Nov 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 11
FEATURES 62 Alan Helfman: 40 Years of Support and Friendship 78 Working for Harris County SO in 1984 80 Is a New Home in Your Future PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS EDITOR REX EVANS THOUGHTS COMING NEXT MONTH GUEST COMMENTARY - DOUG GRIFFITH GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR NEWS AROUND THE US SURVIVING THE STREETS - TOURNIQUETS SURVIVING THE STREETS - BYRNA LE ISD PD JOB LISTINGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES WAR STORIES AFTERMATH HEALING OUR HEROES DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS BLUE MENTAL HEALTH DR. LIGHT BULB AWARD ADS BACK IN THE DAY PARTING SHOTS BUYERS GUIDE NOW HIRING BACK PAGE
FEATURES
62 Alan Helfman: 40 Years of Support and Friendship
78 Working for Harris County SO in 1984
80 Is a New Home in Your Future
PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS
EDITOR REX EVANS THOUGHTS
COMING NEXT MONTH
GUEST COMMENTARY - DOUG GRIFFITH
GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR
NEWS AROUND THE US
SURVIVING THE STREETS - TOURNIQUETS
SURVIVING THE STREETS - BYRNA LE
ISD PD JOB LISTINGS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES
WAR STORIES
AFTERMATH
HEALING OUR HEROES
DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS
BLUE MENTAL HEALTH DR.
LIGHT BULB AWARD
ADS BACK IN THE DAY
PARTING SHOTS
BUYERS GUIDE
NOW HIRING
BACK PAGE
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AROUND THE COUNTRY<br />
MONTGOMERY CNTY, MD.<br />
MD. Officer loses use of legs after driver ‘intentionally’ hit him.<br />
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. —<br />
A Maryland officer has lost the<br />
use of his legs after being intentionally<br />
struck by a suspected<br />
drunk driver this morning, WTOP<br />
reported.<br />
Montgomery County Police<br />
Sgt. Patrick Kepp, 36, remains in<br />
“critical condition” and has “lost<br />
the use of both of his legs,” Chief<br />
Marcus Jones said in a news<br />
conference.<br />
The driver, Raphael Mayorga,<br />
19, was speeding at rates of up<br />
to <strong>11</strong>0 mph leading up to the incident.<br />
Officers decided to pursue<br />
him when he ran another driver<br />
off the road, according to the<br />
report.<br />
Kepp parked in the crossover of<br />
the interstate before getting out<br />
of his car to deploy spike strips.<br />
“The vehicle is observed actually<br />
intentionally moving from<br />
the middle lanes to the far-left<br />
lanes and Mayorga came directly<br />
at Sgt. Kepp as he was deploying<br />
the ‘stop sticks,’” Jones said. “He<br />
intentionally struck Sgt. Kepp in<br />
the main lanes of I-270.”<br />
Mayorga kept driving until he<br />
was stopped further down the<br />
interstate with spike strips by<br />
another officer, according to the<br />
report.<br />
Mayorga is being charged with<br />
first-degree attempted murder,<br />
as well as other charges. He has<br />
Sgt. Patrick Kepp (left) and Chief Marcus Jones (right) at an awards<br />
ceremony in 2021. (Montgomery County Police)<br />
been known to “provoke officers<br />
into chasing him” in the past.<br />
“He does this intentionally to<br />
bait officers into chasing him<br />
as if this is some sort of a video<br />
game,” Jones said.<br />
“This should not be treated as<br />
a regular traffic incident and we<br />
should talk to our legislators<br />
about a way of criminalizing<br />
(provoking officers to pursue) in<br />
a different way,” County Executive<br />
Marc Elrich said.<br />
Kepp has worked for the department<br />
since 2014, according<br />
to the report. He’s been acknowledged<br />
in the past for his efforts<br />
to prevent impaired driving and<br />
has received awards for his work<br />
with the alcohol initiatives unit<br />
twice in recent years, according<br />
to the police department.<br />
REPRINTED FROM POLICE1.COM<br />
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