Dec 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 12
Dec 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 12 FEATURES 80 40 YEARS OF THE BLUES 108 MEET The BLUES STAFF 114 MEET THE BLUES SPONSORS 120 HCSO - 7 SHERIFF’S IN 70 YEARS 122 BUILDING A HOME WITH DR HORTON DEPARTMENTS PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS EDITOR REX EVANS THOUGHTS COMING NEXT MONTH GUEST COMMENTARY - DOUG GRIFFITH GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR GUEST COMMENTARY - STEVEN OWSINSKI GUEST COMMENTARY - DAVE SMITH NEWS AROUND THE US SURVIVING THE STREETS - LOOSING A PARTNER ISD PD JOB LISTINGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES BEST OF WAR STORIES BEST OF AFTERMATH HEALING OUR HEROES DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS BLUE MENTAL HEALTH DR. LIGHT BULB AWARD OFF DUTY WITH RUSTY BARRON ADS BACK IN THE DAY PARTING SHOTS BUYERS GUIDE NOW HIRING BACK PAGE
Dec 2023. Blues Vol 39 No. 12
FEATURES
80 40 YEARS OF THE BLUES
108 MEET The BLUES STAFF
114 MEET THE BLUES SPONSORS
120 HCSO - 7 SHERIFF’S IN 70 YEARS
122 BUILDING A HOME WITH DR HORTON
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS
EDITOR REX EVANS THOUGHTS
COMING NEXT MONTH
GUEST COMMENTARY - DOUG GRIFFITH
GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR
GUEST COMMENTARY - STEVEN OWSINSKI
GUEST COMMENTARY - DAVE SMITH
NEWS AROUND THE US
SURVIVING THE STREETS - LOOSING A PARTNER
ISD PD JOB LISTINGS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES
BEST OF WAR STORIES
BEST OF AFTERMATH
HEALING OUR HEROES
DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS
BLUE MENTAL HEALTH DR.
LIGHT BULB AWARD
OFF DUTY WITH RUSTY BARRON
ADS BACK IN THE DAY
PARTING SHOTS
BUYERS GUIDE
NOW HIRING
BACK PAGE
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FALLEN HEROES<br />
DETECTIVE JAMES MICHAEL “MIKE” LETT<br />
BENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, ARKANSAS<br />
END OF WATCH WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023<br />
AGE: 35 TOUR: 13 YEARS BADGE: N/A<br />
BDetective Mike Lett succumbed to critical injuries he received in a vehicle crash on October 28, <strong>2023.</strong> At<br />
11:00 a.m., Detective Lett hydroplaned on Interstate 430 while responding to a service-to-assist with the<br />
Benton Police Department’s Drug Take Back Program and struck a guardrail. He was transported to Baptist<br />
Hospital in Little Rock, where he died from his injuries.<br />
Detective Lett was a United States Air Force veteran and had served in law enforcement for over 30 years,<br />
serving with the Benton Police Department, Saline County Sheriff’s Department, Pulaski County Sheriff’s<br />
Department, Arkansas Attorney General’s Office, Maumelle Police Department, and the Salt Lake City (Utah)<br />
Police Department. He is survived by his four daughters, a son, two sisters, adopted parents, and two grandchildren.<br />
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