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Alabama police officer ambushed5/16/2023 “This job requires constant vigilance, no matter what part of the facility you work in.” This vigilance creates a bond among workers that’s nothing less than family,” he told the hundreds of people in attendance.ĬDOC Executive Director Dean Williams said that he and many others shared the grief of Sgt. He said that DOC employees have an unbreakable bond, a bond so strong that DOC employees from across the country came to the memorial, even though they didn’t know Sgt. The eulogy was given by CDOC Chaplain Kevin Steenbergen. Voth was laid to rest a week ago this past Friday, following an emotional memorial service at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. The cause of the explosion is currently unknown. His DOC family grieves with his wife, three precious children, and all of the friends and family who loved him.” In a news release issued by the corrections department, CDOC Executive Director Dean Williams said: “It is hard to put into words the level of sadness we all feel to have lost Josh. Tragically, Hawkins’s son, a Batesville police officer, was one of the first officers on the scene. “You see so much of this happen with these young kids who, in my opinion, don’t care or don’t understand the value of human life,” he continued. They crashed right into him and crushed him under the vehicle,” said District Attorney John Champion. “The speed we believe the vehicle was going there was nothing he could do. Police say the teenagers stole a 2018 Chevrolet Colorado in nearby Tallahatchie County and were going through the town of Batesville, and at one point, crashed head-on into Hawkins’ car. Two teenagers, identified as Darion Dogan, 16, and Johnathan Taylor, 15, will both be charged as adults under Mississippi law. Constable Raye Hawkins was killed when a stolen vehicle smashed into his patrol car. 12, Constable Eula Ray Hawkins of the Panola County Constable’s Office in Mississippi was killed in the line of duty when his vehicle was struck by a stolen pickup truck that was being pursued by other officers. While a lot of people have heard about the shooting in New Jersey that took the life of Detective Joseph Seals of the Jersey City PD, others have received far less publicity. The past week has been an especially difficult week for those of us in law enforcement.
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