Jan 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 1
Jan 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 1 FEATURE STORIES • New Year Resolutions for 2022 • Remembering Those We’ve Lost to COVID • Remembering Those We’ve Lost to LOD Deaths • Feature Story: They Didn’t Make it • Special Memorial Insert - Officers we Lost in 2021 DEPARTMENTS • Publisher’s Thoughts • Editor’s Thoughts • Your Thoughts • News Around the US • War Stories • Aftermath • Open Road - NYPD Orders Mustang E’s • Healing Our Heroes • Daryl’s Deliberations • HPOU - From the President, Douglas Griffith • Light Bulb Award • Running 4 Heroes • Blue Mental Health with Tina Jaeckle • Off Duty with Rusty Barron • Ads Back in the Day • Parting Shots • Now Hiring - L.E.O. Positions Open in Texas • Back Page - Meet the Commish
Jan 2022. Blues Vol 38 No. 1
FEATURE STORIES
• New Year Resolutions for 2022
• Remembering Those We’ve Lost to COVID
• Remembering Those We’ve Lost to LOD Deaths
• Feature Story: They Didn’t Make it
• Special Memorial Insert - Officers we Lost in 2021
DEPARTMENTS
• Publisher’s Thoughts
• Editor’s Thoughts
• Your Thoughts
• News Around the US
• War Stories
• Aftermath
• Open Road - NYPD Orders Mustang E’s
• Healing Our Heroes
• Daryl’s Deliberations
• HPOU - From the President, Douglas Griffith
• Light Bulb Award
• Running 4 Heroes
• Blue Mental Health with Tina Jaeckle
• Off Duty with Rusty Barron
• Ads Back in the Day
• Parting Shots
• Now Hiring - L.E.O. Positions Open in Texas
• Back Page - Meet the Commish
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REMEMBERING THOSE WE’VE LOST<br />
Lost in the Line of Duty<br />
Police Officer Richard Houston, II<br />
Mesquite Police Department, Texas<br />
End of Watch Friday, December 3, 2021<br />
Age 46 Tour 21 Years Badge # 821<br />
Police Officer Richard Houston was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance<br />
in the parking lot of a grocery store at 1500 S Beltline Road. During<br />
the investigation, a man produced a gun and opened fire on Officer Houston at<br />
about 1:40 pm. Both Officer Houston and the subject were critically wounded<br />
in the exchange of gunfire. Officer Houston was transported to a local hospital,<br />
where he succumbed to his injuries.<br />
Officer Houston had served with the Mesquite Police Department for 21 years.<br />
He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and one son. His father had served<br />
with the Mesquite Police Department.<br />
Police Officer Zachary Cottongim<br />
Louisville Metro Police Department, Kentucky<br />
End of Watch Saturday, December 18, 2021<br />
Age 29 Tour 7 Years 2 Months Badge # 7239<br />
Police Officer Zachary Cottongim was struck and killed by an automobile as he<br />
attended to an abandoned vehicle on the side of I-64 near the Mellwood Avenue<br />
exit. He was standing on the side of the highway when he was struck by a passing<br />
vehicle. Officer Cottongim was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital<br />
where he succumbed to his injuries.<br />
Officer Cottongim had served with the Louisville Metro Police Department for<br />
seven years. He is survived by his wife and two children.<br />
Deputy Jailer Robert Daniel<br />
Graves County Jail, Kentucky<br />
End of Watch Friday, December 10, 2021<br />
Age 47 Tour N/A Badge # N/A<br />
Deputy Jailer Robert Daniel was killed when a large tornado struck a building he<br />
was working in while supervising inmates on work release. Deputy Jailer Daniel<br />
was supervising seven inmates who were participating in the work release program<br />
at the Mayfield Consumer Products’ candle factory at 112 Industrial Drive.<br />
A large tornado that had tracked over 200 miles across multiple states struck<br />
the city of Mayfield. Deputy Daniel guided inmates and employees into the<br />
shelter. Almost all 100 people were in the shelter ahead of him when the roof<br />
collapsed and killed him and numerous employees. Without the risks that he<br />
took to save others, more employees from the factory would have been killed.<br />
All seven inmates were rescued from the rubble; however, one escaped after<br />
being treated at a local hospital. Dozens of people in multiple states were killed<br />
as a result of the tornado.<br />
Officer Daniel is survived by his four daughters, three sons, seven grandchildren,<br />
two brothers, and father.<br />
Police Officer Mia Danielle Figueroa-Goodwin<br />
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC<br />
End of Watch Wednesday, December 22, 2021<br />
Age 33 Tour 6 Years Badge # N/A<br />
Police Officer Mia Figueroa-Goodwin was killed when a tractor-trailer struck<br />
her patrol car on southbound I-85 near W.T. Harris Boulevard. She was blocking<br />
traffic on the interstate at the scene of a previous crash when the tractor-trailer<br />
struck her patrol car at about 3:30 am.<br />
Officer Figueroa-Goodwin had served with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police<br />
Department for over six years and was assigned to the University City Division.<br />
She is survived by her husband and three children ages 3, 1, and 4 months.<br />
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