Feb 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 2
Feb 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 2 FEATURES 66 RICK FERNANDEZ & COP STOP 90 SPECIAL ELECTION INSERT HARRIS & GALVESTON COUNTY DEPARTMENTS PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS EDITOR REX EVANS THOUGHTS GUEST COMMENTARY - REX EVANS GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR GUEST COMMENTARY - MICHAEL BROWN GUEST COMMENTARY - ART WOOLERY GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR NEWS AROUND THE US SURVIVING THE STREETS SHOT SHOW RECAP 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
Feb 2024. Blues Vol 40 No. 2
FEATURES
66 RICK FERNANDEZ & COP STOP
90 SPECIAL ELECTION INSERT
HARRIS & GALVESTON COUNTY
DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER’S THOUGHTS
EDITOR REX EVANS THOUGHTS
GUEST COMMENTARY - REX EVANS
GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR
GUEST COMMENTARY - MICHAEL BROWN
GUEST COMMENTARY - ART WOOLERY
GUEST COMMENTARY - DANIEL CARR
NEWS AROUND THE US
SURVIVING THE STREETS
SHOT SHOW RECAP
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 />
CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL.<br />
Coweta County Deputy Eric Minix was struck and killed by a suspect<br />
involved in a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle.<br />
By Natalie Neysa Alund,<br />
USA TODAY<br />
COWETA COUNTY, GA. – A Georgia<br />
sheriff’s office deputy died<br />
Thursday, January 4th, after authorities<br />
said a police officer from<br />
another agency ran over him on an<br />
interstate during a high-speed police<br />
chase that crossed state lines.<br />
Coweta County Sheriff’s Office<br />
Deputy Eric Minix died in the line of<br />
duty while pursuing a stolen vehicle<br />
on Interstate 85 that sped into<br />
Chambers County, Alabama, the<br />
sheriff’s office reported.<br />
Minix, 31, was struck by a City of<br />
Lanett Police Department vehicle<br />
driven by Officer Cornelius J. Robinson.<br />
Lanett is located in Alabama<br />
along the Chattahoochee River on<br />
the Alabama-Georgia state line,<br />
roughly 80 miles northeast of Montgomery.<br />
According to state law enforcement,<br />
Robinson struck Minix as he<br />
was exiting his patrol vehicle, a<br />
2017 Dodge Charger. After the initial<br />
impact, officials said, the Explorer<br />
struck the Charger before hitting a<br />
2022 Dodge Challenger driven by<br />
Decedric Donson, 25, of Pensacola,<br />
Florida.<br />
Minix was taken to a hospital<br />
where he was pronounced dead, the<br />
sheriff’s office reported.<br />
Officials said the vehicle driven<br />
by Donson was reportedly stolen.<br />
Donson was arrested on charges of<br />
receiving stolen property and felony<br />
attempting to elude law enforcement.<br />
He remains jailed in Chambers<br />
County.<br />
DEPUTY ERIC MINIX<br />
Lanett police reported its officer<br />
has been placed on administrative<br />
leave pending an investigation<br />
and said the stolen car driver is in<br />
custody.<br />
Minix previously worked for the<br />
Tyrone Police Department before<br />
joining Coweta County Sheriff’s<br />
Office.<br />
“Eric Minix was a dedicated Deputy<br />
and K9 Officer, but more importantly,<br />
he was a friend,” the agency<br />
released in a statement. “We have<br />
lost a good deputy. We have lost<br />
a good man. We have lost a good<br />
friend.”<br />
Minix, the sheriffs office reported,<br />
leaves behind a wife and three<br />
daughters.<br />
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