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 />
ACROSS THE US<br />
Latest law enforcement news from across the country.<br />
SAN FRANCISCO WILL ALLOW<br />
POLICE TO DEPLOY LETHAL,<br />
REMOTE-CONTROLLED ROBOTS<br />
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Supervisors<br />
in San Francisco voted Tuesday<br />
to give city police the ability<br />
to use potentially lethal, remote-controlled<br />
robots in emergency<br />
situations — following an<br />
emotionally charged debate that<br />
reflected divisions on the politically<br />
liberal board over support<br />
for law enforcement.<br />
The vote was 8-3, with the majority<br />
agreeing to grant police the<br />
option despite strong objections<br />
from civil liberties and other police<br />
oversight groups. Opponents<br />
said the authority would lead to<br />
the further militarization of a police<br />
force already too aggressive<br />
with poor and minority communities.<br />
DALLAS OFFICER FIRED,<br />
ANOTHER SUSPENDED AFTER<br />
FAILING TO HELP DRIVER WHO<br />
CRASHED<br />
DALLAS — A Dallas Police Department<br />
officer has been fired<br />
and another was suspended for<br />
30 days after they failed to help a<br />
driver who crashed his car after<br />
a pursuit in May.<br />
Senior Cpl. Leonard Anderson<br />
and Darrien Robertson, who was<br />
being trained by Anderson at the<br />
time, attempted to pull over a<br />
driver whose headlights were off<br />
after leaving a convenience store<br />
on May 13, WFAA.com reported.<br />
The driver didn’t stop, leading<br />
to a short pursuit before it was<br />
called off due to department<br />
policy. Seconds after the officers<br />
cancelled the pursuit, the driver<br />
jumped a curb and crashed on<br />
the side of a road.<br />
“Did you see that?” Robertson<br />
can be heard asking on dash<br />
cam video.<br />
“That’s his fault,” Anderson<br />
replies.<br />
The vehicle soon became<br />
engulfed in flames. DPD Chief<br />
Eddie Garcia said the officers<br />
returned to the crash scene after<br />
the vehicle had caught fire, but<br />
he was “embarrassed” and “outraged,”<br />
saying: “This is not what<br />
we stand for.”<br />
Nearby good Samaritans<br />
helped the driver until Dallas<br />
Fire-Rescue arrived. The driver<br />
did survive.<br />
“Those citizens did an admirable<br />
job – and did a job that<br />
our officers should have done,”<br />
Garcia said.<br />
WIDOW OF SLAIN CA OF-<br />
FICER FILES CLAIM AGAINST<br />
DISTRICT ATTORNEY<br />
The widow of an El Monte<br />
police sergeant announced the<br />
filing Tuesday of a $25 million<br />
claim against Los Angeles District<br />
Attorney George Gascón and<br />
other parties stemming from the<br />
ambush death of her husband<br />
and his partner in June.<br />
Claimant Janine Paredes, the<br />
widow of Sgt. Michael Paredes,<br />
claims the cop killer should<br />
have been incarcerated at the<br />
time because of his prior criminal<br />
record. The claim she filed<br />
also names as respondents the<br />
county, the Los Angeles County<br />
District Attorney’s Office, and the<br />
county probation department,<br />
reports KFI AM. She alleges their<br />
actions resulted in the wrongful<br />
deaths and emotional distress.<br />
Her husband and Officer Joseph<br />
Santana, 31, were ambushed<br />
and killed by Justin<br />
Flores when responding to a call<br />
at a motel on June 14.<br />
CUFFED SUSPECT SHOOTS<br />
DENVER COP WHILE BEING<br />
REMOVED FROM CRUISER<br />
By Sarah Calams, Police1<br />
DENVER — A Denver Police<br />
Department officer was shot in<br />
the neck by a suspect who was<br />
being removed from a police<br />
cruiser at a jail Monday night.<br />
The suspect, who had been arrested<br />
earlier in the evening after<br />
police pursued an alleged stolen<br />
vehicle and found a handgun<br />
and narcotics in the car, had a<br />
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