DEC 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 12
FEATURES 56 COVER STORY IACP OFFICER OF THE YEAR, OFFICER THADEU HOLLOWAY 68 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE DEPARTMENTS 6 PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS 8 EDITOR’S THOUGHTS 12 GUEST COMMENTARY - BILL KING 14 NEWS AROUND THE US 46 HEALTH & AWARENESS 52 COP CAR NEWS 84 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 86 REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES 92 WAR STORIES 98 AFTERMATH 102 OPEN ROAD 108 CLASSIFIEDS 110 HEALING OUR HEROES 112 DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS 114 LIGHT BULB AWARD 116 RUNNING 4 HEROES 118 BLUE MENTAL HEALTH WITH DR. TINA JAECKLE 120 OFF DUTY WITH RUSTY BARRON 124 ADS BACK IN THE DAY 124 PARTING SHOTS 130 BUYERS GUIDE 150 NOW HIRING - L.E.O. POSITIONS OPEN IN TEXAS 202 BACK PAGE
FEATURES
56 COVER STORY
IACP OFFICER OF THE YEAR,
OFFICER THADEU HOLLOWAY
68 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
DEPARTMENTS
6 PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS
8 EDITOR’S THOUGHTS
12 GUEST COMMENTARY - BILL KING
14 NEWS AROUND THE US
46 HEALTH & AWARENESS
52 COP CAR NEWS
84 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
86 REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES
92 WAR STORIES
98 AFTERMATH
102 OPEN ROAD
108 CLASSIFIEDS
110 HEALING OUR HEROES
112 DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS
114 LIGHT BULB AWARD
116 RUNNING 4 HEROES
118 BLUE MENTAL HEALTH WITH DR. TINA JAECKLE
120 OFF DUTY WITH RUSTY BARRON
124 ADS BACK IN THE DAY
124 PARTING SHOTS
130 BUYERS GUIDE
150 NOW HIRING - L.E.O. POSITIONS OPEN IN TEXAS
202 BACK PAGE
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AROUND THE COUNTRY<br />
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX<br />
Texas officer dies in vehicle crash while pursuing car<br />
with fake tags.<br />
By Michael Williams<br />
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX ‐ Grand Prairie<br />
Police Officer Brandon Tsai, was<br />
killed in a single-car crash Monday<br />
<strong>No</strong>vember 14th after attempting to<br />
stop a car that had a fake paper<br />
license plate.<br />
Tsai. 32, was killed after his car<br />
struck a light pole, according to<br />
Grand Prairie Police. Around 10:45<br />
p.m., Tsai noticed a car with fake<br />
tags near the intersection of Southwest<br />
3rd Street and Pioneer Parkway,<br />
in Grand Prairie.<br />
“Officer Tsai attempted to stop<br />
the vehicle which immediately fled,”<br />
police spokesman Mark Beseda said<br />
in a statement. “During the pursuit,<br />
Officer Tsai lost control of his squad<br />
car causing it to strike a light pole.”<br />
Tsai was taken by firefighters to<br />
Methodist Dallas Medical Center,<br />
where he died, Beseda said.<br />
He had worked for the Grand<br />
Prairie Police Department since<br />
January. He previously worked at<br />
the Los Angeles Police Department<br />
in California for five years, authorities<br />
said.<br />
“He was a loving friend, a trusted<br />
colleague and an outstanding officer<br />
whose passion was providing<br />
service to the public,” Beseda said<br />
in the statement.<br />
The crash remains under investigation.<br />
Tsai’s funeral service was held<br />
on Monday, <strong>No</strong>vember 21st in Grand<br />
Prairie.<br />
Mrs. Tsai, you did an outstanding<br />
job raising Brandon,” an emotional<br />
Chief Daniel Scesney told Tsai’s<br />
mother in front of the crowd.<br />
Scesney revealed the fallen officer<br />
loved camping, shooting and driving.<br />
“Fast cars, classic cars, unique<br />
cars,” he added.<br />
A handful of Tsai’s favorites were<br />
parked in front of Gateway Church<br />
during the funeral service in his<br />
honor.<br />
Tsai also loved food. Street tacos,<br />
Texas barbeque, sushi, dim sum,<br />
just to name a few.<br />
“Most of us would bring one<br />
lunch... Brandon would bring three,”<br />
joked friend and fellow officer Ilan<br />
Marhasin.<br />
Tsai’s sister, Staci Tsai, addressed<br />
his fellow officers from the stage.<br />
“Please take care of yourselves,”<br />
Staci said in tears. “Be safe and<br />
remember to always tell the people<br />
that you love that you love them.<br />
Every day.”<br />
Tsai’s girlfriend and her 7-yearold<br />
daughter also attended services<br />
Monday. Tsai was helping raise the<br />
young girl, Scesny said.<br />
“Kinsley would paint his fingernails,”<br />
Scesny remembered fondly.<br />
“He’d even take a spin in Kinsley’s<br />
pink electric four-wheeler around<br />
the block.”<br />
OFFFICER BRANDON TSAI<br />
Scesney also told the crowd Tsai<br />
spent Thanksgiving volunteering<br />
at homeless shelters, and revealed<br />
he saved a suicidal man’s life last<br />
month when he talked him out of<br />
jumping off a bridge.<br />
Tsai was laid to rest with the<br />
honors he deserved, Scesney said.<br />
That included the presentation of<br />
the colors, a 21-gun salute, taps,<br />
a flyover, folding of the flag, bagpipes,<br />
the ‘’riderless horse” and final<br />
radio call.<br />
Hundreds of Texas police officers<br />
from departments as far as Lubbock<br />
and Corpus Christi were in<br />
attendance as well.<br />
“Officer Brandon Tsai has now<br />
been officially sworn in to protect<br />
the streets of heaven,” remarked<br />
Scesney.<br />
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