Due to uncontrollable circumstances, I have been off the grid, so to speak, for several days. Sadly, as I return to my blog, it is to honor three Texas Peace Officers, all who were killed since December 11th, 2013. I have made it a ministry of sorts to honor all fallen Texas Peace Officers in my blog, but it is still a somber duty, and with the pain I feel, I cannot even imagine what the families of these officers must be going through, how these officers' colleagues must miss them. All of their deaths were related to situations of high risk, though in reality every time an officer confronts someone, it is a high risk situation. It is in believing that a contact is "routine" that an officer exposes a weakness. People outside law enforcement tend to wonder why that police officer that wrote the traffic ticket kept his hand hovering near his gun throughout the contact. Some may wonder why that police woman seems so cold and unfriendly while taking a report. In fact there is no routine situation for a police officer simply because the officer never knows when his or her life will be threatened, as officers must react, while a criminal can act whenever he wants, especially when he is at the advantage, either through numbers, or through the officer's ignorance that the "civilian" he is talking to just murdered someone down the road.
On December 11th, Deputy Adam Davis of the Bell County Sheriff's Office, responded to a call of someone brandishing a firearm and threatening those around him. The officer drove as fast as he safely could in order to reach the scene, which was several miles from the location where the deputy received the call. Deputy Davis put the safety of others over his own as he drove at rescue speed on a treacherous Central Texas farm road. Unfortunately the officer lost control of his vehicle and died in the resulting car crash. May God bless his family and his fellow officers.
Just a few days later, on December 19th, Sergeant Investigator Adam Sowders of the Burleson County Sheriff's Office, made the ultimate sacrifice as he and other officers forcibly entered a residence where a wanted felon was hiding inside. As officers entered, the criminal opened fired and struck Sergeant Sowders several times. The officer died at the scene, while the suspect meekly surrendered as he realized the numbers were stacked against his continued resistance. May God bring peace to this officer's wife, children, and friends.
The very next day, Police Officer Robert Deckard of the San Antonio Police Department, spotted a vehicle that had been used in fifteen bank robberies in and near San Antonio. The officer pursued the vehicle, which was occupied by two men, into neighboring Atascosa County. During the pursuit, one of the suspects opened fired, sending several rounds into the officer's windshield. One of the bullets struck Officer Deckard in the head. The injury was fatal, but the officer also suffered other injuries as his vehicle crashed after he was shot. Again, as is so often the unfortunate case, the two suspects meekly surrendered when they were confronted by several police officers in Wilson County. Even after Officer Deckard was mortally wounded, he continued service to others, as he had previously designated himself as an organ donor. May the Good Shepherd be with this family and with Officer Deckard's colleagues, and comfort them.
I am proud to honor these men with my blog space.
On December 11th, Deputy Adam Davis of the Bell County Sheriff's Office, responded to a call of someone brandishing a firearm and threatening those around him. The officer drove as fast as he safely could in order to reach the scene, which was several miles from the location where the deputy received the call. Deputy Davis put the safety of others over his own as he drove at rescue speed on a treacherous Central Texas farm road. Unfortunately the officer lost control of his vehicle and died in the resulting car crash. May God bless his family and his fellow officers.
Just a few days later, on December 19th, Sergeant Investigator Adam Sowders of the Burleson County Sheriff's Office, made the ultimate sacrifice as he and other officers forcibly entered a residence where a wanted felon was hiding inside. As officers entered, the criminal opened fired and struck Sergeant Sowders several times. The officer died at the scene, while the suspect meekly surrendered as he realized the numbers were stacked against his continued resistance. May God bring peace to this officer's wife, children, and friends.
The very next day, Police Officer Robert Deckard of the San Antonio Police Department, spotted a vehicle that had been used in fifteen bank robberies in and near San Antonio. The officer pursued the vehicle, which was occupied by two men, into neighboring Atascosa County. During the pursuit, one of the suspects opened fired, sending several rounds into the officer's windshield. One of the bullets struck Officer Deckard in the head. The injury was fatal, but the officer also suffered other injuries as his vehicle crashed after he was shot. Again, as is so often the unfortunate case, the two suspects meekly surrendered when they were confronted by several police officers in Wilson County. Even after Officer Deckard was mortally wounded, he continued service to others, as he had previously designated himself as an organ donor. May the Good Shepherd be with this family and with Officer Deckard's colleagues, and comfort them.
I am proud to honor these men with my blog space.
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