Chief Darrell Allen of the Marlin Police Department was killed doing what a lot of other officers do in their spare time - working a private security assignment to supplement his regular income. While officers understand that danger is just as close whether they are working their assignments or working an off-duty job, most of the time these off-duty jobs go rather uneventfully. Yet a number of officers are killed or injured each year while working these assignments.
Chief Allen was working in the company of one of his patrol officers when he was shot. The other officer and a Temple police officer subdued the suspect. Chief Allen spent the next ten days fighting for his life in a Temple hospital. Yesterday he lost that fight and is now part of that thin, blue line in Heaven.
Chief Allen, thank you for your service and your sacrifice. May God comfort your family and your colleagues as they mourn your loss.
Chief Allen was working in the company of one of his patrol officers when he was shot. The other officer and a Temple police officer subdued the suspect. Chief Allen spent the next ten days fighting for his life in a Temple hospital. Yesterday he lost that fight and is now part of that thin, blue line in Heaven.
Chief Allen, thank you for your service and your sacrifice. May God comfort your family and your colleagues as they mourn your loss.
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