Dec 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 12

Contributing Editor: Lt. Daryl Lott, RET
Contributing Editor: Sam Horwitz,
Former Secret Service Agent
After three years and nearly forty essays, I suppose it’s
time to introduce myself. Anyone who reads The BLUES
can find my column under the title, “Daryl’s Deliberations.”
I began writing the column as a response to the
multifaceted attacks on active police officers across our
nation. It seemed to me that our police officers were
the subject of well-orchestrated and well-financed
media driven attacks from the radical Left. Since my
initial involvement in The BLUES, I appreciated a reasonable
platform to defend our police and their value
system to a public being misled by Left-wing sources. I
want to thank Michael Barron for providing a resource
to counter even more misinformation from anti-police
voices.
I am a retired Houston PD patrol lieutenant who had
the great privilege and honor to lead some of the finest
women and men to ever wear a badge. I also taught
history and literature at Pasadena High School. I am a
certified Texas teacher with the degrees in those fields.
I try to comment on current events through the lens of
Texas and American History with the hope my readers
can see that our ancestors struggled with many of the
same issues we do.
I recently started a Texas history blog at faithfultexasfootprints.com
and I’m proud to say the first newsletter
earned a place at the Galveston Historical Society
as a resource for the “Battle of Galveston.” Readers may
sign up for the newsletter at the website.
Sam is a 9/11 First Responder, former United States
Secret Service Agent, and author.
With her B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice,
her J.D. from the Howard University School of Law,
and experience as a Law Enforcement Officer, she has
become an expert in handling stress and managing
post-traumatic stress (PTS). She has spoken nationally
to Law Enforcement, Veteran, business, and faith-based
communities on how to recognize and combat the
effects of PTS, how to minimize the damage stress can
cause in the workplace, and how to support those who
have PTS.
Sam’s been featured in People Magazine, on FOX,
ABC, CBS, Blaze TV with Glenn Beck and in other local
and national media. She is the author of The Silent Fall:
A Secret Service Agent’s Story of Tragedy and Triumph
After 9/11. Sam is the Co-Founder of A Badge of Honor.
A non-profit, which provides post-traumatic stress
awareness and suicide prevention to first responders.
Sam serves on the board of Heroes on the Water and is
the co-host of A Badge of Honor Podcast and a regular
contributor to The BLUES Police Magazine.
SAM HORWITZ
DARYL LOTT
DarylLott.Texas@gmail.com
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