incident happened at the 

ShowBiz movie theater on 4811 

Canyon Lakes Trace near Wilson 

Road. 

Two New Caney ISD officers 

were working extra jobs when 

they shot at two suspects who 

were trying to steal a catalytic 

converter, according to sheriff’s 

deputies. 

The two suspects, who were 

driving a dark gray sedan, attempted 

to run over the officers, 

and that’s when the two officers 

shot at the suspects. 

One of the officers sustained 

an injury to his leg from a bullet 

that ricocheted and was transported 

to NW Memorial Hospital 

with non-life-threatening injuries. 

Harris County Sheriff’s Homicide 

and Crime Scene Unit investigators 

responded to the scene. 

SATURDAY, APRIL 2. 20222 

HOUSTON – A Harris County 

Constable Pct. 7 Deputy was 

killed Saturday when a 36-yearold 

man accused of driving 

drunk, rammed into the back 

of her squad car as she waited 

to conduct a traffic stop on his 

vehicle. 

Adolfo Serrano was charged 

with intoxication manslaughter 

of a peace officer in the death 

of Precinct 7 Constable Deputy 

Jennifer Chavis, the Harris 

County sheriff’s office announced 

Sunday, April 3. 

Chavis was notified of a possibly 

drunk driver in a Ford F-550 

just before 6 p.m. Saturday, and 

parked on a ramp in the 7200 

block of South Sam Houston 

Parkway West waiting for the 

truck to pass her so she could 

follow and pull it over, the sheriff’s 

office said. 

Instead, Serrano allegedly 

veered out of his lane and 

slammed straight into the back 

of Chavis’ squad car. Her department-issued 

Chevrolet Tahoe 

went flying down the tollway 

and immediately went up in 

flames, leaving Chavis dead in 

the wreckage. 

Drivers who witnessed the 

crash rushed to help the deputy 

and to stop Serrano from fleeing 

in what was described as a “very 

heavy” Ford 550 with a utility 

box. 

Serrano was allegedly found 

to be drunk and taken to the 

hospital before being charged. 



ANOTHER HERO 

LOST TO A DWI 

HARRIS COUNTY DEPUTY CONSTABLE JENNIFER CHAVIS 

Chavis was just doing her job. Parked on the side of the toll-road waiting 

for a suspected drunk diver in a large truck. The drunk driving the huge 

truck, veered into her parked Tahoe causing it to burst into flames. 

AUSTIN – Governor Abbott released 

a statement on the death 

of Harris County Precinct 7 Deputy 

Constable Jennifer Chavis. 

Governor Greg Abbott today 

issued a statement on the death 

of Harris County Precinct 7 Deputy 

Constable Jennifer Chavis, 

who was tragically killed in a 

fiery crash caused by a suspected 

drunk driver. 

“We are heartbroken to hear 

about the loss of Harris County 

Precinct 7 Deputy Constable Jennifer 

Chavis who was protecting 

Texans from a drunk driver on the 

roadway last night,” said Governor 

Abbott. “As we remember the risks 

our law enforcement officers take 

every day to protect our communities, 

I ask that Texans join the 

First Lady and me in praying for 

the family and loved ones of Deputy 

Chavis, as well as the entire 

Harris County Constable’s Office.” 

Saturday, April 2, HCSO Capt. 

Anthony McConnell held a briefer 

for the press. 

“A suspected drunk driver has 

hit and one of our deputies after 

driving away from the scene of a 

separate crash in Houston” he said. 

Responding to the call, Deputy 

Chavis pulled off to the side of the 

tollway and waited for the driver to 

pass by, McConnell said. 

The suspect, later identified as 

36-year-old Adolfo Serrano, was 

behind the wheel of a Ford F-550. 

As the deputy sat parked, Serrano 

slammed into the back of her SUV, 

which burst into flames. Her SUV 

was also “shoved a large distance” 

by the impact, HCSO Capt. Anthony 

McConnell said at a news briefing. 

“Tonight, we had a hero die,” Mc- 

Connell added. 

The deputy “did not emerge from 

the vehicle” and she was pronounced 

dead at the scene, according 

to Gonzalez. 

“She died trying to protect the 

community,” he said. 

After crashing into the deputy, 

Serrano apparently tried to flee for 

a second time but was stopped by 

witnesses. 

“Grateful for the Good Samaritans 

that stopped to assist and kept the 

suspect from fleeing,” Gonzalez 

said. 

Precinct 7 released the following 

statement: Harris County Precinct 

7 Constable May Walker, deputies, 

and staff members are devastated 

by the loss of Precinct 7 Deputy 

Jennifer Chavis. Deputy Jennifer 

Chavis was tragically killed on Saturday, 

April 2, 2022, while on duty. 

Deputy Jennifer Chavis, born May 4, 

1989, joined the Precinct 7 department 

on November 20, 2020. She 

was assigned to work with the Precinct 

7 Toll Road Division. Chavis, 

also an Army veteran, is survived by 

her husband, a 4-year-old son, and 

an 11-year-old nephew that she and 

her husband were raising. 

Deputy 

Jennifer Chavis 

Harris County Constable Precinct 7 

End of Watch Saturday, April 2, 2022 



WARRIOR DOWN 

HARRIS COUNTY DEPUTY DARREN ALMENDAREZ 

A quick trip to the store turned deadly as a veteran deputy was shot and 

killed as he tried to stop thieves from stealing the catalytic converter from 

his pickup. 

SPRING – It was just supposed 

to be a quick shopping trip to 

Joe V’s in 1960 to get items for 

his sister’s birthday party. 

It was almost 8:35pm, when 

Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy 

Darren Almendarez and his 

wife walked out of the store and 

Almendarez observed a black, 

four-door, Nissan Altima backed 

up to his truck and two males 

under his truck. 

Like the true hero and outstanding 

husband, he was, he 

told his wife to run for safety 

and call 911. He then approached 

suspect’s and saw it was occupied 

by three suspects. As Deputy 

Almendarez approached, 

the suspect’s began discharging 

firearms at him. 

Despite being struck multiple 

times, Deputy Almendarez was 

able to return fire shooting at 

least two of the suspects. The 

suspects fled the parking lot at a 

high rate of speed. 

Deputy Darren Almendarez was 

transported to Houston Northwest 

Hospital where he was 

pronounced 

deceased. 

Two of the 

suspects, 

23-yearold 

Joshua 

Stewart and 

19-year-old 

Fredarius 

Clark, 

arrived at 

the same 

hospital in 

the suspect 

vehicle a 

short time 

later. Both 

suspects 

had gunshot 

wounds. 

The Harris 

County 

Sheriff’s 

Office Homicide 

and Crime Scene Units were 

dispatched to the scene and are 

conducting the investigation. 

Joshua Stewart and Fredarius 

Clark have been charged with 

Capital Murder in the shooting 

death of Deputy Darren Almendarez. 

A third male, who is described 

as a 17- to 19-year-old black 

male with a medium complexion 

and braided hair is being sought 

Deputy 

Darren Almendarez 

Harris County Sheriff’s Office 

End of Watch Thursday, March 31, 2022 

for questioning. 

Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said this 

is a tragic loss for the deputy’s 

family and all law enforcement. 

He described the 23-year HCSO 

veteran as an outstanding deputy 

and person. 

A Milby High School graduate, 

Gonzalez said the deputy started 

as a detention officer, went 

to work for patrol and has been 

in investigations. His latest and 

current assignment this past 

year was on the Auto Theft 

Task Force. 

While the victim had what 

Gonzalez described as a “stellar 

career,” he also faced some 

hardships throughout his life. 

“Deputy Almendarez was 

a fighter. I mean, he was a 

warrior in every sense of the 

word,” Gonzalez said. “I’m told 

that early in life, in his young 

adulthood, he was working at a 

fast-food restaurant for a bit moment. 

I’m told he was even homeless. 

He was trying to make ends 

meet as a young man.” 

Gonzalez said the deputy had 

the “fire and grit” to become a 

successful and accomplished 

deputy. 



EASTLAND CNTY 

SGT. DIES A HERO 

Sergeant Barbara Majors Fenley died saving lives 

in the wildfires in Eastland County Texas. 

EASTLAND COUNTY, TEXAS – 

Eastland County Sheriff’s 

Office (ECSO) Sergeant Barbara 

Majors Fenley died in the line 

of duty on March 17 after her 

patrol vehicle was engulfed by 

a wildfire as she was trying to 

evacuate residents. 

The 51-year-old sergeant 

was on her way to check on 

an elderly resident during the 

evacuation of the swift-moving 

Eastland County Complex fires 

when her vehicle veered off the 

roadway and into a field, KTAB 

reported. 

“With the extreme deteriorating 

conditions and low visibility 

from smoke, Sgt. Fenley ran off 

the roadway and was engulfed 

in the fire,” Eastland County 

Sheriff Jason Weger said. 

The raging wildfires had already 

consumed over 45,000 

acres and burned dozens of 

structures by the time Sgt. Fenley 

was killed, according to the 

Officer Down Memorial Page. 

“Sgt. Fenley gave her life in the 

service of others and loved her 

community,” the ECSO said in a 

statement, according to KXAS. 

Sgt. Fenley’s law enforcement 

career began in 2003, when 

she joined her hometown police 

department in Gorman as 

a patrol officer. 

She became chief of the 

Gorman Police Department 

(GPD) in January of 2007 and 

remained at the helm of the 

department until she joined the 

ECSO in 2013, KXAS reported. 

“She didn’t care who you 

were or what you did. She 

was always going to be there. 

Doesn’t matter if you were 5 

years old or 85 years old, she 

was going to take care of you,” 

her son, Jon Fenley, told KXAS. 

“I just want people to know 

how good of a person she was, 

literally always putting everyone 

first before herself.” 

Texas Governor Greg Abbott 

presented Sgt. Fenley’s sister-in-law, 

Anna Olvera, with 

a folded American flag at her 

memorial service, KXAS reported. 

The flag had been flying outside 

the state capitol building. 

“She was a good woman,” Olvera 

said. “She loved her community, 

she loved her job, and she 

died doing what she liked to do.” 

Sgt. Fenley leaves behind her 

husband, three sons, and two 

grandchildren, KXAS reported. 

The Eastland County Sheriff’s 

Office released the following 

statement: 

“Sgt. Fenley gave her life in the 

service of others and loved her 

community. Sgt. Fenley began 

her law enforcement career with 

the City of Gorman September 5, 

2003 as a patrol officer. She was 

later appointed as Gorman Chief 

of Police in January 2007. She 

served as Chief until 2013 when 

she became a deputy for Eastland 

County Sheriffs Office where 

she has worked since. Sgt. Fenley 

was 51-years-old and is survived 

by her husband and three children. 

She will be deeply missed.” 

Sergeant 

Barbara Majors Fenley 

Eastland County Sheriff’s Office 




FLORIDA TROOPER 

TORI SCHUCK 

A TRUE AMERICAN HERO 

Schuck used her patrol vehicle and herself to 

protect countless lives. 

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – A Florida 

Highway Patrol Trooper is 

being hailed as a hero after she 

stopped a drunk driver from potentially 

plowing into thousands 

of race participants. 

The trooper’s selfless actions 

occurred on Sunday, March 6, 

2022, during the running of the 

annual Skyway 10k in Manatee 

County, Florida. 

According to the Herald-Tribune, 

a woman driving a 2011 

BMW 335i was traveling “at a 

high rate of speed,” on I-275, 

approaching the Sunshine Skyway 

Bridge, where thousands 

of runners and walkers were 

crossing. 

I-275 was closed at that time 

due to the race. 

The driver did not detour onto 

US-41 despite being directed 

to do so, and she instead drove 

around barriers and through 

traffic cones, past state patrol 

presence. 

As the woman headed toward 

the bridge, two Florida Highway 

Patrol troopers drove south on 

the northbound lanes of I-275 to 

intercept her. 

In the video below, the dash 

cam recording of Trooper Toni 

Schuck shows the moment 

when Schuck directed her patrol 

vehicle into the path of the 

oncoming BMW, colliding nearly 

head-on with the car: 

Schuck is a 26-year veteran of 

the Florida Highway Patrol. 

The Herald-Tribune reports 

that she suffered serious injuries 

in the collision, but is now 

recovering at home. 

According to WTSP, those 

injuries included a “serious head 

wound” and a concussion, as 

well as significant lacerations 

that “are expected to cause permanent 

scarring to her head and 

face.” 

The driver, later identified as 

Kristen Kay Watts, 52, of Sarasota, 

was also seriously injured 

and was found to be intoxicated. 

No participants in the Skyway 

10k were hurt. 

Watts was arrested by the 

Florida Highway Patrol and 

charged with: 

“driving under the influence 

with serious injury, two counts 

of DUI with property damage 

and two counts of reckless driving 

involving injury and property 

damage.” 

Florida Highway Patrol Trooper 

Ken Watson called Schuck 

the “last line of defense,” saying: 

“There was no time to think. 

You have to act. 


“And without question, she 

was the last line of defense.” 

Watson continued: 

“There’s no telling what would 

have happened, had that vehicle 

actually reached all of those 

runners. 

“You know, the bottom line 

is, these troopers saved dozens 

upon dozens of lives…. 

“For this trooper [Schuck] to 

risk her life to make sure that 

others would be ok, is the epitome 

of what service is all about.” 

WTSP reports that FHP Sgt. 

Steve Gaskins wrote an email 

praising Schuck and the other 

trooper who drove to intercept 

Watts and her vehicle. 

He said: 

“Both are high-caliber and 

high-quality members dedicated 

to the FHP and serving the 

public.” 

“Every one of them responded 

immediately and without hesitation. 

“While the crash was severe, 

I know the injured Trooper who 

is currently receiving medical 

care as I author this email, is 

absolutely relieved to have been 

available to ensure the safety of 

hundreds of innocent persons.” 

Skyway 10K announced in a 

Facebook post: 

“On behalf of the Skyway 10K, 

we are beyond thankful for our 

law enforcement partners and 

the trooper who risked her life 

to keep our race participants 

safe. 

“We are extremely grateful 

for the Florida Highway Patrol 

and all of our federal, state and 

local law enforcement partner 

agencies, not only for providing 

layers of security for this event, 

but the sacrifices they make 

every day.” 

Watts is being held at the 

Manatee County jail on a 

$52,000 bond. 

The Florida Highway Patrol 

announced: Those wishing to 

contact Trooper Schuck, who 

continues to recover from her 

injuries with her family at home, 

may send their thoughts to her 

attention at Florida Highway Patrol, 

11305 North McKinley Drive, 

Tampa, FL 33612 or via our FL- 

HSMV and FHP social media.” 



HPD RELEASES BCV 

OF MALL SHOOTING 

HPD released the BCV of the officer involved shooting 

of the suspect who shot and killed Deputy Neil Adams. 

Thank You, 

to all First Responders. 

By Suzie Ziegler 

HOUSTON — Last month, a Texas 

deputy constable was fatally 

shot while working an off-duty 

security job at a Houston mall. 

New bodycam video released 

Tuesday shows the aftermath, 

including when responding officers 

shot and killed the suspect. 

On Feb. 23, Deputy Neil Adams, 

62, was shot by a suspect who 

managed to grab the deputy’s 

gun in a struggle. 

Bodycam video shows Houston 

Police Officer Mohammed Nasser 

running through the mall past 

shops and kiosks while asking 

shoppers for directions. After a 

few minutes of chaos and confusion, 

Nasser finds the suspect, 

35-year-old Czyz Harrison. 

“Drop the knife!” Nasser yells 

repeatedly as Harrison walks 

toward him. Bodycam and mall 

surveillance video show Harrison 

lunging at Nasser. Nasser and a 

second Houston police officer, 

Officer Tallal Salameh, open fire. 

Harrison gets up, despite being 

shot, and starts to walk away. An 

officer uses a TASER and Harrison 

falls to the ground again. 

Harrison was taken to a hospital 

where he was pronounced 

dead. Investigators said Harrison 

was holding a knife, according to 

the report. 

Last month, hundreds of people 

turned out to welcome 

home the body of San Jacinto 

County Pct. 1 Deputy Constable 

Neil Adams as he was escorted 

from the Harris County morgue 

to Pace-Stancil Funeral Home 

in Cleveland for burial later this 

week. 

Adams became a San Jacinto 

County sheriff’s deputy after 

graduating from the Angelina 

College Police Academy in 2012. 

He most recently was employed 

by SJC Pct. 1 Constable Roy Rogers 

as the county’s only environmental 

officer. Previously he 

worked as a 911 dispatcher for 

the sheriff’s office and a volunteer 

firefighter for Bear Creek 

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“I’VE BEEN SHOT” 

No Wait. I lied. I didn’t really get shot twice in the 

chest. Police Chief fires Oklahoma Officer after he lied. 

WILSON, Okla. — An Oklahoma 

police officer is out of a job after 

he was caught in a lie, police 

say. 

Last month, Officer Tyler Skinner 

said he was shot twice in the 

chest while patrolling, reported 

KFOR. Skinner claimed he was 

shot after he encountered a suspicious 

person and asked to pat 

him down. The man then pulled 

out a gun, shot Skinner and ran 

away. Skinner says he wasn’t 

injured because he had been 

wearing a ballistic vest. 

But none of that was true, said 

Wilson Police Chief Kevin Coley 

on Tuesday. 

“The evidence in the case was 

not lining up with the story that 

was given by Officer Skinner,” a 

post by the police department 

read. 

Coley says Skinner admitted 

that “he had fabricated the 

shooting and made up the complete 

story.” 

In February, right after the fake 

incident reportedly happened, 

the City of Wilson offered a 

$5,000 reward for information 

leading to an arrest, reported 

KXII. That same report also said 

that police would be reviewing 

“Yep, that’s me and that used to be my Dodge Charger 

Police Unit parked at my house. 

I was cool. Now I’m not!” 

bodycam footage related to the 

incident. 

Skinner was fired from the department 

and the district attorney’s 

office may press charges, 

according to KFOR. 

EDITOR: Did he not consider 

that maybe, just maybe his 

crime lab would want to collect 

the slugs from his vest for comparison 

when and if they caught 

the suspect. Surely someone, 

perhaps his chief, would ask to 

see the vest. Obviously Mr. Wilson 

did not think this fake shooting 

through. Note to Texas agencies 

that are accepting lateral 

transfers. Be on the look out for 

Mr. Wilson applying for a Texas 

peace officers job. 

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TWO PA STATE TROOPERS 

& CIVILIAN KILLED ON I-95 

A camera on Lincoln Financial Field captured the 

crash that killed all three men. The driver of the 

suspect vehicle, Jayana Tanae has been arrested. 

PHILADELPHIA - Law enforcement 

agencies in Philadelphia 

shared new details about a 

deadly crash on I-95 in Philadelphia 

where an alleged drunk 

driver plowed into 2 Pennsylvania 

State Troopers and a civilian 

being helped off the highway. 

FOX 29 in Pa. reported that 

cameras positioned on Lincoln 

Financial Field captured “crystal 

clear” recordings of the crash 

that killed Martin F. Mack, 33, 

and Branden T. Sisca, 29, as they 

assisted Reyes Rivera Oliveras, 

28, just after midnight on Monday 

March 21st. 

The troopers had made contact 

with the man, who was walking 

in the left-hand lane of I-95. As 

the troopers attempted to put 

the man into custody and walk 

him back to their vehicle, when 

a SUV struck all three men and 

their patrol car at a high rate of 

speed. 

Local agencies said the impact 

was so great that it sent 

the troopers into the northbound 

lanes of I-95. The striking vehicle 

eventually came to a rest on the 

right shoulder after it struck the 

troopers, the civilian, the police 

SUV and the left-hand barrier. 

The driver, identified as 

21-year-old Jayana Tanae Webb, 

did not flee and remained on the 

scene. 

Dispatch called for backup 

when Troopers Mack and Sisca 

did not respond on their radios. 

Backup arrived as witnesses 

attempted CPR on the troopers. 

Both were pronounced dead at 

the scene. 

Webb faces more than a dozen 

charges, including three counts 

of third-degree murder, three 

counts of homicide by vehicle 

while driving under the influence, 

and two counts of second-degree 

manslaughter of a 

law 

FOX 29 said Trooper Mack and 

Trooper Sisca stopped Webb for 

speeding on northbound I-95 between 

the Girard and Allegheny 

exits shortly before she allegedly 

rammed into them. 

A recording from the trooper’s 

dash-cam shows the stop 

lasted less than a minute before 

the pair was dispatched to the 

pedestrian walking southbound 

on I-95 near the stadiums. 

Webb appears to have documented 

the stop in a tweet 

posted just before the crash 

that read “why the cop pull me 

& he say im doing 110 ina 50.” 

In a tweet from mid-January, 

Webb appeared to boast about 

her abilities to drive while intoxicated. 

“If you ask me, I’m the 

best drunk driver ever,” the post 

reads. 

Mack and Sisca exited I-95 

at Allegheny Ave and traveled 

southbound to make contact 

with the highway walker later 

identified as Reyes Rivera Oliveras. 

Sources believe Webb happened 

to travel along the same 

path and eventually slammed 

into all three men in her 2014 

Chevy Captiva. 



INTERIM LEXINGTON POLICE CHIEF 

KILLED IN ONE VEHICLE ROLLOVER 

BY Jarrod Jarmon 

LEXINGTON -The city of Lexington 

is mourning the loss of their 

Interim Police Chief after he was 

killed in a one vehicle roll-over 

on Monday. 

According to reports from 

the Texas Department of Public 

Safety, 47-year-old Jarrod 

Jarmon was traveling in his 2021 

Dodge Ram pickup truck on his 

way to work 

Investigators say that shortly 

after 8am, Jarmon was traveling 

northeast on Highway 21 at an 

unsafe speed for the wet road 

conditions. 

Near the Bastrop County/Lee 

County line, the truck hydroplaned 

into a skid, ran off the 

south side of the highway, struck 

a tree, and then a barbed wire 

fence before rolling 

over. 

Jarmon, who was 

also not wearing a 

seatbelt, was pronounced 

dead at the 

scene. 

He had been serving 

as Interim Police 

Chief in Lexington 

for the past three 

years. 

Prior to that, 

Jarmon had been a 

police officer and a 

volunteer firefighter 

for the city of Elgin. 

He also spent time 

working for the Texas Department 

of Public Safety. 

Lexington Mayor Allen Retzloff 

released a statement saying that 

Jarmon served the Department 

honorably and asked that everyone 

keep his family in their 

thoughts. 

Jarmon is survived by his wife 

and his two children. 



DEADLY FORCE 

INCLUDES VEHICLES 

When an armed suspect is running away after committing a robbery 

and is shooting at innocent citizens and the police, use any means necessary 

to neutralize the suspect and the threat. 

By Kaylee Remington 

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — A North 

Olmsted officer rammed a police 

cruiser into a suspect in a Starbucks 

armed robbery before the man 

turned and shot at the cruiser Monday 

morning, video shows. 

The incident happened shortly 

before North Olmsted police shot 

Dominque Hullum, 30, who is accused 

of robbing the Starbucks and 

shooting at officers during ensuing 

car and foot chases. 

Dashboard camera footage released 

by the North Olmsted Police 

Department on Tuesday morning 

shows an officer drive a police 

cruiser into the driveway of Bee 

Clean Car Wash on Dover Center 

Road, just north of the Starbucks. 

The video shows a man with a 

plastic bag running in front of the 

cruiser. 

The unidentified officer backed 

the cruiser out onto Dover Center 

Road and followed the man as he 

continued to run down the road, the 

video shows. 

The officer then pulled into a 

driveway of a storage business and 

rammed the 

man from 

behind with 

the cruiser, 

the video 

shows. 

The man 

stumbled 

before he 

turned and 

pointed the 

gun at the 

officer, the 

video shows. 

He fired two shots at the cruiser’s 

windshield and ran away, the video 

shows. 

Four shots can be heard off-camera 

as the man runs north with the 

bag and gun, video shows. 

City officials did not disclose that 

an officer rammed the suspect with 

a cruiser in a Monday statement 

about the robbery and shooting. 

Police said the robbery suspect 

fired at them on two separate occasions 

during the pursuit. It’s not 

clear from the video whether the 

suspect had shot at officers prior to 

being rammed with the cruiser. 

The man, later identified as Hullum, 

jumped into a brown Ford Focus 

and sped away sometime after 

the Starbucks robbery, according to 

a statement from city officials and 

police call logs. 

Several officers chased the car 

until it stopped behind a home on 

Kingston Circle. Hullum is accused 

of exiting the car and shooting at 

officers. The officers returned fire 

and struck him, North Olmsted city 

spokesman Rick Haase previously 

said. 

Hullum was taken to a hospital 

for treatment and remains in police 

custody. It’s unclear when he will 

make his first court appearance. 

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WAR ON COPS 

CONTINUES IN FL. 

Florida Deputy Sheriff stabbed in the carotid artery by 

accident victim, bleeds profusely, and still gives chase. 

ST. LUCIE, FL – Routine police calls 

are never routine. Just ask St Lucie 

County deputy sheriff Cody Colangelo. 

The incident began at approximately 

11 p.m. on March 23, when 

21-year-old Leigha Michelle Day 

crashed into a tree and rolled her 

vehicle in the 12000-block of South 

Indian River Drive, according to 

WFLA news. 

The 22-year-old deputy arrived 

on scene of the reported car crash, 

and he found the vehicle empty. 

Witnesses told the deputy a young 

woman exited the vehicle and ran 

down a nearby embankment. Within 

minutes she was safely located 

by Colangelo. The woman had a 

brief conversation with the deputy 

before she was asked to return to 

the road. 

“He did a phenomenal job. He was 

helpful and compassionate with 

her. Chief Deputy Brian Hester said 

at a Thursday news conference. 

“Hey, we’re gonna help you. Come 

on, let’s get you back up here. You 

don’t have to be afraid.” Colangelo 

told her. 

The situation quickly turned ugly. 

According to the St Lucie Sheriff’s 

office , after climbing approximately 

two to three stairs going back up 

towards the road, she abruptly and 

without provocation turned around 

and stabbed him in the neck, cutting 

his carotid artery. 

As she ran off, the injured deputy 

fired a shot at her but missed. 

His wound was bleeding profusely, 

yet he was able to give chase, 

keeping pressure applied to his 

wound. He lost sight of her and immediately 

called in for assistance. 

The interaction, according to WPTV 

news, was captured on the deputy’s 

bodycam. 

Additional help arrived and deputies 

searched the area where they 

found Day hiding below the embankment, 

WFLX reported. Chief 

Deputy Hester said she was booked 

into the St. Lucie County Jail on 

a first-degree attempted murder 

charge. 

Investigators still have no idea 

why she attacked Deputy Colangelo. 

Meanwhile, Colangelo was rushed 

to a hospital and underwent twohours 

of emergency surgery. 

“His injuries were pretty gruesome,” 

Hester said. 

Hester confirmed that Colangelo’s 

bodycam captured the entire traumatic 

event. 

“To watch one of our deputies 

who just sustained a life-threatening 

injury, calmed himself down 

enough, saved his own life. He 

saved his own life through his training,” 

Hester said. “Stood guard for 

nearby residents and then directed 

other deputies where to go. All the 

while calmly controlling his breathing.” 

During the medical procedure, 

surgeons replaced part of the artery 

in his neck with one from his leg. 

Fortunately, he’s been stabilized and 

is expected to make a full recovery. 

The 22-year-old deputy reportedly 

comes from a long line of law 

enforcement family members, including 

his father and older brother 

who both served as law enforcement 

officers. He has been a deputy 

sheriff for less than two years. 

“By the grace of God and through 

this deputy’s training, he is alive,” 

St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara 

said Thursday. 

“I’m being treated unfairly”: Accused 

cop-killer complains that 

defense lawyers keep dropping his 

case 

Sheriff Colangelo was one of the 

lucky ones. As attacks on police increase, 

so do the number of police 

killed in the line of duty. 

According to statistics reported 

to the FBI, 59 police officers were 

killed in the line of duty from January 

1, 2021, to September 30, 2021. 

This marks a 51 percent increase in 

the number of police officers killed 

when compared to the same period 

last year. 

In the previous year nationally, 

60,105 law enforcement officers 

were assaulted while performing 

their duties in 2020. These assaults 

were reported to the FBI by 9,895 

law enforcement agencies. 

Based on the reports submitted 

to the FBI, there were 4,071 more 

officers assaulted in 2020 than the 

56,034 assaults reported in 2019. Of 

the 60,105 assaults in 2020… 1,180 

were stabbed with knives or other 

cutting instruments 

In an interview, FBI Director 

Christopher Wray reflected on the 

sacrifices of the Bureau’s law enforcement 

partners, who risk their 

safety to protect the public. 

“We are looking at now 59 officers 

or agents murdered in the line 

of duty this year (2021). That’s an 

over 50 percent increase from last 

year. That basically translates to every 

five days—more often than every 

five days in this country—an officer 

is murdered in the line of duty. And 

that’s totally unacceptable, and it’s 

a tragedy and it needs attention,” 

Wray said. 

Knife attacks on officers are 

particularly difficult to stop, even 

at a distance. This has been proven 

based on a firearms training exercise 

conducted over 36 years ago by 

well-known trainer Dennis Tueller. 

Tueller found that “the average 

healthy adult male,” running with a 

knife or other contact weapon in 

hand, can cover a distance of seven 

yards in about 1.5 seconds – the 

time it takes the “average” officer 

to draw a sidearm and place two 

hits center-mass on a man-size 

target 21 feet away. 

Thus, the exercise suggested, 

within a 21-foot radius an officer 

might not have time to draw 

and successfully defend himself 

against a charging subject with 

lethal intent and deadly means 

before the attacker is on him. 

In this current situation, the 

suspect was literally a couple of 

feet away when she attacked the 

deputy. 

Given the officers reasonable 

approach, he was dealing with 

what he thought was a victim 

of an accident and had no reasonable 

suspicion to believe she 

was a danger. He treated her with 

compassion and empathy, as was 

warranted for the situation. 



MCCPCT5 

SAYS PHOTOS 

ARE STILL A GO 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX 

– A Constable from Texas has 

found himself in the hot seat 

after critics have voiced complaints 

that he and his office 

are posting pictures of those 

they arrest on social media. 

While the Constable has not 

only admitted this is true, he 

also points out that it is legal 

to do so. 

Montgomery County Precinct 

5 Constable Office has a public 

Facebook account, as most 

law enforcement agencies do. 

The webpage has roughly 

6,400 users who get to see 

the Constable office in action 

every day, proving that they are 

spending their well-earned 

taxpayer dollars wisely. 

While some are happy with 

keeping track of the deputies, 

some took issue when they 

saw a middle-aged woman 

sitting handcuffed in the backseat 

of a patrol vehicle. The 

woman had been detained by 

deputies for allegedly having 

possession of a controlled 

substance which is a crime in 

the State of Texas if the person 

has no prescription. 

One of those who complained 

was retired police 

commander Jay Coons. Coons 

believed that the photograph 

was nothing more than unnecessary 

and served no legitimate 

purpose. He said: 

“I don’t see a legitimate public 

service, or public interest 

served, by a law enforcement 

agency putting this out there 

and humiliating these people 

just because they can.” 

When news of the complaints 

reached Montgomery 

County Precinct 5’s Constable, 

Chris Jones, he readily denounced 

that the photographs 

were in any way simply to embarrass 

those who have been 

arrested. Instead, Constable 

Jones said that he believed the 

photographs were necessary 

to show the community that 

the agency was transparent. He 

said: 

“Right now, law enforcement 

has a lot of scrutiny going on 

about what we do out there, 

so we’re wide open about 

what we do. I believe it’s a way 

of letting the public know that 

we’re out there taking care of 

business and what we’re doing 

out there on a daily basis and 

what we’re having to deal with 

as law enforcement… 

“We want people to know 

we’re making arrests. We want 

people to know that we’re out 

there trying to clean up our 

streets, trying to get drugs off 

of our streets.” 

Constable Jones also claims 

that the photographs that are 

Former HCSO 

Commander 

Jay Coons 

posted on social media are 

not simply ‘booking photos,’ 

but they are pictures of people 

whose criminal charges have 

been accepted by prosecutors. 

He also noted that each photograph 

they release has the 

notice that everyone pictured 

is innocent until proven guilty 

in court. 

Coons agrees that the photographs 

that are being shared 

are public knowledge, therefore, 

not illegal. However, he 

believes that just because a 

Middle-aged woman detained by 

for allegedly having possession of a 

controlled substance 

*ALL ARRESTS & PHOTOS ARE PUBLIC INFORMATION. 

ALL SUBJECTS ARE INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW* 

law enforcement agency can 

do something does not mean 

that it should. He said: 

“There’s a difference…what 

we’re [in law enforcement] 

authorized to do by law and 

what we ought to be doing.” 

Despite complaints by 

Coons and others, Constable 

Jones has no intention of 

removing the photographs 

from his agency’s social media 

feeds. However, he does 

note that if any alleged criminal 

has their criminal record 

MC Constable 

Chris Jones 

expunged they will remove the 

photographs. 

Additionally, Constable Jones 

alleges that his office has yet 

to receive any type of complaint, 

rather praise from those 

who see his agency at work. 

He said: 

“Some people like it. Some 

people might not like it, but 

most of the time we get 

praised for it more than anything 

else. As long as I keep 

getting thanks, we’re gonna 

keep doing what we’re doing.” 



OPERATION SAFE SHIELD 

Non-profit group aims to provide bullet resistant 

windows for patrol units in Brazos County. 

The Texas legislature recently 

passed SB2222 to provide bullet resistant 

windows for all of the Texas 

Department of Public Safety patrol 

vehicles in response to two separate 

incidences of officers being 

shot through the windows of their 

patrol cars. TDPS Trooper Chad 

Walker was shot on March 26, 2021 

near Mexia, Texas and died from his 

injuries. He was merely stopping 

to assist a disabled vehicle when 

he was ambushed. TDPS Trooper 

Juan Tovar was shot through his 

side window on April 8, 2021 while 

trying to apprehend a mass shooter 

fleeing from Bryan, Texas. 

After the second shooting in the 

Brazos Valley in Central Texas, 

concerned citizens in Bryan/College 

Station decided to start an initiative 

to provide lifesaving bullet resistant 

windows for all of the patrol 

vehicles in the Brazos Valley, starting 

with Brazos County. Dr. Clifford 

Dorn, the founder of Backing the 

Badge BCS along with Kristi Schiller, 

founder of K9s4Cops decided 

to form Operation Safe Shield as 

a non-profit to generate funds to 

further this initiative. 

The initial scope of operation 

will be to equip all law enforcement 

departments in Brazos County 

including Bryan Police, College 

Station Police, Texas A&M University 

Police, Blinn College Police (Bryan), 

Brazos County Sheriff’s Office and 

all Brazos County Constables. 

Dr. Dorn and retired police officer 

Rick Wagner invited officers 

from the Bryan Police Department 

and Brazos County Sheriff’s office 

to attend a live demonstration in 

McGregor, Texas to witness the 

effectiveness of the nanotechnology 

produced by ATEK Defense Systems. 

A second demonstration was done 

in Hempstead, TX with the College 

Station Police Department in attendance. 

After the demonstrations, all 

three law enforcement offices were 

impressed with the new technology 

and Operation Safe Shield was 

officially on board to help get the 

life saving windows into the Brazos 

Valley. Operation Safe Shield was 

formed as an official 501(c)(3) and 

discussions were had with all of the 

law enforcement offices in Brazos 

County, Burleson County, Grimes 

County and Robertson Counties. A 

reception and live demonstration 

was held on September 8, 2021 at 

the Lucky B Bison Ranch to introduce 

the technology to the community 

of law enforcement and 

interested government officials 

and business owners. Overall, the 

demonstrations were received with 

overwhelming approval and Operation 

Safe Shield began working on 

starting the fundraising program. 

Operation Safe Shield is looking 

to raise $3.4 million to be able to 

equip all law enforcement vehicles 

in the Brazos Valley with these 

bullet resistant windows. We plan 

to include all seven counties in the 

Brazos Valley including Brazos, 

Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, 

Robertson and Washington Counties. 

The long term goal is to cover 

the entire State of Texas with these 

lifesaving windows. 

Operation Safe Shield will have a 

Steak Dinner fundraising event on 

April 14, 2022 at the Brazos County 

Expo Center from 6-11pm. The 

fundraising will include a steak dinner, 

raffle, silent and live auction. 

Each sponsored table at the event 

will honor a local law enforcement 

officer and their spouse. The public 

and local businesses can help make 

this initiative possible by donating 

through the website at https://operationsafeshield.org 

and by sponsoring 

a table at the event. Additional 

members of the Backing the Badge 

Committee, Faye Lane, Marilyn 

Moore, Cheryl Williams, Anita Graziano 

and Sara Morris are founding 

board members of Operation Safe 

Shield organization and are dedicating 

their time and efforts to help 

this initiative reach this goal. Look 

to them for additional information 

and how you can help! 

When we need emergency assistance 

from a violent encounter, it 

is nice to know that someone will 

come to our rescue. Giving rescuers 

an added layer of protection just 

seems logical. 

Your contribution can help make 

this initiative possible. How much 

are you willing to spend to protect 

the life of someone coming to protect 

you?? 

The window technology that 

Operation Safe Shield has been 

reviewing is the nanotechnology 

from ATEK Defense systems. These 

windows provide protection without 

sacrificing important characteristics. 

The side windows are fully 

functional and will fit into the existing 

hardware of the door to allow 

them to raise and lower as normal. 

It is planned to also have the door 

skin lined with the bullet resistant 

material used in the ballistic vests 

thereby making the entire door a 

shield. 

Here are a few of the commonly 

asked questions: 

1. What calibers are the Class IIA 

windows effective against? 

Answer: Our side glass windows 

are able to stop 9mm, 40 cal, and 

45 ACP bullets. 

2. What is the expected lifespan 

of the windows? 

Answer: Our warranty is three 

years but the expected lifespan 

could be double or triple that. 

3. Can the officers return fire from 

the inside? 

Answer: Yes. The officers can 

shoot out of the windows without 

compromising the effectiveness of 

the window. 

4. Can the windows be broken 

for emergency evacuation by the 

officers? 

Answer: Yes. The windows have 

an area around the edges that can 

be punched allowing the window to 

be pushed out. 

5. Can the windows be removed 

from a vehicle when it goes out 

of service and placed in the newer 

vehicle? 

Answer: Yes, they can be removed 

and installed in another vehicle as 

long as its the same year, make 

and model. The vehicle years can 

change as long as the auto manufacturer 

maintains the same window. 

Some models maintain the 

same windows for three to five 

years. 

6. Do the windows add a significant 

amount of weight to the 

vehicle? 

Answer: No, the entire window 

weighs about 16 lbs and does not 

affect the window actuator ability 

to move the window up and down. 

7. Do the windshields cause eyestrain 

or headaches under continual 

use for extended periods? 

Answer: The side windows do not 

cause eyestrain or headaches. We 

have had customers using our side 

windows for the past couple years 

without any complaints of eyestrain 

or headaches. The new windshields 

being developed still need to be 

user tested. 

For more information, please 

contact Safe Shield at one of the 

following: admin@operationsafeshield.org; 

operationsafeshield.org 



This month we continue with our 

series on great places to eat that 

are off the beaten path and it takes 

us to Texas City. In fact, I would bet 

90% of our readers have passed 

within a mile of this restaurant and 

not even known it was there. 

Let me introduce you to Big Phil’s 

Soul & Creole Café, located at what 

used to be Mall of the Mainland, 

now renamed Mainland City Centre, 

which is less than one mile off the 

Gulf Freeway on FM1764 or Emmett 

F. Lowry Expressway. 

The 4,700 sq. ft. restaurant is 

owned and operated by Phil Palmer, 

a graduate of La Marque High 

School. My first taste of Phil’s food 

was from a food truck he operated 

next to the Raceway gas station on 

Palmer Highway. A Texas City officer 

I know said, if you want some really 

great gumbo, I know a place. He 

was right, it is REALLY REALLY good. 

But Phil needed a real restaurant 

to fully expand his culinary talents 

and when the developer of Mainland 

City Centre approached him 

with the idea of opening the largest 

upscale restaurant owned by an 

African-American, Phil jumped at 

the chance. 

In fact Phil, who was 33 at the 

time, had always envisioned an upscale 

venue offering Creole foods, 

live entertainment, including jazz 

and soul that would be performed 

by small cover bands, saxophonists 

and flautists. Check that box, 

they have all of the above 

and more. 

Phil learned a lot about 

the restaurant business 

from his family who operated 

a successful restaurant 

in Texas City for years. His 

great-grandparents and his 

grandparents owned and 

operated the famous Perkins 

BBQ Pit on 6th Street for 40 

years before it closed in the 

1970s. 

But enough of the history 

lesson, the real reason we’re 

here is for the FOOD. I had 

the opportunity to slip in 

one day for lunch just after 

Phil opened his shiny new 

restaurant and even though they 

were slammed, the food was, as 

they say, on-point. 

I tried the fried catfish with a side 

of Creole Fries as well as a bowl of 

the famous Golden Crawfish Etouffee. 

It was way too much food for 

a quick lunch but it was the best 

Etouffee I had ever eaten. 

My FBI friends had the pork chops 

with rice and gravy while his partner 

had a shrimp po-boy. If you 

save room for or are smart enough 

to ask for it to go, you can try one 

of their sinful desserts. They have 

a Peach-Cobbler Cheesecake, Red 

Velvet Tri-layer Cheesecake, Pecan 

Pie Cheesecake and a Banana 

Pudding Tri-Layer cake. All are to 

die for. 

Here’s the local tip. Saturdays 

from 11am-2pm is their Brunch Buffet 

for only $15 and kids eat for only 

$8 if they are 5-10 years old. 

Big Phil’s Soul & Creole Café is the 

Real Deal. Phil said it wasn’t just 

important for him to open a great 

restaurant as a young Black man, 

but for the community, as well. 

“What brings us together more 

than food?” he said. “It’s going to 

be for everyone to enjoy, whether 

you’re Black, White, Mexican — it’s 

for the whole Galveston County 

area.” 

And that include first responders. 

Phil is a huge supporter of all first 

responders and everyone is welcome 

on-duty or off. This is a must 

try place to eat, especially if you 

live in Clear Lake or anywhere south 

of there. And the next time you 

head to the beach or headed back, 

take the Palmer Road /FM 1764 exit 

and look for the new Mainland City 

Centre. Big Phil’s is located on the 

freeway side of the Centre in their 

restaurant row. 

The address is 10000 Emmett F. 

Lowry Expressway, #1136, Texas 

City. Their phone is 409-927-5330. 

Call for their hours, as holidays and 

special events may change their 

normal hours. 

Be sure and ask for Big Phil and 

tell him you read about his amazing 

food in The BLUES. 



PEELIAN PRINCIPLE #7 

A minute with Sir Robert Peel: What the father of modern policing 

can teach FTOs to incorporate the Peelian principle #7 in their training 

of new officers. 

By Wayne South 

Sir Robert Peel, a two-time 

Prime Minister of the United 

Kingdom, is considered the father 

of modern community policing. 

In the 19th century, Peel enacted 

sweeping penal reform and in 

1829 was instrumental in creating 

London’s Metropolitan Police 

Force. Peel’s reform efforts inspired 

the Nine Peelian Principles 

of Law Enforcement, which summarize 

Peel’s ideas of “policing 

by consent” in which cops are 

citizens in uniform tasked with 

protecting their fellow citizens. 

These principles bolstered police 

accountability by issuing badge 

numbers and emphasizing citizen 

connection. 

Accountability and community 

connection are of course highly 

relevant in the modern age. Today’s 

field training officers would 

do well to read and incorporate 

Peelian principles into their 

training programs. Peel’s ideas 

are particularly useful in building 

community trust. 

Today’s FTOs would do well 

to read and incorporate Peelian 

principles into their training 

program as they are particularly 

useful in building 

community 

trust. 

Today’s FTOs 

would do well 

to read and 

incorporate 

Peelian principles 

into their 

training program 

as they 

are particularly 

useful in building 

community 

trust. (AP Photo/ 

Lynne Sladky) 

Each of Peel’s 

nine principles 

is worthy of discussion, 

but for the purposes of 

this article we will focus on the 

seventh Peel Principle: 

Police, at all times, should 

maintain a relationship with the 

public that gives reality to the 

historic tradition that the police 

are the public and the public are 

the police; the police being only 

members of the public who are 

paid to give full-time attention 

to duties which are incumbent 

on every citizen in the interests 

of community welfare and existence.” 

In other words, police are 

members of the community they 

serve, and community members 

make up our police departments. 

If we apply this principle 

from the first day of training, 

new officers will get to know 

the communities they serve and 

gain a better understanding of 

their community’s dynamics. In 

doing so, officers will be more 

respectful, fair and decisive. 

FIELD TRAINING IN THE 

PRESENT DAY OF POLICING 

Field training officers have 

only a few months, or weeks in 

some cases, to prepare trainees 

for a successful career in law 

enforcement. Trainers are very 

good at teaching new officers 

the essentials of report writing, 

making arrests, applying case 

law, and so on. But how often do 

we teach trainees to be a part 

of the community they serve? 

It is vital trainees are exposed 

to concepts such as community 

safety, community partnerships, 

and cooperation between residents 

and police as a way to 

solve problems. 

This all sounds great, but how 

do we do it? We start on the first 

day of training with the following: 

Get officers out of the car and 

talk with citizens. 

Attend community watch 

meetings. 

Instill good habits into our 

trainees from the first day. 

Form partnerships and trust 

with the community. 

Let’s break each of these down 

further. 

GET OUT OF THE CAR 

As simple as it sounds, get 

your trainee out of the car and 

talk to citizens. This accomplishes 

a couple of things. First, 

it improves the trainee’s interpersonal 

and communication 

skills. Secondly, engaging the 

community in a positive way (as 

a fellow member of the public) 

helps build trust and dissolves 

biases toward police. Talking 

with residents about community 

issues and actively listening to 

their concerns adds a personal 

touch to law enforcement. In law 

enforcement, trust equals success. 

Patrol officers can do their 

part by getting out of the car and 

talking with citizens. 

COMMUNITY WATCH MEETINGS 

Community watch meetings 

are the perfect opportunity for 

trainees to meet citizens and 

prominent community figures on 

their beat. These meetings present 

an opportunity to discuss 

strategies to reduce crime and 

improve quality-of-life issues. 

The trainer may do most of the 

talking at first, but it would be 

perfectly acceptable for the 

trainee to jump in and talk about 

recent calls. This way, the new 

officer gets to know the community 

and the community gets to 

know them. 

TEACHING GOOD HABITS 

Trainers who consistently get 

out of their cars to chat with 

residents and business owners 

instill good habits in their trainees. 

Law enforcement officers 

are learners. Trainees especially 

seek to emulate good behavior 

displayed by their training officers. 

Positive interaction with 

the community will help dispel 

misconceptions about law enforcement 

and move this noble 

profession forward. 

FORMING COMMUNITY PART- 

NERSHIPS 

One of the basic functions of 

law enforcement is to prevent 

crime and disorder. This can 

only be accomplished when the 

public approves of police action. 

A use-of-force incident risks 

weakening the public’s trust in 

police, so it is essential to build 

a strong foundation of community 

partnership to weather any 

potential fallout. A solid foundation 

will allow you to quickly 

rebuild that trust. A trainee can 

be an integral part of forming 

these partnerships and thereby 

build a higher degree of cooperation 

and trust from the public. 

Without strong community 

partnerships, misperceptions 

about policing will continue to 

grow and damage the reputation 

of law enforcement. 

CONCLUSION 

Field training officers should 

use Sir Robert Peel’s Policing 

Principles to help tackle modern-day 

issues, as these principles 

are just as relevant today as 

they were in 1829. Building strong 

partnerships with the community, 

getting out of the car, and 

talking to citizens helps reduce 

the public’s fear of law enforcement, 

reduces biases, and builds 

a mutual understanding and 

a degree of trust between the 

community and the officers. 

As departments are faced with 

staffing shortages and reduced 

budgets, the distance between 

communities and police departments 

may grow. Teaching new 

officers good community policing 

habits from their very first 

day can help narrow this gap. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Wayne South has 28 years of 

law enforcement experience 

and retired from the Gainesville 

Police Department in 2018. 

He served as a patrol sergeant, 

FTO sergeant, shift commander, 

deputy district commander, 

and commander of the training 

and education division. He has 

a master’s degree in criminal 

justice, as well as a Master of 

Business Administration. 


2022 ANNUAL 

TEXAS POLICE 

CHIEFS ASSOCIATION 

CONFERENCE 

Dear TPCA Member, 

The 2022 Annual Texas Police Chiefs Association Conference will be held on Galveston Island, Texas, 

April 11-14, 2022. The conference and exposition will be held at Galveston Island Convention Center. 

The conference will feature outstanding speakers and will help you stay ahead of the trends with 

our informative topics for both large and small agencies. There will be multiple break-out training 

sessions on a variety of subjects with TCOLE hours available. In addition, we have a separate training 

course for those interested in the Best Practices Accreditation/Accreditation Training Program, so 

please bring your program managers. 

We will once again host the specialized training for attorneys who serve as legal advisers to law 

enforcement agencies. This includes those who may work full- or part-time in that capacity. We 

encourage your Law Enforcement Legal Advisor to attend and participate in all conference activities. 

We had a record number of vendors last year and there were many innovations for law enforcement 

enhancement. There will be a lot of time to visit exhibitors during the conference. We encourage 

you to bring the person in charge of purchasing to the conference. Passes to the exhibit hall are also 

available for your officers and staff at no charge. 

Opening ceremonies will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. 

Don’t forget to register for the Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the Texas Police Chiefs Association Foundation. 

Your Prayer Breakfast Table will benefit the Texas Police Chiefs Association Foundation Officer 

Death Fund for officers killed in the line of duty. Register here 

GALVESTON ISLAND 

APRIL 11-14 

TPCA Run / Walk to Remember - April 13, 2022 at 5 pm - Walk, jog or run for a great cause! All proceeds 

go to the TPCA Foundation Fallen Officer fund. Participants will receive a shirt, VINCIBLE coin 

and new patch, and the top male and female runners will receive prizes. 

We look forward to seeing you in Galveston! 

Sincerely, 

Chief Scott Rubin 

Blanco Police Department 

TPCA President 2021-22 


CONFERENCE AGENDA / Subject to Change 

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022 

11:00 am – 1:00 pm 

TPCA Foundation Board Meeting 

1:00 – 5:00 pm 

Conference Registration 

Galveston Island Convention Center 

Foyer 

1:30 – 3:30 pm 

TPCA Executive Board Meeting 

3:30 – 5:30 pm 

Committee Meetings: 

Mental Health Pathways Committee 

Communications & Technology Committee 

Legislative Committee 

Officer Safety Committee 

Professional Conduct & Ethics 

Committee 

TPCA Foundation Accreditation 

Program Committee 

Women in Law Enforcement 

Committee 

TEEX 

6:00 – 10:00 pm 

TPCA Appreciation Off-Site Event 

FISH TALES 

Sponsored by Blauer Manufacturing Co., 

Axon, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and 

Point Blank Armor. 

TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022 

8:00 am – 5:00 pm 


Convention Center Foyer 

8:00 am – 5:00 pm 

Exhibitor Set-up 

Exhibit Hall 

9:00 am – 10:00 am 

Opening Ceremonies 

Grand Ballroom A & B 

Call to Order and Comments 

President, Chief Scott Rubin 

Invocation 

Posting of Colors 

Galveston Ball High School JROTC 

Pledge of Allegiance 

Chief Stan Standridge, San Marcos 

Police Department 

National Anthem 

Oath of Honor (English & Spanish) 

Chief Tom Cowan (Ret.) 

Chief Albert Garcia, Levelland Police 

Department 

End of Watch 

Chief Mike Gentry (Ret.) 

Pipe and Drum 

Houston Fire Department 

Welcome 

TPCAF Training 

Chief Mike Gentry (Ret.) 

10:15 – 10:45 am 

REFRESHMENT BREAK 

Grand Ballroom Foyer 

10:45 – 11:45 am 

General Session 1 

Sergeant Nicholas Irving, 

Ret. U.S. Army Ranger 

Former Sniper with 3rd Ranger Battalion 

Author of best-selling memoir titled 

“The Reaper” 


Noon – 1:15 pm 

Survivors Luncheon 

Sponsored by Verizon 

Grand Ballroom B & C 

1:45 – 3:00 pm 


Texas/Mexico Border Issues 

Del Rio Chief of Police Frank 

Ramirez, Val Verde County Sheriff 

Jo Frank Martinez, DPS Regional 

Director Victor Escalon, Chief Patrol 

Agent Jason D. Owens, Border Patrol 

Adjutant Jesse Menchaca 


3:00 - 3:15 pm 

REFRESHMENT BREAK 

Grand Ballroom Foyer 

3:15 – 5:00 pm 

Breakout Sessions 

Strategic Risk Management for 

Law Enforcement 

Mike Rains, Assistant Director – 

TMLIRP , Mike Bratcher, Workers’ 

Compensation Claims Manager – 

TMLIRP, Paul Christ, Law Enforcement 

Training Specialist – TMLIRP 

Legal Considerations for Police 

Agencies, Police Legal Advisors 

Dynamics of Inclusivity and Development 

–A focus on mentorship 

of future female leaders 

Lt. Kendra Wilson, Commander Tricia 

Mirabelle, Sgt. Victoria Grayson 

Sexual Assault Response Team 

Hillary England, Governor’s office 

Kim Farbo & Liz Boyce, TAASA 

Rebecca Fears, IAFN 

Mental Health Pathways 

Asst. Chief Jon Caspell, Lubbock 

Police Department, B. J. Wagner, 

MS, Senior Fellow of Justice System 

Policy, Meadows Mental Health 

Policy Institute 

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission 

Trace Program – Reducing 

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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022- 

CONTINUED 

Human Trafficking 

Captain David Whitt, Agent Robert 

Coulter 

2:00 – 5:00 pm 


Chief Max Westbrook, Jr. (Ret.) 


Program Director 

Texas Law Enforcement 

Accreditation Program 

Program Manager Training 

5:00 pm 

Nomination Committee Meeting 

6:00 pm 

Exhibits Opens 

6:00 pm 

Silent Auction Opens 

6:00 – 8:30 pm 

President’s Reception 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2022 

7:30 – 8:30 am 

TPCA Foundation Prayer Breakfast 

The Honorable Sharen Wilson, 

Tarrant County Criminal District 

Attorney 


9:00 am – 5:00 pm 


Galveston Island Convention Center 

Foyer 

9:00 – 10:00 am 

TPCA Business Meeting 


TPCA Update 

Election of TPCA 2022-2023 Officers 

Noon – 1:15 pm 

TPCA Foundation Accreditation and 

Awards Luncheon 

Sponsored by Brinkley Sargent 

Wiginton Architects and TML Intergovernmental 

Risk Pool 


1:30 – 3:00 pm 

Breakout Sessions 

Strategic Risk Management for 

Law Enforcement 

Mike Rains, Assistant Director – TM- 

LIRP , Mike Bratcher, Workers’ Compensation 

Claims Manager – TMLIRP 

Paul Christ, Law Enforcement Training 

Specialist – TMLIRP 

Legal Considerations for Police 

Agencies, Police Legal Advisors 

Dynamics of Inclusivity and Development 

–A focus on mentorship of 

future female leaders 

Sgt. Jaclin Ramirez, Sgt. Melissa 

Thompson, Officer Andrea Williams 

Sexual Assault Response Team 

Hillary England, Governor’s office 

Kim Farbo & Liz Boyce, TAASA 

Rebecca Fears, IAFN 

Mental Health Pathways 

Asst. Chief Jon Caspell, Lubbock 


B. J. Wagner, MS, Senior Fellow of 

Justice System Policy, 

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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission 

Trace Program – Reducing 

Human Trafficking 

Captain David Whitt, Agent Robert 

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Regional Directors Breakfast 

Retired Chiefs Breakfast 

TPCA Foundation Accreditation Program 

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Women in Law Enforcement Breakfast 

8:00 – 9:30 am 

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VOTE THEIR ASS OUT 

BREAKING BOND: More Criminal District Court Judges lowering bond 

amounts for accused murderers. This month the GUILTY JUDGE is JOSH 

HILL, 232nd DISTRICT COURT JUDGE. He needs to go!! 

REPRINTED FROM THE 

BREAKING BOND SERIES 

By Randy Wallace 

FOX 26 Houston 

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - “Every 

day when he woke up before he 

left for school, he’d give me a 

hug. Before he went to bed, he’d 

give me a hug. That’s probably 

what I miss the most,” said April 

Wright. 

Wright has gone 367 days 

with no hugs from her only 

son, 17-year-old Corey Lennard 

Thompson Jr. Police say he was 

killed by 18-year-old James 

Sotelo, someone Corey thought 

was a friend. 

“Not only was he shot multiple 

times, he was shot in the back,” 

Wright said. “He was obviously 

leaving the situation.” 

“The guy was out on an assaultive 

offense then he gets charged 

with murder,” said Andy Kahan 

with Crime Stoppers. “They 

originally ask for a $150,000 

bond and they reduce the bond 

to $100,000. He gets out and a 

month later, he’s charged with 

aggravated assault with a deadly 

weapon.” 

“His bond was reduced not 

once, but twice. It’s hard to see 

a judge doing that,” said Corey’s 

mom. “It’s Judge Josh Hill, 232 

Criminal District Court.” 

“His bond should have been 

raised. Why would you make it 

easier for him to get out, when 

he came off such an aggressive 

offense?” said Torrie Wright, 

Corey’s sister. 

“I’ve seen more and more 

bonds getting reduced, which of 

course, enables defendants to 

get out,” Kahan said. 

“If my case was kind of unique 

it would be different, but the 

worst thing about it is, it’s not 

unique,” April Wright said. “I’m 

not the only one. I’m part of a 

club nobody wants to be in and 

families shouldn’t have to endure 

something like this. We shouldn’t 

have to worry about the person 

who took our loved one walking 

past our house if they wanted 

to.” 

Corey Lennard Thompson Jr. 

“I’m scared to come home 

sometimes cause the murderer 

is right around the corner, and 

he gets to live his life fully free 

and we’re terrified,” said Corey’s 

sister. 

A website has been posted 

called ‘Justice for Corey Lennard 

Thompson Jr. Click here to visit 

the site. 

232nd DISTRICT JUDGE 

JOSH HILL 



TWO more dirtballs who should have been locked up. Instead, they murdered 

our brother in Blue - DEPUTY DARREN ALMENDAREZ. 

Fredarius Clark, who murded HCSO 

Deputy Almendarez, was charged 

with Unlawful Carry of a Weapon in 

2020. The prosecutor noted in the Bail 

Order that Clark possessed a 9mm 

(w/ 30 round mag), under his armpit, 

at a location he was previously arrested 

for trespassing. Why did they 

dismiss the charge? Did they give him 

back his firearm and 30 round magazine? 

Joshua Stewart, the other dirtball killer 

of Deputy Almendarez, was charged 

with Unlawful Carry of Weapon in 

2019. The arresting officer and district 

attorney’s officer agreed that there 

was probable cause for an arrest and 

charge. The Dirtball Judge, Judge 

Wright dismissed the case. Why? 

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez 

said 17-year-old Fredrick Tardy has 

been arrested and charged with Capital 

Murder. 

HARRIS COUNTY COURT #7 

JUDGE ANDREW WRIGHT 

DISMISSED THIS DIRTBALL CASE. 

NOW WRIGHT NEEDS TO GO. 

VOTE HIM OUT IN NOVEMBER 

County Court #7 

ANDREW WRIGHT 



Can you believe? A judge set bond for the drunk low-life scumbag that 

slammed into Deputy Chavis’ patrol car, killing her we hope instantly. The DA 

asked for NO BOND, The Judge said NO to that and set it at $750,000. 

The dirtball drunk driver 

accused of killing Precinct 

7 Deputy Jennifer Chavis 

was granted bond after 

failing to appear at his 

court hearing Monday, April 

4th. 

The judge found probable 

cause against 36-year-old 

Adolfo Serrano, the driver 

accused of being intoxicated 

when he crashed 

into Deputy Chavis over the 

weekend. Serrano's bond 

was set at $750,000 despite 

prosecutors asking for no 

bond. 

"I don't know what [Serrano's] 

current license status 

is, but the fact that back 

in the day he continued to 

drive without a valid Texas 

driver's license does make 

me question to what extent 

Mr. Serrano would follow 

pre-trial bond conditions," a 

judge said Monday. 

Serrano was driving a Ford 

F-550 when he failed to 

drive in a single lane and hit 

Chavis in the rear, according 

to deputies. Chavis's patrol 

car caught on fire. A witness 

who recorded video of the 

deputy's car in flames said 

she heard a big bang before 

seeing black smoke. 

On Monday, officers told 

ABC13 they had gone to the 

hospital to meet with Serrano 

and said his breath 

smelled like alcohol, in 

addition to "red eyes and 

slurred speech." According 

to the officers, Serrano admitted 

to them that he had 

an alcoholic beverage prior 

to the crash. 

"The defendant admitted 

to striking a vehicle he 

thought was stalled on the 

shoulder and the car instantly 

burst into flames," 

according to officers on the 

scene. 

Officers were able to get 

a blood search warrant on 

Serrano. 

The 32-year-old was a 

deputy with Precinct 7 for a 

year and half. 

She leaves behind a husband, 

a 4-year-old son and 

an 11-year-old nephew who 

she was also raising. 

Court documents show 

Serrano had a prior DWI 

conviction out of Brazoria 

County back in 2014. He was 

also convicted of assaulting 

a family member in Fort 

Bend County in 2009. 

According to Serrano's defense 

attorney, the suspect 

has lived in the same house 

in the Fort Bend area for 

the past 15 years with his 

four children who allegedly 

depend on his support. His 

attorney also added that 

Serrano has worked as a 

mechanic for the past six 

years. 

The conditions of his bond 

include no weapons, no 

driving, no alcohol. Serrano 

was also placed under 

house arrest and must wear 

a GPS monitor. A breathalyzer 

device must be installed 

in his car and has a curfew 

of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 


LINA HIDALGO 

Hidalgo Staff Allegedly Plotted to Steer $11 Million 

Contract, ‘Slam the Door’ on Competing Bid 

A grand jury investigation found probable cause of tampering with 

governmental documents and misuse of official information related 

to a contract awarded to a woman with ties to local and national 

Democrats. 

According to sworn affidavits 

filed with the district clerk’s office, 

investigators found evidence 

of possible criminal activity 

related to Harris County’s $11 

million vaccine outreach contract 

awarded to data analytics 

firm Elevate Strategies owned by 

a highly connected Democratic 

strategist. 

Charges listed in the affidavits 

include tampering with governmental 

documents and misuse 

of official information, both felonies 

under Texas criminal code. 

Last week, the Texas Rangers 

assisted local investigators with 

the district attorney’s office 

in serving a series of search 

warrants signed by a criminal 

district court. In the affidavits 

used to justify the warrants, 

investigators sought computers 

and smartphones used by three 

members of Harris County Judge 

Lina Hidalgo’s staff: Aaron Dunn, 

Wallis Nader, and Alex Triantaphyllis. 

The three had been assigned 

to the selection committee for 

the vaccine outreach work in the 

Spring of 2021. But according to 

the sworn affidavits, Nader and 

Triantaphyllis exchanged text 

messages with Hidalgo’s chief 

of staff Joe Madden about hiring 

Felicity Pereyra of Elevate 

Strategies for unspecified county 

work in January of 2021. Pereyra 

is a former deputy campaign 

manager for Commissioner 

Adrian Garcia (D-Pct. 2) and 

was the data analytics director 

for Hillary Clinton’s presidential 

campaign. 

Additional text messages indicate 

that on January 7, 2021, Triantaphyllis 

sent Nader wording 

for a program that would involve 

development and oversight of 

“vaccine outreach activities,” to 

be approved by Hidalgo. Then on 

January 12, he told Nader, “OK, I 

got her to agree with this scope.” 

“So go ahead and sen[d] it to 

Felicity so we can see what her 

thoughts are on $$$,” wrote Triantaphyllis. 

According to another of the 

three sworn affidavits Hidalgo 

texted Triantaphyllis and Madden 

on January 14 saying she had 

“taken a stab” at the scope for 

the project, and added, “What 

I don’t know is whether these 

folks will be in charge of the 

data or whether Felicity can do 

the disparities data too[.]” 

Further communications show 

Pereyra communicating with 

others that she had been contacted 

about the project and was 

familiar with the scope description, 

and that Triantaphyllis had 

asked Purchasing Agent Dwight 

Dopslauf to alter requirements 

for bidding on the project. 

Although county documents 

indicate that the University of 

Texas (UT) Health Science Center 

had earned the highest vendor 

score and bid $7.5 million compared 

to Pereyra’s original bid of 

$19 million, on April 20, Triantaphyllis 

texted the following to 

Nader: 

“This vaccine outreach thing is 

getting ridiculous. We need to 

slam the door shut on UT and 

move on.” 

On May 7, Triantaphyllis texted 

Dunn to say he could not make 

the [Request for Proposal] meeting. 

“Take it away. And don’t let UT 

get it.” 

Although the commissioners 

court had approved the contract 

with Elevate Strategies in June 

of 2021, months later commissioners 

learned that the chosen 

vendor was a one-woman firm 

SHE HAS TO GO! 

operating out of a Montrose 

apartment. Pereyra had only 

formed the company in August 

of 2019 and was the sole employee. 

After records indicated that 

members of Hidalgo’s staff had 

altered minimum vendor requirements 

and that UT Health 

Science Center had actually 

scored higher, under public pressure 

Hidalgo announced that she 

would move to cancel the contract 

last September. 

Although commissioners voted 

unanimously to cancel, a grand 

jury sent subpoenas to all five 

members of the commissioners 

court and to a number of staff 

members last November. 

Although grand juries are 

typically authorized for a threemonth 

investigation, the grand 

jury investigating the vaccine 

outreach contract has been extended 

for another three months 

and is now in the fourth month 

of investigation. 



REMEMBERING THOSE WE’VE LOST 

Officers Lost Due to COVID in February & March, 2022 

DEKALB COUNTY DEPUTY 

STEVE BOBBIT 

END OF WATCH: THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 2022 

TDC CORRECTIONS OFFICER 

JOHN BARON “BARRY” BROADWAY 

END OF WATCH: TUESDAY, FEB. 8, 2022 

ARKANSAS STATE TROOPER 

CORPORAL MICHAEL R. SPRINGER 

END OF WATCH: FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 2022 

TDC CORRECTIONS OFFICER 

V KAY W. ZEGER, JR. 

END OF WATCH: SUNDAY, FEB. 13, 2022 

DOUBLE OAK POLICE OFFICER 

LONNIE SNEED 

END OF WATCH: TUESDAY, FEB.15, 2022 

WASHOE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY 

JARETT OROSZI 


RIVERSIDE COUNTY CORRECTIONS LT. 

STEVE TAYLOR 


UNION CITY POLICE OFFICER 

BRANDON OWENS 

END OF WATCH: TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2022 

FREDERICK COUNTY DEPUTY FIRST CLASS 

KENNY OLANDER 

END OF WATCH: THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2022 

TDC CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 

LONNIIE D. JOHNSON 

END OF WATCH: SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 2022 



Lost in the Line of Duty 

Sergeant Joshua Caudell 

Arkansas Department of Corrections, Arkansas 

End of Watch Monday, February 28, 2022 

Age 29 Tour 9 Years, 3 Months Badge # N/A 

Sergeant Joshua Caudell was shot and killed while assisting the Pulaski County 

Sheriff’s Office with a canine track in Maumelle. Deputies had responded to a 

home on Corvallis Road to perform a welfare check on a woman who failed to 

show up at work. The sheriff’s office requested assistance from the Department 

of Corrections to conduct a canine track when the home was found vacant. Sergeant 

Caudell’s canine led the officers to a trailer on Overstreet Road. As they 

approached the trailer a man hiding underneath opened fire on them, fatally 

wounding Sergeant Caudell. The man then fled but was captured the following 

day. 

Sergeant Caudell had served with the Arkansas Department of Corrections for 

nine years and was assigned to the Tucker Unit. He is survived by his wife and 

three children. 

Trooper Tamar Bucci 

Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts 


Age 34 Tour 2 Years Badge # 4440 

Trooper Tamar Bucci was killed in a vehicle crash when her patrol SUV was 

struck by a tractor-trailer near exit 27 on I-93 in Stoneham. She had activated 

her emergency equipment and was moving to the side of the road to assist a 

stopped motorist when the crash occurred. Her patrol car was pushed against a 

cliff face as a result of the collision. Two passersby pulled her from the wreckage 

and a Stoneham police officer began life-saving efforts, however, she 

succumbed to her injuries at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Trooper Bucci had served with the Massachusetts State Police for two years. 

She is survived by her parents, sisters, step-brother, and stepsister 

Senior Police Officer Robert Duran 

Santa Fe Police Department, New Mexico 

End of Watch Wednesday, March 2, 2022 


Senior Police Officer Robert Duran was killed in a vehicle crash while pursuing 

who was initially believed to be a carjacking suspect near mile marker 286 on 

I-25, south of the Old Pecos Trail exit. Officers responding to the initial call of a 

carjacking and abduction located the vehicle near the intersection of Sawmill 

Road and St. Francis Drive. The driver led officers on a pursuit that went onto 

the interstate. As the vehicle continued to flee southbound, it crossed the median 

and continued driving southbound in the northbound lanes until colliding with 

an oncoming car. Two patrol cars were also involved in the crash. Officer Duran 

and a retired firefighter driving the other vehicle were killed in the crash. 

Officer Duran had served with the Santa Fe Police Department for seven years 

and was assigned to the Patrol Section and the Emergency Response Team. He 

is survived by his wife and two sons. 

Corporal Benjamin Cooper 

Joplin Police Department, Missouri 

End of Watch Tuesday, March 8, 2022 

Age 46 Tour 19 Years Badge # N/A 

Corporal Ben Cooper and Police Officer Jake Reed were shot and killed after 

responding to a disturbance call at a shopping center in the 400 block of 

Geneva Avenue at about 1:20 pm. While they attempted to take a subject into 

custody the man opened fire on them, critically wounding both. Corporal Cooper 

was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. 

Officer Reed remained on life support until his organs were donated on March 

11th, 2022. Corporal Cooper had served 19 years in law enforcement, beginning 

his career with the Joplin Police Department in 2003 and returning in 2016. He 

had served as a sheriff’s deputy in Colorado between 2003 and 2016. Corporal 

Cooper is survived by his wife and two daughters. 




Police Officer Freddie Wilson 

Detroit Public Schools District Police Dept., Michigan 



Police Officer Freddie Wilson died after collapsing at the scene of a large fight 

near Henry Ford High School at about 3:30 pm. 

Multiple officers had responded to the fight near the intersection of Vaughan Avenue 

and Trojan Street that involved a large number of subjects. Officer Wilson 

suddenly collapsed as they were dispersing the crowd. Other officers immediately 

rendered aid. He was transported to a local hospital where he passed 

away a short time later. 

Officer Wilson had served with the Detroit Public Schools Community District 

Police Department for 20 years. 

Police Officer Jake Reed 

Joplin Police Department, Missouri 

End of Watch Friday, March 11, 2022 


Police Officer Jake Reed and Corporal Ben Cooper were shot and killed after responding 

to a disturbance call at a shopping center in the 400 block of Geneva 

Avenue at about 1:20 pm. 

Corporal Cooper and Officer Reed were transported to a local hospital where 

Corporal Cooper was pronounced dead a short time later. Officer Reed remained 

in grave condition for several days until it was determined that he could not 

recover. He remained on life support until his organs could be donated on March 

11th, 2022. 

Officer Reed had served with the Joplin Police Department for five years. He is 

survived by his wife. 

Police Officer Caleb D. Ogilvie 

Covington Division of Police, Virginia 

End of Watch Monday, March 14, 2022 

Deputy Sheriff Dominique Calata 

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, Washington 


Age 35 Tour 1 Year Badge #1257 Military Veteran 

Police Officer Caleb Ogilvie was shot and killed while responding to a domestic 

disturbance call at a convenience store at 121 North Alleghany Avenue in Covington 

at about 4:47 pm. The Covington Division of Police and Alleghany County 

Sheriff’s Office, upon being alerted to the suspect’s erratic behavior inside the 

store, immediately responded to the scene. As Officer Ogilvie and an Allegheny 

County deputy arrived, the subject came out of the store armed with a pistol 

and opened fire on the officers. Officer Ogilvie and the subject were both fatally 

wounded during the subsequent exchange of gunfire. 

Age 35 Tour 6 Years 6 Months Badge 440 

Deputy Sheriff Dom Calata succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained the previous 

day while members of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department SWAT Team 

attempted to serve an arrest warrant in the 19000 block of Pacific Avenue South 

in Spanaway. The SWAT Team was assisting the South Sound Gang Task Force 

with serving the warrant. They were outside of the suspect’s mobile home when 

the man opened fire on them. Deputy Calata and a sergeant were both shot and 

wounded before the subject was killed by return gunfire. Both deputies were 

transported to St. Joseph Medical Center. Deputy Calata was a U.S. Army veteran 

and a Washington National Guard veteran. He had served with the Pierce 

County Sheriff’s Department for 6-1/2 years and was assigned to the contracted 

Edgewood Police Department. He is survived by his wife and 4-year-old child. 

Officer Ogilvie was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Covington 

Division of Police for less than one year. He is survived by his wife and 

four children. 




Police Officer Lane Burns 

Bonne Terre Police Department, Missouri 



Police Officer Lane Burns was shot and killed at about 12:30 am as he and 

another officer responded to a disturbance at the Motel 6 at 1017 Highway K. 

As the officers were approaching the motel room, a man exited and immediately 

opened fire on them with a handgun. Despite being wounded, both officers were 

able to return fire and killed the subject. Officer Burns was transported to a local 

hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds. His partner was flown to a trauma 

center in St. Louis to undergo surgery for a gunshot wound to his leg. 

Officer Burns had served with the Bonne Terre Police Department for five years 

and had previously served with the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Office. He is 

survived by his 9-year-old daughter, five-year-old son, and fiancée. 

Trooper Martin Francis Mack, III 

Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania 


Age 33 Tour 71/2 Years Badge #12764 Military Veteran 

Trooper Marty Mack and Trooper Branden Sisca were struck and killed by a 

suspected drunk driver near mile marker 18 on southbound I-95 in Philadelphia, 

shortly before 1:00 am. They had stopped a female driver on suspicion of 

DUI when they were notified of a pedestrian walking along the interstate. They 

located the man and were assisting him into the back of one of their patrol 

vehicles when an approaching car drove by and attempted to pass the police 

vehicles by driving onto the shoulder. The vehicle fatally struck both troopers 

and the pedestrian they were assisting. 

Sergeant Barbara Majors Fenley 

Eastland County Sheriff’s Office, Texas 



Sergeant Barbara Fenley was killed while trying to evacuate residents during 

the rapidly moving Eastland Complex Fires. 

She was going door-to-door in the Carbon area in an attempt to notify citizens 

to leave the area when the area became inundated with smoke and low visibility. 

Her patrol car drove off the roadway and became engulfed in flames. The 

Eastland Complex Fires had already burned over 45,000 acres at the time of 

Sergeant Fenley’s death. 

Sergeant Fenley had served with the Eastland County Sheriff’s Office for nine 

years and had previously served with the Gorman Police Department for 10 

years, including six years as the police chief. She is survived by her husband 

and three children. 

Trooper Branden T. Sisca 

Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania 


Age 29 Tour 1 Year 1 Month Badge #14430 

Trooper Branden Sisca and Trooper Martin Mack were struck and killed by a 

suspected drunk driver near mile marker 18 on southbound I-95 in Philadelphia, 

shortly before 1:00 am. They had stopped a female driver on suspicion of 

DUI when they were notified of a pedestrian walking along the interstate. They 

located the man and were assisting him into the back of one of their patrol 

vehicles when an approaching car drove by and attempted to pass the police 

vehicles by driving onto the shoulder. The vehicle fatally struck both troopers 

and the pedestrian they were assisting. 

Trooper Mack was a Pennsylvania National Guard veteran and had served with 

Trooper Sisca had served with the Pennsylvania State Police for 13 months and 

the Pennsylvania State Police for 7-1/2 years. He was assigned to Troop K and is 

was assigned to Troop K. He is survived by his expectant wife. 

survived by his wife and two children. 




Police Officer Dan Rocha 

Everett Police Department, Washington 

End of Watch Friday, March 25, 2022 


Police Officer Dan Rocha was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious 

person at 1010 N Broadway Avenue at about 2:15 pm. Citizens had called police 

to report the man’s suspicious behavior. Officer Rocha made contact with the 

man and a struggle ensued during which the man shot him in the head, killing 

him. The subject then ran over Officer Rocha’s body as he fled in a car. Other officers 

pursued the man for approximately two miles. He was taken into custody 

after crashing into several other vehicles at the intersection of 35th Street and 

Rucker Avenue. 

Officer Rocha had served as a police officer with the Everett Police Department 

for four years and had previously served as a parking enforcement officer. Officer 

Rocha is survived by his wife and two sons. 

Police Officer Dominic Francis 

Bluffton Police Department, Ohio 



Police Officer Dominic Francis was struck and killed by a vehicle while deploying 

spike strips near mile marker 142 on southbound I-75 at about 2:30 am. 

Troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol had started pursuing the vehicle 

on State Route 15 after attempting a traffic stop. The vehicle fled onto I-75 and 

reached speeds exceeding 130 mph before striking Officer Francis. The three 

occupants of the vehicle then fled the scene on foot. All three were taken into 

custody over the next 10 hours. 

Officer Francis had served in law enforcement for 19 years. He is survived by 

his wife, son, and daughter. 

Investigator Donald Crooms 

Houston County District Attorney’s Office, Georgia 



Sergeant Barbara Fenley was killed while trying to evacuate residents during 

the rapidly moving Eastland Complex Fires. 

Investigator Donald Crooms was killed in a vehicle crash on Moody Road near 

Willingham Drive in Warner Robins at about 12:30 pm. An oncoming vehicle 

crossed the center line and struck Investigator Crooms’ department vehicle 

head-on. The collision caused Investigator Crooms’ vehicle to strike a third 

vehicle traveling in the same direction. Investigator Crooms had served with 

the Houston County District Attorney’s Office for two years and had served in 

law enforcement for 36 years. He had previously served with the Bibb County 

Sheriff’s Office for 25 years, the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for three 

years, and the Middle Georgia University Police Department for three years. 

Lieutenant William Lebo 

Lebanon City Police Department, Pennsylvania 



Lieutenant William Lebo was shot and killed as he and other officers responded 

to a domestic-related burglary in the 1100 block of Forest Street at about 3:30 

pm. The owners of the house had returned home to discover that an emotionally 

disturbed relative had broken into the home and remained inside. The man was 

still inside when officers arrived on the scene. As a reaction team entered the 

home the man opened fire with a handgun, striking Lieutenant Lebo and two 

other officers. 

Lieutenant Lebo was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced 

dead. Lieutenant Lebo had served with the Lebanon City Police Department for 

40 years and was scheduled to retire only 30 days later, on May 1st, 2022. 




Police Officer Trey Marshall Sutton 

Henrico County Police Department, Virginia 


Age 24 Tour 9 Months Badge # 324 

Police Officer Trey Sutton was killed in a three-vehicle crash when a truck drove 

into the intersection of Wilkinson Road and Chamberlayne Road at 8:30 pm. 

He and his field training officer were transporting a prisoner to the Henrico 

County Jail when their vehicle was struck by the truck and pushed into a third 

vehicle. Officer Sutton, his field training officer, and the prisoner were all transported 

to local hospitals in life-threatening conditions. Officer Sutton succumbed 

to his injuries shortly after midnight. 

Officer Sutton had served with the Henrico County Police Department for nine 

months and had graduated from the police academy in February 2022. 

Deputy Constable Jennifer Chavis 

Harris County Constable’s Office - Precinct 7, Texas 

Deputy Sheriff Darren Almendarez 

Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Texas 



Deputy Sheriff Darren Almendarez was shot and killed while off duty when he 

interrupted three men attempting to steal a catalytic converter at about 8:40 pm. 

He and his wife were returning to their car in a grocery store parking lot at 2929 

FM 1960 when he observed the three men attempting to steal the catalytic converter. 

He instructed his wife to run from the scene before confronting the subject. 

A struggle ensued after one of the men produced a handgun. During the struggle, 

Deputy Almendarez pulled out his off-duty weapon, and shots were exchanged in 

which he and two of the three suspects were wounded. Deputy Almendarez was 

transported to Houston Northwest Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. 

The two wounded suspects drove themselves to the same hospital where they 

were taken into custody. The third suspect remains at large. 

Deputy Almendarez had served with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for 23 years 

and was assigned to the Auto Theft Task Force. He is survived by his wife. 


Age N/A Tour N/A Badge # N/A 

Deputy Constable Jennifer Chavis was killed when her patrol car was struck by a 

drunk driver on Beltway 8 near Fondren Road. 

Other drivers had called 911 to report that the driver of a Ford F-550 was possibly 

drunk and had just fled the scene of another crash. Deputy Chavis positioned her 

patrol car on the shoulder of Beltway 8 and waited to intercept the vehicle. The 

vehicle struck the back of her SUV while it was parked on the shoulder, causing it 

to burst into flames. 

Several bystanders detained the driver as he attempted to flee the scene. 


Texas Peace Officer 

Sergeant 

Barbara Majors Fenley 

Eastland County Sheriff’s Office, Texas 



Deputy 

Darren Almendarez 

Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Houston 


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Deputy 

Jennifer Chavis 

Harris County Constable Pct. 7, Houston 



THE 

FREEPORT POLICE CHIEF 

RAYMOND GARIVEY 



Words BY Michael Barron, 

Photos provided by Raymond Garivey 

Only twice in the BLUES 38-year history, has 

an individual been chosen to receive our prestigious 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. The truth 

is, we really don’t seek out potential candidates, 

they just seem to appear on our radar. Especially 

those individuals that are always going the extra 

mile and giving back to the community they 

serve. 

Freeport’s Chief of Police, Raymond Garivey 

fits that description a thousand times over. Once 

you’ve had the pleasure to meet him and see his 

interaction with the public, you’ll see it immediately. 

He has a genuine compassion to help those 

in need, especially children fighting cancer. He 

says he’s doing God’s work. Trust me, it’s more 

like he’s an Angel sent from Heaven. 

There isn’t anything Raymond Garivey won’t 

do for his little angels. And it all started with a 

7-year-old little girl named Abigail Rose Arias. 

Abigail was first diagnosed with stage 4 Wilms’ 

tumor in February 2017. She began treatment 

at Texas Children’s Hospital, where she went 

through 90 rounds of chemotherapy, in addition 

to eight consecutive days of radiation and surgery 

to remove the tumor. She fought strong but the 

cancer returned in April 2018. 

A few months later, Abigail and her family met 

with Chief Garivey, and they bonded. Abigail told 

Garivey that she wanted to become a police officer 

when she grew up - and so her wish was 

granted. Garivey reached out to the Cop Stop in 

Pearland and asked for a custom Freeport police 

uniform made especially for Abigail. She even got 

her own pink handcuffs with her name printed 

on them. She was sworn in on Feb. 7, 2019, surrounded 

by loved ones and officers from several 

different agencies around Texas. “Her spirit, her 


toughness, her will to survive, that’s what 

we believe in,” Garivey said during the ceremony. 

She became known on the job as 

Officer Arias 758. 

The honorary officer Arias put up a fight 

and lived her life to the fullest during her 

battle, but tragedy struck again, and the 

cancer spread to both of her lungs. She 

died on November 5, 2019. Chief Garivey 

said, “Her love, compassion, and most importantly, 

her magnanimous spirit, will live 

on for generations to come. It’s both our 

duty and privilege to embody what Abigail 

taught us: to live life to the fullest, to never 

give up hope no matter the odds, to fight 

“the bad guys” passionately, and most importantly, 

to love one another - and always 

Stay Relentless!” A classmate of hers said, 

“Abigail’s soul was pure life.” 

That following Christmas, Garivey received 

a Christmas gift from his granddaughter 

that he will always cherish. 

Garivey says his wife and daughter recorded 

a message from Abigail before she died. 

They had the waveform of Abigail’s recording 

printed on a photo of her with the chief. 

When it’s scanned, her voice can be heard. 

“Chief I love you, stay relentless,” Abigail 

can be heard saying in the recording. 

He cried as he heard Abigail’s voice saying, 

“I love you too baby...I miss you kid” 

back to her message. 

Abigail’s passing was a devasting loss 

for everyone in law enforcement across 

the country and the world. She had won 

the hearts of cops everywhere especially 

Garivey’s. But that only motivated him to do 



more for young cancer patients. It even led 

to the creation of “Officer 758 Cancer Fight 

Foundation that raises money for families 

dealing with pediatric cancer. 

Since Abigail’s passing, Garivey has devoted 

his life to these young cancer patients. 

There isn’t a day that goes by, he isn’t doing 

something for his kids. One only need to 

visit his Facebook page and see the hundreds 

of photos of Garivey spending time 

hunting, fishing, swimming or just hanging 

out with one or more of them. All knowing 

there is a possibility that he will face yet 

another devasting loss like Abigail. But he 

doesn’t let tragedy slow him down, even 

when that tragedy strikes him personally. 

Last August, Garivey was on the receiving 

end of a notification he’s had to make dozens 

of times in his career, when Trooper 

Danny Zamora called him to break the news 

that his son-in-law Blake Subinsky had 

been killed in a head on collision. 

A woman with her 12- and 6-year-old 

daughters in the car, had veered across the 

road into oncoming traffic and hit Blake 

Subinsky head-on. Both the woman and 

Subinsky died instantly. The two girls survived 

the accident. 

“Thirty years in the business, I have made 

some notifications in my time,” Garivey said. 

“I’ve had to notify loved ones of tragic loss 

and it was not a good thing for me when I 

got the notification that my son-in-law had 

been killed in a car accident.” 

Garivey showed up to the horrific crash on 

SH 35 near County Road 192, and it’s a moment 

he said he’ll never forget. 

“It’s different to be on the other side, receiving 

that call and being on the scene,” the 

chief said. “Being that family member crying 

and upset in disbelief. The look that I’ve seen 

when I had to tell someone and they show up 

on scene.” 

The chief said when Subinsky came into 

their lives, he immediately clicked with their 

family. On the day of his daughter’s wedding, 

he said Subinsky promised to take care of his 

daughter and granddaughter. 

“As a dad, you always want your daughters 

to be taken care of, you know? One day marriage 

will come, and you want what’s perfect 

for your girls, because your girls are perfect,” 

Garivey said. “This man was perfect.” 

Subinsky, who was 32 years old, quickly 

stepped into the father role for 5-year-old 

Kailey when he married her mother. The kindergartner 

said she loved to play games with 

him and recalled Subinsky making her cinnamon 

rolls and cooking bacon. 

While he did not work in law enforcement, 

he was very interested in it and loved to tell 

people what his father-in-law did for a living. 

Subinsky also grew close to 7-year-old 

Abigail Arias and her family as she battled 

cancer. He had gotten a tattoo of the orange 

ribbon with Arias’ signature in the middle of it 

in support of the child. 

To hear Garivey tell this story and hear the 

emotion in his voice and see him tear up, 

gives you the true sense of who Garivey really 

is. A man that has been challenged by one 

devastating event after another and yet he 

continues to dedicate his life to serving others. 

BLAKE RHONE SUBINSKY 

January 9, 1989 - August 31, 2021 

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A man worthy and deserving of a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. 

Garivey grew up in Rosenberg, the son of 

Raymond Garivey Sr and Susie Garivey. At 

the age of 20, just out of high school, he 

entered the Gus George Law Enforcement 

Academy. At the time, you had to be 21 to 

become a cop. Garivey said his father had 

to buy his first gun and ammo for him. 

On his 21st birthday, July 20, 1991, Garivey 

began his law enforcement career with the 

Harris County Constables Pct. 5 office in 

West Houston. In 1995 he left Harris County 

for a job with the Pasadena Police Dept. 

After graduating from their modified academy, 

he worked Evening Shift Patrol, Bike 

Patrol and was then assigned to the Gang 

Task Force investigating all gang related 

crimes and street level narcotics. As part 

of his assignment in the Gang Unit, Garivey 

spoke in schools and at DARE camps on 

gang and drug prevention. He also an advanced 

Hostage Negotiator as a member of 

the departments Crisis Negotiation Team 

(CNT). 

In 2011, Garivey was hired by the Freeport 

Police Department and worked as the 

Commander over the Criminal Investigation 

Division (CID) and SWAT Team. He was also 

the departments Public Information Officer 

(PIO) and Hostage Negotiator. He was promoted 

to Captain in December of 2014 and 

Chief in September of 2017. 

Despite all the challenges and devasting 

losses, Ray Garivey continues his mission to 

be the best police officer and best police 

chief he can be. He instills this sense of 

pride into every officer that works for him. 

Giving them the incentive and latitude to 

go the extra mile, not only for citizens of 

Freeport, but every person they encounter 

on or off duty. And it shows. Freeport has 

one of the finest police departments in 

Texas. 

On his LinkedIn site, Garivey had this to 

say: 

“I’m a dedicated and accomplished law 

enforcement professional with over 30 

years of experience and a passion for the 

profession. As a supervisor, I have been 

appreciated and respected by my peers as 

well as subordinates due to my fairness, 

equality, and professionalism. I am a motivated 

leader with a proven ability to handle 

diverse personalities. My work experiences 

have made me an excellent team 

player with great interpersonal communication 

and conflict resolution skills. I 

have a passion for people and believe 

that the key to a successful organization 

comes from the relationship we have with 

our citizens and the community we serve. 

Community policing has always and will 

always be my passion and vision.” 

He summarizes his work in three words, 

“Working for God.” He tells his officers to 

always be on the lookout to make someone 

happy. Live everyday like it’s your last. 

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In the past few months, Garivey has 

helped another young cancer patient 

achieve his dreams, 10-year-old Devarjae 

“DJ” Daniel. DJ is living out a legacy while 

creating his own. The 10-year-old from 

Pearland, who dreams of being a police 

officer, has been sworn into over 300 

law-enforcement agencies across the US to 

raise childhood cancer awareness. 

DJ was diagnosed with terminal brain and 

spinal cancer, but his selflessness won’t let 

that hinder him from carrying out the legacy 

of Abigail Arias. 

“When she [Abigail] was six years old and 

I was six years old, we were supposed to 

meet,” explained DJ. “Five months later she 

died, and we never got the chance to meet. 

I know her reach will stretch around the 

world.” 

Garivey, recalls the first time he met DJ. 

“Immediately, the first day I met him he 

knew the Abigail story. He said Chief, I want 

to keep doing things for Abigail. He really 

got me that day.” 

“Abigail’s motto was stay relentless,” 

explained Garivey. He said in every picture 

of DJ, without being told to do so, DJ honors 

Abigail with his gestures. “I truly feel 

Abigail is going through DJ, blessing him to 

continue her legacy. She may not be here, 

but she is watching him down here. There 

are too many things going on that prove 

it is her behind him - to the side of him - 

continuing the legacy of supporting law 

enforcement and bringing awareness to 

childhood cancer.” 



In a time where law enforcement receives 

a lot of negative spotlights, the work Abigail 

began, and DJ continues to carry out has 

brought support to law enforcement. DJ exceeded 

his goal of being sworn into 100 law 

enforcement agencies, but his dad, Theodis 

Daniel, said DJ set a new goal of 2,000. 

“The love, support and comradery law 

enforcement has shown gives DJ the will 

to keep fighting,” stated Daniel. “Although 

sometimes we have rough days and sometimes 

feel like we can’t make it, we know 

many times law enforcement and first responders 

have tough times as well. He 

knows his situation, but he doesn’t let you 

know it and is going to continue with his 

dream that he has. He has surpassed 300 

but his new goal is 2,000.” 

I also asked Garivey about his Bayhouse 

758. This was his reply: 

“During our journey with Abigail she was 

gifted a couple of fishing trips. On one fishing 

trip, we actually met at a Bayhouse that 

was donated for the fishing guide to take 

kids out fishing who needed a smile. When 

she passed, my wife and I wanted to pay it 

forward and do the same thing for others. 

We bought the bay house and have since 

had 12 kids who needed a smile, come visit 

and some have even stayed a few days 

to relax and just enjoy life away from their 

cancer fight. We’ve even had cancer fighting 

kiddos who don’t have the funds when they 

come into the Houston area for hotel stays 

so we open our doors to those families as 

well.” 



And finally, I asked if meeting Abigail 

changed his life? 

“I was blessed that God had our 

paths cross. She was such an amazing 

little girl, cancer fighter and honorary 

Freeport Police Officer. She taught 

me how to be a better person, a better 

man and servant leader. She loved 

everybody no matter who they were. 

That’s why I try to do, love everybody 

like God would want us to no matter 

their situation. Helping others gives 

me great fulfillment in my heart.” 



Chief Garivey, your story is an inspiration 

to every law enforcement officer 

in the State of Texas. All of us are better 

off because of your mission to serve 

your fellow man. 

For ten years, you have served the citizens 

of Freeport with pride and dignity. 

You have shown us the true definition of 

a leader and Freeport is surely blessed 

to have you as their Police Chief. 

But it is your ongoing work in the community 

and your devotion to doing God’s 

work with all the young cancer patients 

you interact every day, that truly makes 

you worthy of this award. You have devoted 

your life to serving others, even 

when that means saying a final goodbye 

to those closest to you. 

Raymond Garivey, we blessed to have 

you as one of our Peacemakers, for you 

truly are one of God’s Children. 

It is a distinct honor and privilege to 

present you with this LIFETIME ACHIEVE- 

MENT AWARD. May God bless you and 

your family in your journey of life. 


DEDICATED 

TO THE MEMORY 

OF 

OFFICER 

ABIGAIL ROSE ARIAS 

BADGE 758 

E.O.W. 11/05/2019 

“Stay Relentless” 



BY MICHAEL BARRON 

100,000 words? Are you kidding me? 

If you’re a regular reader, you 

know I’m working on a book 

that supposed to come out this 

summer. If you don’t know, it’s a 

collection of thirty-eight years of 

war stories. Some of my own and 

over a hundred from nearly 40 

years of publishing The BLUES and 

telling your war stories. 

So, when the editor says, “send 

me what you got, and we’ll go 

from there.” I just gathered them 

all together. Put breaks between 

each story, saved it and hit send. 

Easy peasy right? 

Nope. He calls me back and says, 

“did you realize that you send me 

over 100,000 words?” Ah well no. 

Is that a problem? You need to go 

through and prioritize the stories. 

Put the most important or significant 

ones in the beginning and the 

less interesting ones towards the 

back. 

OK, I’m on it. 

So, as I began this process, I 

realized they were all significant 

because they were in fact a part 

of someone’s life. The officer that 

wrote it and the people involved in 

the actual event itself. To everyone 

involved, regardless of how insignificant 

or boring it may seem, it 

wasn’t. 

So, if it were you that had to 

prioritize this forty years of storytelling, 

whose story would you 

send to the back? 

What would it be about? How 

a local woman fought with her 

boyfriend every weekend. Moved 

in and out of their apartment so 

many times that the officers responding 

to the disturbance calls 

knew all the players by first names 

until one night they arrived and 

found her dead on the sidewalk? 

Or the time I got into a chase 

that lasted so long, I had time to 

stop, get gas, go to the bathroom, 

get a coke and jump back on the 

freeway only to discover I was 

now the number one unit behind 

the suspect vehicle in a chase that 

had gone on for hours. 

Maybe the story about a young 

female that worked at an apartment 

complex that was harassed 

by a cop that refused to leave her 

alone. Who stalked her until one 

day she just disappeared? Vanished 

without a trace and to this 

day remains a missing person. 

Or the story about a girl who 

showed up at a Stop-n-Go at 6am 

in the morning, saw a cop drinking 

coffee and said she and her 

boyfriend had been kidnapped by 

drug dealers. She managed to escape 

but he was still tied to a bed 

frame and being tortured. 

Getting shot always makes a 

great story, and there are lots 

of them. Our editor Rex Evans 

recounts his brush with death – 

twice. My encounter with a truck 

driver that left me and the truck in 

the ER with gun shot wounds. My 

partners tragic death in the middle 

of I45. The minute-by-minute recollection 

of a cop’s efforts to save 

his partners life in the middle of a 

riot. There are literally four dozen 

or more just like these. 

Speaking of riots. The past few 

years, the streets of our cities 

have become war zones. One story, 

that actually became 4 stories, 

takes us along for the ride of a 

lifetime as officers get pinned 

down and manage to save their 

own lives as well as the citizens 

that relied on them to save them. 

Ordinary citizens, actually former 

marines, join the story to assist 

cops in the fight of their lives. 

And who can forget about 

the morons in city governments 

across the country that decided 

to “de-fund” their police departments. 

Several stories recount the 

effects of such decisions, and the 

results are horrific and sometimes 

hilarious. A city council saved 

from a burning van by a cop that 

no idea these same individuals 

had just voted to end his job. 

Reading about a cop’s decision 

to take his own life is hard to read. 

But in a Christmas Eve story, a 

cop who lost his rookie partner 

to gunfire, ends up under a bridge 

with his gun in his hand. Suddenly 

a young family of three living 

under that same bridge, have an 

encounter with the officer that not 

only saves his life but changes the 

lives of hundreds more. 

Saving a life is the reward. When 

a mom flags you down to say 

her house is on fire and her kids 

are inside, what would you do? 

Of course, you call for Fire and 

tell the dispatcher you’re going in 

the house. Tell FD. In hindsight, I 

guess that’s stupid. After all we’re 

cops, and they are firemen trained 

to search for people in burning 

buildings. But try standing next to 

a mom while her kids are burning 

up in their house waiting on a fire 

truck that’s minutes away. Nope. 

You go in and get them. I coughed 

up black shit for days after that. 

Fire Chief said I was an idiot and 

NEVER do that again. Yes, I received 

a 100-club award. But the 

real reward was seeing those boys 

grow up and knowing that me 

being an ‘idiot’ made that happen. 

And my first time being on the 

front page of the local paper. 

MY second appearance on that 

local rag, was with an 18-month 

little girl named Rosa who had 

been sexually assaulted by her 

step uncle and thrown like a piece 

of garbage into a bayou. After 

hours of searching and some 

come to Jesus’ intervention by my 

lieutenant, the suspect gave up 

the location. My Lt. told me to go 

bring her home. I found her under 

a bridge and carried her lifeless 

body to a waiting life flight helicopter. 

I had no idea the news 

media were taking my picture and 

I didn’t care. I rode with her to the 

hospital and watched that flight 

crew bring her back to life. The 

second I felt her squeeze my hand 

and she opened her eyes; I knew 

God was on that helicopter with 

us. God choose to save Rosa and 

I was just his servant. That very 

event changed my life and hundreds 

more. It was heartbreaking 

and magical at the same time. I 

never knew what happened to 

that precious child. I heard she 

moved back to Mexico with her 

family. But one thing I do know is 

that God wanted her here on this 

earth and that for as long as she 

lived, He would be there watching 

over her. 

It’s these stories that move us 

and make us realize that being a 

cop, a fireman or first responder 

is more than a job, it’s a calling. 

It’s truly Gods work. Children of 

God & Peacemakers. So how can 

you rate one story over another. 

Every story is just as important 

and meaningful as the one before 

it and the one after it. There is no 

way to prioritize God’s work. 



WORDS BY a SURVIVING WIDOW 

You’re gone! Now What? 

The pain for you is finally over. 

No more depression. No more 

night terrors. No more roll calls. 

No more blood on the sidewalks. 

No more innocent children dying 

in your arms. No more reports. 

No more “stupid” supervisors 

looking over your shoulder. No 

more fireworks twice a year 

taking you back to Iraq. No more 

family reunions you hate. No 

more family anything. No lawns 

to cut. No more kids’ baseball 

games to interrupt your never-ending 

naps. No more runs to 

the grocery store. No more shopping 

for furniture you say we 

don’t need. No need to ever cut 

the grass again or do any lawn 

work. No more clothes to wash 

or put away. You never have to 

wash my car or change the oil or 

take it to the shop when it’s broken. 

You won’t have to take time 

to teach our son how to drive, or 

hunt or anything. No more daddy-daughter 

dances you have to 

make excuses not to go to. And 

you’ll never have to worry about 

walking her down the aisle. 

NOPE. You’re all good now. 

But what about us. All of those 

things are still happening. Just 

without you. I know you were 

in pain, but did you or the thousands 

before you, ever stop and 

think about the pain you left 

behind. When your partner was 

shot and killed, Mary Beth was 

surrounded by her blue family. 

They never left her side not even 

10 years later. They stood by her 

from the minute they woke her 

up at 2am to say her husband 

was a hero and wasn’t coming 

home, until this very day when a 

dozen officers from your squad 

showed up to take her two boys 

to school. They do that every 

year. 

They didn’t have to tell me 

you were gone. Because I found 

you. Yeah, they came over when 

I made the call. To take a report 

and search our house. And yes, 

there was a military funeral, but 

I felt everyone staring at me, 

thinking OMG what’s she going 

to do now. There is a difference 

in dying in the line of duty and 

taking your own life. If you’re 

LOD you had no choice, you 

died a hero. Take your own life 

and you bear a stigma no one 

wants to share. Of course, they 

feel sorry for us and always say 

“anything we need.” But it’s not 

the same. 

Your brothers and sisters in 

Blue don’t understand. You never 

told them you were hurting. You 

refused to share with them your 

pain and suffering. You thought 

they wouldn’t understand. You 

didn’t trust them. But that’s what 

police work is all about. TRUST. 

You have to know your partner 

and your team has your back 

and you have theirs. But you hid 

it all from everyone. Everyone 

outside of our home anyway. 

One day you’re having a backyard 

cookout, being all buddy 

buddy and talking shop and the 

next day, they are gathered in 

our front yard waiting for the ME 

to come take your lifeless body 

away. Now what? 

What are they supposed to do 

with that? How are they supposed 

to process that? Live with 

that? The brother they trusted 

was suddenly gone and they had 

no idea why. But I guess that’s 

not your problem anymore. 

But I suppose it’s as much my 

fault as it is yours. I could have 

gotten you help. I could have 

gone to your supervisors and 

told them how bad it was. I 

could have forced you to get 

help. It would have destroyed 

your career, but maybe, just 

maybe you’d still be here for 

me and the kids. Who cares if 

you’re still a cop.? You’d still be 

an incredible dad and a wonderful 

husband. 

But I didn’t do that because 

you begged me not to. Said you 

would get help and get better. 

That it would be OK. Well, 

you lied. It didn’t get better for 

anyone but you. All of us are in 

more pain that you ever were. 

You can’t imagine what’s it 

been like for me and the kids. 

Your family. Your mom and 

dad. Your brothers and sisters. 

Your brothers and sisters in 

Blue. The whole damn city is 

suffering. You have NO idea 

how fucked up this is. 

But I know life must go on. 

My life must go on. Our kid’s 

life must go on. Your partner 

has to keep on saving lives and 

sometimes people will die in his 

arms and sometimes they are 

just kids. But GOD put us here 

to do our jobs and live our lives. 

You have to believe in his plan. 

You can’t change it. The minute 

you think you can, you start 

down a path that ends with you 

taking your own life and leaving 

the rest of us here to pick up the 

pieces. 

To everyone reading this, I 

want to speak to you now. No 

matter how bad things may 

seem, there is a better life for 

you and your family. You just 

have to ask for help. You have 

to believe in GOD and his plan 

for you and your life. Don’t for a 

minute think you can deal with 

this on your own. You can’t! If 

you’re the spouse, get your wife 

or husband help. Screw the job. 

This is your life. His life. His kid’s 

life that is hanging in the balance. 

There are people out there 

that truly care about you and 

your situation. You just have to 

ask for help. Confide in them. 

Trust them. Go to them. Do it 

NOW. 

It’s too late for me and my 

family, but it’s never too late 

for yours. Please call one of the 

numbers below and let me help 

you save your family. May God 

Bless You and Your Family. 


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THE OPEN ROAD 

by Michael Barron 

2023 PURSUIT-RATED 

SILVERADO PICKUP 

DETROIT – Built on 25 years 

of success with the Tahoe Police 

Pursuit Vehicle, Chevrolet 

debuted its first pursuit-rated 

Silverado. The 2023 Silverado 

Police Pursuit Vehicle is a 

crew-cab, short-bed, fourwheel 

drive truck designed 

for high speeds and dynamic 

capability with the added 

comfort and ample storage 

capacity needed for an everyday 

patrol vehicle. 

“We are constantly having 

conversations with customers 

and evaluating how we can 

better meet their needs,” said 

Ed Peper, U.S. vice president 

of GM Fleet. “Our 25 years 

of engineering Tahoe police 

pursuit vehicles coupled with 

Chevrolet’s 100 years of truck 

success, puts us in a great 

position to deliver a truly 

capable Silverado PPV for our 

customers.” 

Extending Chevrolet’s PPV 

Performance Success 

The Silverado PPV shares 

many of the most desirable 

Tahoe PPV performance underpinnings. 

Highlights include 

a 355-horsepower 5.3L 

V-8 engine, standard 10-speed 

automatic transmission and 

six-piston Brembo brake front 

calipers with 16-inch rotors 

for increased brake durability. 

Performance is optimized 

with a standard heavy-duty 

engine air filter. 

Ensuring confidence on the 

road while at top speeds, 

the Silverado PPV features a 

certified speedometer, 20-inch 

black steel wheels borrowed 

from the Tahoe PPV and 20- 

inch Goodyear all-terrain 

speed-rated tires. The turning 

radius is an impressive 46.9 

feet. 

To fill the non-pursuit needs 

of transporting trailers for 

marine and mounted divisions, 

the Silverado PPV comes standard 

with a 9,300-pound max 

towing capacity1. 

When duties take the Silverado 

PPV off road, the truck 

comes standard with: 

Rancho shocks, included 

with the Silverado’s proven Z71 

off-road package, Locking rear 

differential, and Skid plate 

An available 2-inch lifted 

suspension further bolsters 

the Silverado PPV’s off-road 

credentials and sets it apart 

from the competition. It enables 

the available best-inclass 

11.35-inch ground clearance 

and increases approach 

angle to an impressive 25.9 

degrees. 

MADE TO BE UPFITTED 

A long-standing supplier to 

law enforcement agencies, 

Chevrolet knows the importance 

of offering a variety of 

available specialty equipment 

options that enable easy upfitting2, 

which include: 

Auxiliary wiring circuits for 

easy installation of wiring to 

connect the truck’s horn and 

siren. 

Surveillance Mode circuit 

that allows an upfitter to easily 

install lighting control. Once 

a third party installs the wiring, 

the circuit enables control 

over the truck’s exterior and 

interior lighting, allowing for 

discretion while on patrol. 

Five upfitter switches for 

simple linking to the controls 

used most frequently. 

Optional deletion of front 

center seat so departments 

can customize the cockpit 

of their vehicle to meet their 

needs. 

LED or halogen spot lamps. 

To help reduce customer 

costs and upfit time, the truck 

is equipped with standard 

head and taillamp flashers. 

INTERIOR COMFORTS AND 

COMPETITIVE STORAGE OP- 

TIONS 

To help officers get in the 

vehicle and on the road quickly, 

the truck features remote 

keyless entry, standard push 

to start and a standard column 

shifter. With available 

power cloth seats, the driver 

can adjust the seat for their 

needs easily as well. The interior 

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A BADGE OF HONOR 

heal ing our heroes 

Communication is Key for 

Law Enforcement Families. 

“The fifth time was the charm.” 

He said with a big smile looking 

at his wife. Some in the room 

clapped, others smiled. It was 

clear they were meant to find 

each other. 

“What was different this time?” 

Someone asked from the audience. 

“I agreed to go to counseling, 

and I learned how to communicate.” 

he replied. 

A newly promoted police 

lieutenant, (we’ll call him Lieutenant 

Bob) and his wife recently 

shared their story at one of our 

first responder family workshops. 

Up until his fifth marriage he 

said his job always came first. He 

never talked about what he did 

at work and his wives and kids 

suffered because of it. 

He explained it this way, “I 

didn’t want to burden them with 

the things I saw.” 

Many things have changed over 

the years when it comes to being 

a law enforcement family. What 

used to be a supportive spouse 

at home, making sure the kiddos 

were cared for and dinner on the 

table each evening has turned 

into a family that serves right 

alongside of their law enforcement 

partner. Gone are the days 

when an officer could keep the 

“really bad calls” from their family, 

stuffing down emotions with 

a drink when they got home. 

Thanks mostly to a twentyfour-hour 

news cycle and social 

media, a law enforcement family 

usually knows the bad calls 

before our shift ends. Which 

means when we get home, the 

worry and concern is in the form 

of a million questions. Does the 

law enforcement brain interpret 

these questions as a nagging 

inquisition or is your significant 

other just trying to help? 

What law enforcement officers 

learn to do over the years is 

to compartmentalize. To break 

down the bad calls into manageable 

chunks they can suppress 

or even stuff down with a few 

drinks and move along with their 

evenings. Our law enforcement 

families have not been trained 

like we have. They do not understand 

what it is like to go on call 

after call without downtime. And 

when one or multiple of those 

calls involve violence or death, 

they do not understand the 

smells, what we truly see or the 

ability to tune everything out and 

operate in a calm and collected 

manner to get the job done. That 

ability is probably our best attribute. 

But being calm and collected, 

like a robot as some spouses 

have described, at home, does 

not work when our family wants 

to make sure we are okay. They 

need some of the details, they 

need to see that they are needed, 

and we need to learn to lean on 

them. 

“When a spouse wants to help 

their significant other, they may 

to subject themselves to the secondary 

exposure to trauma. The 

reason for this is because family 

members influence the quality 

of family relationships. Spouses 

endure the challenges that 

comes with a significant other 

that works in a highly stressful 

profession. Behind closed 

doors, spouses are the ones that 

see their professional spouse 

through it all, mental breaks 

downs, anxiety, distancing and 

much more.” Secondary Trauma: 

Spouses and Couples of Law 

Enforcement 

So, what is the solution? How 

do we break through the wall of 

protection we created because 

we believed it would keep our 

family safe? Lieutenant Bob went 

to counseling. Lieutenant Bob 

learned to communicate. “Open 

communication about the traumatic 

event exposure and the 

pressure of the trauma appears 

to be a very important coping 

mechanisms for a couple’s relationship. 

By taking on LE (law 

enforcement) family or spousal 

health it illuminates the importance 

of the supportive role that 

they play.” Secondary Trauma: 

Spouses and Couples of Law 

Enforcement. 

We need to realize that our 

family is our biggest asset. 

They are our biggest cheerleaders, 

and they want to be part 

of what we do. And we simply 

need to let them in. 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Samantha Horwitz is a regular 

contributor to The Blues Police 

Magazine. She is a 9/11 first 

responder, former United States 

Secret Service Agent, speaker, 

and author. She and ret. NYPD 

detective John Salerno have a 

non-profit called A Badge of 

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Rusty Barron has put the outdoors column on hold this 

month as he’s en-route to Florida to tour his new 37’ 

AXOPAR 37XC Sports Cruiser Boat. Next month, he returns 

with a complete review on the AXOPAR and as well as 

some tips for all you future motor boaters out there. 

See you next month. 

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DARYL LOTT 

daryl’s deliberations 

Going Off Script? 

We all have a pretty good idea 

off what a script is. Of course, 

one example is the script that an 

actor memorizes so he knows 

what to say in a movie. Another 

example is the game plan of 

an NFL team. Many times their 

opening plays are scripted regardless 

of how the other team 

responds. Even computers are 

programmed in a script that has 

them performing many functions. 

However, I’m thinking of 

another type of script of which 

you may not be aware. 

Historians, among others, 

study the reactions of people 

under stress. Sometimes they 

may study a military leader responsible 

for making decisions. 

At other times they will study 

political leaders like presidents 

and prime ministers. Many times 

they review the actions of everyday 

people who are faced with 

life or death decisions. 

In 1894 the Great North Woods 

of the upper Midwest burned 

up. In reality the virgin forests 

of Wisconsin, Michigan, and 

Minnesota had been suffering 

through natural fires for years. 

Lumber companies harvested 

the trees with no thought of 

replanting them. The lumber 

company recruiters would go to 

Europe, specifically Scandinavia, 

and entice able bodied young 

men to come to America’s 

northern frontier and work in 

the forests. Thus places like Minnesota 

have many descendants 

of these Scandinavian settlers 

living there today. 

In those days forests were not 

considered to be renewable as 

they are today. The men would 

cut the limbs off the trees and 

pack the trees out via a river 

leaving the branches and other 

tree waste on the forest floor. 

This waste was left on top of 

centuries’ worth of organic material 

that was incorporated into 

the top soil itself. 

Saw mill towns popped up 

over night to meet our nation’s 

never ending appetite for wood. 

The lumber industry was the 

reason that many towns had to 

exist. Lumber magnates would 

join forces with railroad tycoons 

in an effort to get the timber to 

market. As the land was cleared 

of trees it was sold to the men 

coming from Norway and other 

countries as homesites. The 

recruiters were making good 

on their promises to working 

men about getting good land 

at a cheap price. Families were 

started and towns sprung up. 

The forests, we know now, were 

ticking time bombs in a region 

that had been turned into a 

tinder box due to ignorance of 

fire safety and forestry management. 

In 1871, the Upper Midwest received 

a wake up call regarding 

forest fires. The Door Peninsula 

of Wisconsin suffered a fire the 

likes of which were never seen 

before. The town of Pashtego 

was destroyed and the number 

of fatalities is estimated to have 

been as high as 2500 Americans 

dead. This was the worst fire in 

terms of loss of life in American 

history. Never heard of it? It 

happened on the same day as 

the Great Chicago Fire so it was 

overshadowed in the news and 

history books, but the people 

in Minnesota were very much 

aware of the Pashtego Fire 

when their turn came in 1894. 

The North Woods normally 

had small natural fires burning 

in its vast square miles of 

the forest. The people were not 

alarmed by them as rain showers 

would eventually come and 

put them out. In fact, fires on 

prairies and forests were pretty 

common due to the railroads 

that passed through them. The 

steam powered locomotives 

would invariably start fires 

because of the sparks and hot 

coals that they emitted as they 

crossed the country. The public 

was used to fires being started 

by the railroads, but case law 

shows the legal claims against 

the railroads were many and 

varied. The fire factor was accepted 

as the cost of uniting our 

country with technology that 

was a menace as it pertained to 

fire safety. 

In 1894, the Minnesota woods 

was hot and dry. The usual 

small fires started to burn hotter 

and began to grow. Although 

some people were concerned, 

most people stayed “on script” 

and kept to their usual business 

and schedules. Moms were at 

home prepping meals and taking 

care of kids and stock while 

their husbands were working 

at the lumber yard in Hinkley. 

Railroad trains were still rolling 

through the woods taking 

passengers and freight north to 

Duluth and south to Minneapolis 

and St. Paul. Hinkley is presently 

located on I-35 about eighty 

miles north of the Twin Cities. 

The people in Hinkley were 

beginning to wonder about the 

rising temperature and smokey 

air so the workers at the lumber 

yard and saw mill started 

preparing for a fire. They had 

a script that included using a 

brand new horse drawn fire 

pumper - the best money could 

buy. The men were stationed 

around the large yard and they 

filled barrels and tanks with 

water that were there for this 

purpose. There was also a pond 

of sorts nearby that was built 

as a fire barrier. The men were 

ready to protect their livelihoods 

as nearly a year’s production 

was waiting to be shipped out 

of Hinkley. 

All over town people were 

asking if they should leave or 

not. They could tell that a large 

fire was several miles south of 

town. The railroad had trains 

that were trying to keep on 

schedule. The conductors and 

engineers were ever mindful of 

time and distance so that they 

could run on time. The railroad 

script would be changed that 

day. 

The fire approaching Hinkley 

would not be ignored any longer. 

It turned into a monster that 

was consuming the forest faster 

than any living creature could 

run. Foxes, deer, horses, and 

countless other animals were 

consumed. Even the birds of the 

air could not escape the oxygen 

deprived super heated air. 

The fire’s convection started 

“swirls” that are tornadoes of 

flames. The air was filled with a 

tremendous roar. Many people 

thought that there was a tornado 

on the ground because it 

sounded like one. Storm cellars 

became refuges, but they could 

not save people. The oxygen 

was sucked out of the air and 

lungs of all living things. The 

firestorm raged on and a railroad 

train was on the move 

northbound with everyone who 

wanted on board. 

Many people got on, but many 

others, including most of the 


population of Sandstone, MN, 

thought they would stay and 

protect their property or complete 

their daily tasks. Their 

scripts did not include running 

for their lives. The train rushed 

north trying to outrun the fire 

when the engine began to slow 

down. The engineer had passed 

out due to the heat and his 

hand slowed the train’s throttle. 

Another crew member made his 

way to the engine and gave the 

gallant engineer water and got 

the train up to speed again, but 

the train was now on fire. The 

fire was spreading faster than 

the train could run. The rails 

were warped and bowed, but 

the train rolled on through the 

burning forest. 

Up ahead of the speeding fiery 

train was a wooden railroad 

trestle bridge. The train slowed 

and the bridge was inspected. 

The bridge was on fire. The 

engineer gunned the throttle 

and the train made a desperate 

attempt to cross the fiery trestle. 

They made it across and kept 

going until the coal and water 

was spent, but they reached 

safety. 

Meanwhile, in Hinkley, the sky 

itself turned into an inferno. The 

firestorm reached temperatures 

of 1600-2000 degrees. Oxygen 

was sucked from the atmosphere 

to feed the tornadoes 

of flames. People were found 

asphyxiated at the bottoms of 

wells because there was no air 

to breathe. Fish in the river were 

also asphyxiated. The organic 

forest floor exploded and was 

consumed leaving only a rocky 

sandy surface behind. Native 

American bodies were found for 

years after they were trapped 

in the raging forest fire. Nothing 

man made could withstand 

the withering heat. The steel 

and iron rails and wheels were 

warped and melted beyond 

repair. 

Over four hundred people died 

as the sky turned to fire. Many of 

them could have escaped, but 

their scripts didn’t call for evacuation. 

Historians studied the 

motivations of people who left 

as opposed to those who didn’t. 

Even the train engineers held the 

trains up until it was almost too 

late because they didn’t want 

to get fired for taking it upon 

themselves to violate the printed 

schedule. The railroad owners 

had recently broken the union 

and some of the fired employees 

starved to death as a result, so 

losing one’s job was a legitimate 

concern. 

The Hinkley Fire of 1894 is 

not an isolated event. Fires still 

happen all over America. Towns 

like Hinkley still burn. We have 

modern technology that allows 

us to monitor and fight fires with 

aircraft and armies of firefighters. 

Wild fires in North Texas can 

be smelled by people in Houston. 

We take pride in our technology, 

but it was the drenching 

rains of a storm front that got 

our fires under control. 

The people of Hinkley had 

“state of the art” fire fighting 

apparatus that they had a lot of 

faith in. Didn’t mean a thing. Nature 

is so much bigger than we 

and our scripts are. We still lose 

battles with fires in spite of having 

equipment that would dazzle 

the eyes of the Hinkley Fire 

Chief and the firemen manning 

their horse drawn contraption. 

The scripts that run our lives 

help us with day to day living. 

They keep us on task and organized. 

These same scripts 

also blow up in our faces when 

emergencies happen. These 

could be weather related, accidents, 

medical tests, deaths 

of friends or loved ones, health 

situations, and, of course, fires. 

Being able to see a new reality 

and adjusting the script is what 

caused people to catch the last 

train out of Hell. Others, like 

the Native Americans, simply 

couldn’t outrun the fire. You can 

only do what you can do. The 

people who stuck with their 

scripts and refused help probably 

reconsidered when it was 

too late, but we will never know 

that for sure. 

There is a memorial obelisk 

at the cemetery in Hinkley that 

remembers the victims of the 

fire. The Hinkley Fire Museum 

contains photos, maps, and relics 

of that terrible day. The main 

thing that caused the survivors 

to remember the fire is that their 

primary industry as well as now 

deceased friends never returned. 

The soil’s fertile top layer was 

consumed by the fire leaving a 

sandy gravel soil that could no 

longer support large trees. The 

good people of Hinkley who 

survived the fire had their scripts 

permanently altered by the earth 

which gives and takes away. 

For further reading: “Under a 

Flaming Sky” by Daniel James 

Brown. 


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As many of you have heard, 

the Council unanimously 

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Police Officers’ Union. This 

is very important to understand 

that in a time when 

heavy changes are coming to 

most police contracts, ours 

came away with very little 

regarding giving up rights 

after we informed the City 

that there were many misconceptions 

being spread by 

a few community activists. 

Officers questioned the 180- 

day rule for date of discovery 

versus date of incident in 

termination cases. This was 

an area that I had to rely on 

our attorneys for. All four of 

our attorneys as well as the 

contract attorneys we use all 

said that it would not have 

any real impact on our membership. 

San Antonio, and 

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the change in the 180 rules 

regarding termination, as 

well as many other “rights” 

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their city council’s. All of this 

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team of the HPOU worked hard 

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COMPUTER SCREWUP 

PUTS 300 DEFENDANTS 

BACK ON THE STREETS 

By Randy Wallace 

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - “In my 

25 years, I’ve never seen a system 

go down like this,” said criminal 

defense attorney Emily Detoto. 

The system in question is called 

Jweb. It’s what prosecutors use for 

criminal cases. According to KHOU 

11 News, this is the fourth time the 

system has crashed in this way in 

the last few years. 

In the order, Magistrate Courtney 

St. Julian states, “The court finds 

Jweb was not operational from 

March 24 at around 7 p.m. until 

March 26 at around 9 p.m. More than 

280 in custody have not received a 

probable cause hearing.” 

“Which means that 280 to around 

300 people were sitting in the Harris 

County Jail without having seen a 

magistrate,” Detoto said. 

Law requires defendants receive 

a probable cause hearing within 48 

hours. 

In her ruling, the magistrate 

points out, “Due to the insurmountable 

backlog, more than 280 defendants 

be released from jail.” 

Many defendants got personal 

recognizance bonds. 

“And per the court’s order, some 

people that were accused of a 

crime under a certain statute that 

their bonds be set at $10,000 immediately 

if they had a prior criminal 

history or not,” said Detoto. 

And it didn’t matter if the charge 

was burglary or murder. Everyone 

was apparently released with no 

bond conditions. The Harris County 

Administrator’s Office has confirmed 

these were all misdemeanor, 

non-violent offenses. 

“None of the people who were 

released are really under any 

conditions,” said Andy Kahan with 

Crime Stoppers. “There’s no ankle 

monitors, there’s no GPS, there’s no 

distance requirements, and we don’t 

know who these offenders are.” 

“It’s possible there’s a lot of people 

running around out there that 

don’t know when they’re supposed 

to go back to court, and don’t know 

what they are or not supposed to do 

when they’re on bond,” Detoto said. 

In a statement, the Harris County 

DA’s office tells us, “The latest 

Harris County Universal Services 

computer system failure has the full 

attention of the District Attorney, 

Police Chief, and Sheriff because it 

resulted in the temporary release 

of accused criminals. The safety of 

the public security of our Criminal 

Justice System and efficiency of our 

courts demand that the county give 

Universal Services the resources to 

fix this and ensure it never happens 

again.” 

The DA’s office also tells us all 

those released will be re-arrested 

and have probable cause hearings. 

Harris County Commissioners 

Court was expected to go into 

executive session April 5th to discuss 

three agenda items regarding 

a “computer glitch” that allowed 

the release of hundreds of inmates 

from the county jail. 

“When the county attorney says 

we have to talk about this in executive 

session because we’re about or 

potentially going to be sued, that’s 

a disturbing question of who is 

going to sue us and why,” Precinct 4 

Commissioner Jack Cagle told KTRH 

News. 

In fact, Cagle says the extent of 

the “glitch” is far beyond what was 

previously reported. 

“The best estimate that our office 

has received at this time is that it 

is more than 280 criminal defendants,” 

he says. “Most of them are 

misdemeanors, but a few of them 

are felony criminal defendants that 

were cut loose.” 

“We have found that the time period 

that the JWEB, which is what 

this is called that was down, was 

not for two days but actually it was 

out of operation for four days.” 


HONORING FALLEN HEREOS 

“Honoring our fallen heroes through running while providing financial support to 

the families of our fallen Heroes, First Responders injured in the Line of Duty 

and Safety Equipment to K9s in need.” 

Zechariah 

Cartledge: 

a True American Hero 

Grants Awarded to Injured First Responders: 30 

Total Amount Awarded: $257,500 

Funds Awarded to Families of Fallen Heroes: 7 

Total Amount Awarded: $73,003 

Funds/Equipment Awarded to K9 Officers: $7,500 

Zechariah’s 2022 Run Tracker: 

Total Miles Run in 2022: (as of 4/5/22): 97 

Total Miles Run in 2021: 325 



Overall Miles Run: 1,199 

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2022 Run Stats: 

Total Miles Run for 2022 Fallen LEO’s (Non COVID-19): 39 

Total Miles Run for 2022 Fallen Firefighters (Non COVID-19): 24 

Total Miles Run for 2022 Fallen Canada LEO’s: 0 

Total Miles Run in 2022 for Fallen COVID-19 Heroes: 12 

Total Miles Run for 2021 Fallen LEO’s: 15 

Total Miles Run for 2021 Fallen Firefighters: 2 

Total Tribute Runs by State/Country: 5 



blue mental health 

Rapid Response Teams and Officer 

Mental Health: The ALERRT Program 

An analysis of many active 

shooter and mass-murder 

events has provided evidence 

that the killers had serious 

mental health problems and 

that this likely precipitated their 

assaults. Part of American society’s 

failure to properly address 

the issues of and care for 

people with mental illness is 

ineffective treatment laws that 

require someone to be a danger 

to themselves or others before 

they can be treated over their 

objection. This has served to 

create a national environment 

ripe for an increase in active 

shootings, and as a consequence, 

additional and more 

severe mental health stressors 

for law enforcement officers 

who must intervene. 

“The more severe the violence, 

the more innocent the 

victim and the more the officers 

feel that they were helpless 

to respond — and maybe just 

sheer body count as a fourth 

ingredient — that’s going to 

produce a perfect storm of 

demoralization, anger and 

despair,” according to Dr. Laurence 

Miller, a clinical forensic 

and police psychologist. The 

traumatic effects for these 

officers are often long lasting 

for many years and can also 

include second-guessing about 

a department’s response and 

other factors which can cause 

turmoil within law enforcement 

agencies. Fortunately, 

more programs and resources 

now exist for officers as it 

relates to their needs following 

active shootings. I had the pleasure 

to interview Dr. Pete Blair 

and John Cornutt who manage 

the Advanced Law Enforcement 

Rapid Response Training Center 

at Texas State University in San 

Marcos, Texas. 

What is the mission and 

focus of ALERRT? The core 

mission is to provide the best 

research-based active attack 

response training in the nation. 

The focus is not only on teaching 

an array of tactical options, 

but also emphasizing strategic/ 

critical thinking to achieve the 

desired operational outcomes 

as quickly as possible, given 

the situational demands at the 

time. 

How does ALERRT advance 

the importance of law enforcement 

mental health and 

resilience? Any specific projects 

geared towards this goal? The 

current training plays a role 

in helping officers to bounce 

forward after an active attack. 

Our classes feature reality 

based training that is designed 

to help stress inoculate first 


responders to the things they 

are likely to encounter when 

responding. We also discuss 

the importance of both physical 

and mental health. At our 

annual conference, we bring in 

a variety of speakers who address 

various aspects of mental 

health. 

Please tell me more about 

the October 2022 national 

conference. The conference is 

aimed at bringing different perspectives 

together to discuss 

resiliency in our profession. 

Whether it is cumulative or 

acute, the impact of the job on 

a person should not be underappreciated. 

As we learn how 

people have successfully developed 

resiliency or have recovered 

from trauma, we hope to 

formalize these lessons into our 

curriculum and develop new 

curriculum that speaks exclusively 

to that need. The national 

conference is an opportunity 

for an array of professions and 

experience to converge and 

paint the full picture of community 

response. 

What additional information 

is beneficial in highlighting the 

work of your organization? The 

cost of quality training can be 

quite high. We operate off DOJ 

grants through the COPS office 

as well as appropriations 

through the State of Texas. 

This funding allows us to bring 

the best training available to 

agencies who aren’t able to 

send their folks out to attend 

or aren’t able to host expensive 

training. This is vital in ensuring 

that agencies are prepared 

to protect their communities. 

For additional information, 

please visit https://alerrt.org. 

J. Pete Blair is the Executive 

Director of the Advanced Law 

Enforcement Rapid Response 

Training (ALERRT) Center and 

a Professor of Criminal Justice 

at Texas State University. He 

received his Ph.D. in Criminal 

Justice from Michigan State 

University. He is one of the 

world’s leading experts in active 

attacks and has presented 

his research to numerous policing 

groups around the world including 

the International Chiefs 

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now accepting applications for 

Full-Time Police Officers 

MUST HOLD A CURRENT TCOLE 

PEACE OFFICE CERTIFICATE 

Salary starting at $50,000 

with no experience 

EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 

• Paid Vacation 

• Sick Leave 

• Paid Holidays 

• Personal Days 

• Compensatory Days 

• Certification Pay 

TO APPLY VISIT 

WWW.ALDINEISD.ORG 

OR 

Contact the Personnel 

Department at 

281-985-7571 

OR 

Contact Sergeant R. Hall at 

281-442-4923 

HIRING PROCESS 

• Physical Agility Test 

• Written Exam 

• Oral Board Panel Interview 

• Complete Personal History Statement 

• Psychological Evaluation 

• Medical Examination 

• Interview with the Chief of Police 

STATEWIDE VACANCIES TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATOR 

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Pay scale: 

$57,000 (as a non-certified Cadet) up to $82,762, depending on certification 

BENEFITS 

• Supportive leadership and community 

• Civil Service 

• 12-hour shifts for patrol division 

• 3-day weekend approximately twice a month 

• Take-home vehicles 

• Tattoos permitted 

• Longevity Pay – $4/month for each year of service; 

maximum of $1,200/year 

• TCOLE certificate pay 

• Paid sick leave with unlimited accumulation 

• Vacation – 15 days/year 

• Holidays – 10 paid and 2 additional floating holidays/year 

• Group health insurance with deductible, flexible spending accounts, 

and Section 125 options 

• Life insurance, long‐term disability and workers’ compensation 

• Optional life insurance and deferred plans are also available 

• Retirement plan with the Texas Municipal Retirement System 

• Employee contributes 7%, city matches 2:1 

• Opportunity to attend training schools 

• Equipment and uniforms are furnished, including regulation weapon 

• Employee Assistance Program 

• Post Police Academy pay - $58,469 @ 28.11/hour 

• On-duty fitness time provided 

To learn more about hiring details, 

qualifications, and application instructions, visit: Bryantx.gov/PDJobs 


The City of Bryan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

BEDFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT 

WE'RE 

HIRING! 

AND 

RECRUIT 

POLICE 

LATERAL 

Cuero Police Department 

OFFICERS 

Requirements 

Be eligible for certification from TCOLE (Texas 

Commission on Law Enforcement). (Please refer to Texas 

Administrative Code Title 37 Chapter 217.1 for clarification.) 

Must be 21 or older (at the time of certification) 

Must have a valid Texas Driver’s License (or ability to 

obtain) 

30 hours college credit from an accredited college (college 

requirement waived if certified peace officer OR two years 

active duty military experience with an honorable 

discharge) 

Incentives 

Step 

*College education pay for Associates Degree and above 

*TCOLE certification level pay 

*Foreign language pay 

*Tattoo and facial hair friendly 

For more info and to apply online, visit: 

Police Salary 

Police Recruit (No certification) - $58,242 

Police Recruit (TCOLE-certified) - $61,155 

Police Officer - $64,351- $80,257 

Hourly 

us: 

Contact 

pd.recruiting@bedfordtx.gov 

2121 L. Don Dodson Dr. 

Annual 

1 $30.93 $64,351 

2 $32.09 $66,765 

3 $33.30 $69,268 

4 $34.55 $71,865 

5 $35.84 $74,560 

6 $37.19 $77,356 

7 $38.58 $80,257 

Bedford, TX 76021 

www.bedfordpolice.com 


https://bedfordtx.gov/503/Join-BPD 

Eligible lateral applicants will be placed on the Step Plan 

based on their years of experience as a full time Police 

Officer at a paid Police Department. 

Now Hiring for Patrol Officer Position 

Department Benefits 

13 Paid Holidays 

2 Weeks Paid Vacation 

Certification Pay 

100% Insurance Paid for Employees 

Retirement 2 to 1 match (20yr Retirement) 

FSA for Employees 

Longevity Pay 

Equipment & Uniforms Provided Including Duty Weapon w/ Red Dot Sight 

Take Home Vehicle Within City Limits 

10 Hour Work Shifts 

Membership Paid to Local Gym 

Department Provided Training 

Off-duty Security Opportunities 

Cell Phone Stipend 

Starting Pay Depends on Qualifications 

Requirements: Must be TCOLE Certified or currently enrolled in an accredited Police 

Academy and pass a background investigation. 

Email TCOLE Personal History Statement to sellis@cityofcuero.com

WE ARE 

HIRING! 

BENEFITS 

• Free basic Medical, Dental and Vision insurance for 

employee 

• Free basic Life insurance 

• Long Term Disability (LTD) 

• Affordable Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for 

eligible family members 

• Flexible Spending Accounts 

• 10 paid holidays per year 

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) including 10 vacation 

days and 13 sick days per year accrued biweekly 

RETIREMENT 

• Harris County matches your investment at 225% 

• 7% of your salary is invested pre-tax in your 

retirement account 

• Retirement Vesting after 8 years 

• Eligible upon earning 75 points (age+years of service) 

SALARY SCALE 

INCENTIVE PAY 

LATERAL DEPUTY 

REQUIREMENTS 

• Must be a licensed Peace Officer by the Texas Commission on Law 

Enforcement (TCOLE) in good standing 

• Must be currently employed as a first responder Peace Officer 

(any break in service will be discussed on a case-by-case basis) 

• Must have a minimum of 12 months of consecutive experience as 

a first responder Peace Officer at any one agency 

• Must successfully pass the Physical Abilities Test (PAT) obstacle 

course 

• Must pass a thorough background investigation (Criminal 

background check, fingerprinting, personal interview, etc.) as 

required by TCOLE 

• Must pass a physical and psychological evaluation as required by 

TCOLE 

• Valid Driver’s License (TX by start date) 

• Eyesight must be correctable to 20/20, normal color and 

peripheral vision 

• Correctable normal audible range in both ears 

• Firearms qualification 

For additional information contact Harris County Sheriff’s Office Recruitment Unit: (713) 877-5250 

CLASSIFICATION SERVICE HOURLY ANNUAL TCOLE CERTIFICATION ANNUAL 

DEPUTY I 0-47 $25.22 $52,458 

Intermediate $1,560 

Advanced $3,420 

DEPUTY II 48-83 $26.99 $56,139 

Master $6,000 

EDUCATION 

ANNUAL 

DEPUTY III 84-119 $28.59 $59,467 

Associate Degree $1,320 

DEPUTY IV 120-155 $30.03 $62,462 

Bachelor’s Degree $3,180 

Master/Doctorate $4,500 

DEPUTY V 156-191 $31.52 $65,562 

TO APPLY 

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GALVESTON 

COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S OFFICE 

Seeking Individuals Who Are Interested in a Rewarding Career in Corrections 

Begin Your Career Today! 

GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT OF ELIGIBILITY 

Position: Corrections Deputy I 

Bureau/Division: Corrections/Jail 

Title/Rank: Corrections Deputy/Deputy I 

Reports to: Sergeant - Corrections 

Starting Salary: $47,715.20 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

Maintains the security of the facility by conducting security checks, settling disputes, and performing cell searches and 

inspections; conducts outside perimeter checks. 

Preparation and proper completion in the documentation of inmate records. 

Issues inmate meals, clothing, linens, and personal items. 

Supervise inmate programs (recreational, legal, health care, visitation and religious services) 

Prepares reports on jail and inmate activities, enforce inmate handbook rules. 

Supervises inmates performing such assignments as cleaning and maintaining the jail facility and continuously observe 

locations and activities of inmates. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

High School / GED Certificate and must be at least 18 years of age. 

Must be a U.S. Citizen and resident of the contiguous United States for a period of time sufficient to conduct a 

background investigation. 

Must be able to work days, nights, weekends, holidays and mandatory shifts when needed. 

Must be able to work during natural disasters and or under declarations. 

Must possess a valid Texas driver's license and an acceptable driving record as determined by the Galveston County 

Sheriff's Office in effect at the time of application. 

Must have favorable employment history. All information given regarding past employment will be thoroughly checked 

Must have a stable credit history. 

Must possess good computer skills and demonstrate comprehensive reading and comprehension skills. 

No conviction above a Class B Misdemeanor or a Class B misdemeanor within the last 10 years nor have been on or 

currently on court-ordered community supervision or probation for any criminal offense and no Family Violence 

convictions of any level. 

Applicant must pass all phases of the required testing. 

Must be eligible for licensing by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) for the position applied for, if not 

presently licensed. 

TO APPLY 

An applicant interested in any of GCSO position shall first download, complete and return 

the Application Packet, per the instructions on the downloadable form. 

The Application Packet can be found at SHERIFF.GALVESTONCOUNTYTX.GOV 

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JOIN US 

VISIT SHERIFF.GALVESTONCOUNTYTX.GOV TO APPLY! 

The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

CONTACT US 

409.763.7585 : SO.EMPLOYMENT@GALVESTONCOUNTYTX.GOV

Now Hiring 

OFFICERS 

TCOLE Certified Peace Officers 

LATERAL DEPUTY 

Our fast-growing City shows a trending decrease in crimes based 

on four offenses from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting. 

Benefits 

Hutto ranked one of the 

safest cities in Texas. 

Retirement 

2-to-1 City match with TMRS 

Take-home Patrol Car 

For officers living within 25 miles 

Top-of-the-line Equipment 

and Technology 

Beards and Tattoos Allowed 

Additional Pay 

+ 

+ 

Starting Salary 

$59K to $65K* 

Annual Leave Accruals 

12 paid holidays, 80 hrs vacation, 96 hrs sick leave 

Multiple Positions Available 

A wide variety of units and assignments available 

Education Pay up to $175/month 

Specialty/Certification up to $260/month 

To learn more or apply, visit or scan 

www.huttotx.gov/policejobs 

Questions? Email: PDrecruiting@huttotx.gov 

Sign On Bonus! 

$5,000 * 

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* Over a 3-year period


Memorial Villages Police Department 

Bunker Hill • Piney Point• Hunters Creek 

Police Officer 

EOE/M/F/D 

5+ Years Patrol Experience Required 

The Memorial Villages Police Department (Located on the West Side of Houston) currently has 

openings for experienced officers who are self- motivated and enthusiastic about community 

policing. We have overwhelming support of our communities and encourage our officers to be 

proactive and innovative. 

$1500 Sign on Bonus 

Starting Salary Range 

$71,179 – $82,808 (DOQ) 

• Healthcare Insurance, DHMO Dental, Vision – 100% paid for employee, 50% for 

spouse/dependents. 

• Paid long-term disability and life insurance for employee, with additional life insurance 

available for spouse/dependents. 

• Health Savings Account with departmental contributions up to $4200 annually 

• TMRS Retirement 2 to 1 match, 7% Employee ,14% Employer Contribution. 

• 457 Plan with employer contribution of 2% of annual salary 

• Bi-Lingual Pay (2.5% of Base salary) 

• Shift Differential Pay $3600 annually 

• Tuition reimbursement 

• Longevity Pay up to a max of $2400 annually at 10 years of service. 

• College Education incentive up to $3000 for a master’s degree 

• LEMIT or FBI NA pay $1200 annually. 

• ECA (Emergency Care Assistant) $1300 Annually, training provided to each employee. 

• 12 hour shifts with every other Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off. 

• Officer certification pay, Intermediate, Advanced, and Master up to 7.5% of Salary. 

To learn more or apply, visit our website at www.mvpdtx.org 

Or contact Sgt. Owens 713-365-3711 or lowens@mvpdtx.org 

Or Commander E. Jones 713-365-3706 ejones@mvpdtx.org 

11981 Memorial Dr. Houston, Texas 77024 



MAKE A 

DIFFERENCE 

IN YOUR 

COMMUNITY 

We are looking for outstanding individuals to 

join our team! As a Pearland Police Officer your 

mission will be to prevent crime and disorder, build 

partnerships within the community, and positively 

impact the quality of life for all our residents. 

CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS 

• Competitive Salary • Outstanding Training 

• Career Advancement • Exceptional Benefits 

The City of Pearland is one of the fastest growing 

communities within the region. Pearland is located 

approximately 20 minutes south of Downtown Houston 

and the current population is approximately 130,000 

residents. 

JOIN OUR TEAM 

HIRING POLICE OFFICERS AND CADETS 

$5,000 Hiring Incentive for T.C.O.L.E Certified Police 

Officers who qualify with at least 2 years of experience. 

TEST DATE: 

SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 8:30 A.M. 

Register by: April 12. 

Pearland Recreation Center & Natatorium 

4141 Bailey Road, Pearland, TX 77584. 

Doors 

WATCH 

Open: 7:15 a.m. 

FOR 

No admittance 

UPCOMING 

after 7:45 a.m. 

Candidates must park in the north parking lot. 

TEST DATES IN 2022 

SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES WILL APPLY 

• Attendance limited to first 150 arrivals 

• Mandatory temperature checks 

• Masks required, hand sanitizer available 

• Candidates seated 6 feet apart 

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pearlandtx.gov/PDCareers

City of Wylie 


OFFICER SALARY RANGE: HIRING PROCESS: BENEFITS: 

Non Certified Police Recruit Pay : $62, 370.00 

YEARS OF SERVICE ANNUAL SALARY 

1 Year—Step 0 $66, 626.06 

2 Years—Step 1 $68, 291.71 

3 Years—Step 2 $69, 999.00 

4 Years—Step 3 $71, 748.98 

5 Years—Step 4 $73, 542.70 

6 Years—Step 5 $75, 381.27 

7 Years—Step 6 $77, 265.80 

8 Years—Step 7 $79, 197.45 

9 Years—Step 8 $81, 177.38 

10+Years—Step 9 $83, 206.82 

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION: 

Certification Pay: Up to $1,800 annually 

Field Training Officer Pay: $2, 400 annually 

Bilingual Pay: $1 ,200 annually 

• Complete and submit a City of Wylie 

job application: https:// 

www.governmentjobs.com/careers/ 

wylietexas 

• Written Exam (exempt for Laterals) 

• Physical Agility Test 

• Complete and submit a Personal 

History Statement 

• Oral Board Panel Interview 

• Background Investigation 

• Police Chief Interview 

• Polygraph Examination 

• Psychological Evaluation 

• Medical Examination 

RECRUITING CONTACT: 

Wylie Police Department 

2000 North Hwy 78 

Wylie, TX 75098 

Sergeant Mark Johnson 

mark.johnson@wylietexas.gov 

972-429-8013 

• City Paid Medical/Dental/Vision 

• Texas Municipal Retirement System 

(TMRS) 14% City Contribution 

• Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time) 

• City Paid Uniforms 

• City Paid Training 

• Life Insurance and AD&D 

• Long Term Disability Insurance 

• Employee Assistance Program 

• Longevity Pay 

• Tuition Reimbursement 

• Free Recreation Center Membership 

• Deferred Compensation Plan 

• Ancillary Benefits Available (Aflac, 

Avesis, and More) 

Wylie Police Department Mission: Our mission is to impact the quality of life, by providing a professional 

level of service that will foster, support, and build relationships with those we serve. 

https://www.wylietexas.gov/police.php 


“For God’s 

sake, this man 

cannot remain 

in power” 

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