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ALL OFFICERS, ALL OFFICERS.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NOW PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY CORINNE DONER, ACCOMPANIED BY VICTOR JOHNSON.
YOU SOLEA BRONZE STRIPES AND STARS.
ORDER ARMS, ALL OFFICERS, REST, ALL OFFICERS ON COVER.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS PLANO POLICE CHAPLAIN HENRY ROGERS DELIVERS THE INVOCATION.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER, LORD, AS WE COME BEFORE YOU.
NOW WE COME WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS AS WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY TODAY.
WE HONOR THEM WHILE THEIR WATCHES ENDED.
I PRAY THAT THEIR NAMES WOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
FATHER, YOU ARE THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD COMFORT OUR HEARTS DOWN AS WE REMEMBER THEM.
LORD, WE PRAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS.
WE PRAY ALSO FOR THE PROTECTION OF THOSE WHO PROTECT AND SERVE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS AND BEYOND.
AND TODAY WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO GAVE WHAT PRESIDENT LINCOLN, WHAT'S CALLED THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION AND ALL THIS WE PRAY NOW IN JESUS' NAME.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT THIS MORNING TO RECOGNIZE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS THAT ARE WITH US AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
WE HAVE CITY OF PLANO, MAYOR JOHN MUNZ WITH US, WE HAVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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ANTHONY ELLI, SHELBY WILLIAMS, RICK HORN, RICK SMITH, AND JULIE HOMER.FROM OUR CITY STAFF, WE HAVE CITY MANAGER MARK ISRAELSON, DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS, SHELLY SEAMER AND JACK CARR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMAND STAFF HERE.
WE HAVE FIRE CHIEF CHRIS, BIGGER STAFF, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR SUSAN CARR AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR CURTIS HOWARD.
WE ALSO HAVE PLANO MUNICIPAL JUDGE MCNULTY WITH US.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE ALLEN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF ROBERT FLORES AND FROM THE FBI WE HAVE ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE.
JIM DWYER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME FAMILY MEMBERS OF FALLEN OFFICERS WITH US TODAY THAT I WANNA RECOGNIZE.
UH, MEMBERS OF LIEUTENANT ERNEST OLDHAM'S FAMILY.
WE HAVE KELLY OLDHAM AS WELL AS NATALIE AND JEREMY AND SOME OF THEIR OTHER FAMILY WITH US.
WE HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OF FALLEN RECRUIT OFFICER ANDREW SOCKWELL WITH US TODAY.
UH, TIM AND MARIA SOWELL ANDREW'S PARENTS, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THE PODIUM CHIEF ED DRAIN AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO THE, UH, PODIUM MAYOR OF JOHN MONS TO GIBSON REMARKS AND READ OUR PROCLAMATION FOR TODAY'S HONOR.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PLANO, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS CEREMONY.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, FOR YOUR DEDICATION, AND FOR YOUR COURAGE.
AND SO WITH THAT, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK.
WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS HAVE DESIGNATED MAY 13TH THROUGH 19TH 2024 AS LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK, AND THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SELECTED THURSDAY, MAY 16TH AS THE PEACE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL DAY.
AND WHEREAS PLANO HAS LOST THREE POLICE OFFICERS AND ONE POLICE RECRUIT IN THE LINE OF DUTY, GREEN W RYE IN 1920, DALE WEST HARDY IN 2007, ANDREW SOCKWELL IN 2020 AND ERNIE HOLDEN IN 2021.
NATIONWIDE 136 OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2023.
WHEREAS SINCE ITS FORMATION ON JANUARY 1ST, 1958, THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EMPHASIZED PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, AND PROGRESS IN PROVIDING TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES TO OUR GROWING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS INNOVATED APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY ISSUES.
THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN NATIONALLY ACCREDITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SINCE 1992, WHEREAS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON SOLVING NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER PROGRAM PROMOTING A POSITIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT IMAGE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE ON-CAMPUS SCHOOL LIAISON PROGRAM AND REDUCING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AT HIGH RISK INTERSECTIONS THROUGH INCREASED RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT.
WHEREAS TODAY, WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO PROVIDING OUR UTMOST RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO PUT THEIR OWN LIVES ON THE LINE TO PROTECT OUR CITY.
WE WILL BESTOW ON THEM THE LOVE AND THE HONOR THEY DESERVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR OFFICERS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF PRO PROTECTING OUR CITY OF EXCELLENCE.
NOW THEREFORE, I JOHN MUNZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2024 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY AND MAY 13TH THROUGH 19TH 2024 IS LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK IN PLANO.
I DO THEREBY ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN ME AND THE PLANO
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CITY COUNCIL IN FULLY SUPPORTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND APPLAUDING THEM FOR BEING ONE OF THE BEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN OUR NATION.GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AS WE ASSEMBLE HERE TODAY TO HONOR AND REMEMBER OFFICERS ACROSS TEXAS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2023.
I AM THANKFUL BECAUSE THIS YEAR THERE ARE NO PLANO OFFICERS ON THE HONOR ROLL LIST AS WE HAD WITH OFFICER WEST HARDY IN 2007.
OUR POLICE RECRUIT, UH, ANDREW SOCKWELL IN 2020 OR IN 2021 WHERE WE HAD POLICE LIEUTENANT ERNIE OLDHAM ON THAT LIST.
ASSISTANT CHIEF CURTIS HAS ALREADY RECOGNIZED FAMILY MEMBERS OF OUR FALLEN OFFICERS, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL TIM AND MARIA AND KELLY AND, UH, ASHLEY, I KNOW YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT ASHLEY BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER OUT IN DECATUR AND ALSO LAUREN, IF YOU ARE HERE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE HERE OR NOT, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE AT THIS CEREMONY WITH US, THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR LOVED ONES AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE.
THERE'S ANOTHER AREA THOUGH, WHERE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL TODAY.
WE WILL HONOR AND REMEMBER SEVEN PEACE OFFICERS AND ONE FEDERAL AGENT THAT GAVE THEIR LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2023.
ALL OF THOSE DEATHS WERE TRAGIC AND THEY, THEY ALL HAD MAJOR IMPACTS ON THOSE OFFICERS FAMILIES, ON THEIR AGENCIES, AND ON THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY WORKED AND WHERE THEY LIVED.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD STILL BE THANKFUL BECAUSE THE YEAR BEFORE IN 2022, THERE WERE 16 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 2022 OR TWICE AS MANY THAT HAPPENED IN 2023.
THIS IS MY 30TH YEAR IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND EIGHT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DEATHS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING THAT 30 YEAR PERIOD.
ALTHOUGH EIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT DEATHS IS RELATIVELY LOW WHEN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, IT IS STILL TOO HIGH IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE THE NUMBER THAT WE SHOULD AIM FOR IS ZERO LAW ENFORCEMENT DEATHS.
AND I KNOW THAT IN THE STATE AS LARGE AS TEXAS, THAT THAT IS ASPIRATIONAL, BUT IT IS NONETHELESS THE NUMBER THAT WE SHOULD AIM FOR.
SO HOW DO WE GET LAW ENFORCEMENT DEATHS TO ZERO? WELL, WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR OFFICERS SAFE, BUT WHAT DO THOSE WORDS ACTUALLY MEAN? BECAUSE IF A POLICE OFFICER TOOK THAT TERM, THOSE WORDS, LITERALLY THEY WOULD ATTEND SHIFT BRIEFING AND THEN THEY WOULD STAY AT THE STATION SO THEY COULD BE SAFE.
WHEN THEY GOT A CALL FOR SERVICE, THEY WOULD GO OUT AND HANDLE THAT CALL FOR SERVICE AND RETURN TO THE STATION SO THAT THEY COULD BE SAFE.
BUT POLICE OFFICERS CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE WHILE THEY ALSO WORK TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
THAT MEANS THEY MUST PROACTIVELY BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR UNSAFE DRIVERS SUCH AS THOSE THAT MAY BE DRUNK.
THEY HAVE TO PROACTIVELY, UH, INVESTIGATE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY THAT MAY BE HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES, UH, OUT IN THEIR, IN THEIR PATROL AREAS, AND THEY HAVE TO ENGAGE IN OTHER BEHAVIORS, OTHER ACTIONS THAT MAY INVOLVE SOME RISK.
SO HOW DO WE KEEP POLICE OFFICERS SAFE WHILE WE WORK, WHILE THEY WORK TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE? WELL, I BELIEVE IT STARTS WITH ENSURING THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE PROPERLY TRAINED.
THAT'S WHY ALL OF OUR POLICE RECRUITS COMPLETE 33 WEEKS OF ACADEMY TRAINING BEFORE THEY EVER HIT THE STREETS, WHICH IS MUCH MORE TRAINING THAN THE 19 WEEKS OF TRAINING, UH, THAT IS MANDATED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO.
WE ALSO PUT OUR INCUMBENT OFFICERS THROUGH AT LEAST TWICE AS MUCH TRAINING FOR IN-SERVICE TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED BY T CODE.
IN ADDITION TO TRAINING, WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE POLICIES THAT REFLECT BEST PRACTICES.
THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT WE WERE A KALIA ACCREDITED AGENCY AND WE ARE.
THAT IS THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AND BY BEING A, A KALEA ACCREDITED AGENCY, WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE NOT ONLY HAVE BEST PRACTICES POLICIES, BUT THAT WE ARE ALSO ADHERING TO THOSE POLICIES BECAUSE OF K KALE'S VERY STRINGENT, UH, REVIEW AND INSPECTION PROCESSES.
WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE.
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THINGS SUCH AS MOBILE CAMERAS, BODY CAMERAS, A A RELIABLE PORTABLE, UH, A RELIABLE RADIO SYSTEM.THEY HAVE TO HAVE WELL MAINTAINED PATROL VEHICLES, UH, VERY DEPENDABLE, LESS LETHAL OPTIONS AND EQUIPMENT SUCH AS DRONES AND ROBOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR, OUR PATROL OFFICERS, OUR SWAT TEAM, OUR BOMB SQUADS, AND OTHER SPECIALIZED UNITS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ADEQUATELY STAFFED BECAUSE AS A CHIEF, ONE OF MY BIGGEST SAFETY CONCERNS IS THAT AN OFFICER WILL GET ON THE RADIO AND ASK FOR BACKUP OR EVEN MORE ALARMING, ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY BUTTON ON THEIR RADIO.
AND THERE IS NO OFFICERS THAT CAN PROMPTLY RESPOND.
AND THAT'S WHY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF MINIMUM OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE ON THE STREET AROUND THE CLOCK FROM 23 OFFICERS TO 27 OFFICERS TO MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT OUR OFFICER OR TO MAKE IT MORE LIKELY THAT WHEN OUR OFFICERS GET ON THE RADIO AND ASK FOR HELP, THERE ARE SOMEONE WHO CAN COME TO ASSIST THEM.
BUT TO KEEP OUR OFFICERS SAFE, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THEIR PHYSICAL AND THEIR MENTAL WELLBEING.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S FIRST NOVEL, THE SON ALSO RISES, HAS A CHARACTER IN THAT BOOK NAMED MIKE CAMPBELL.
MIKE CAMPBELL IS A GUY WHO WAS WEALTHY AT ONE TIME, BUT NOW HE'S BANKRUPT.
SO A FRIEND ASKED MIKE CAMPBELL, HOW DID YOU BECOME BANKRUPT? AND CAMPBELL SAYS THAT I BECAME BANKRUPT GRADUALLY.
AND THEN SUDDENLY MIKE CAMPBELL WAS OF COURSE TALKING ABOUT SHORTCOMINGS IN HIS FINANCES, SHORTCOMINGS THAT HE DID NOT TAKE CARE OF EARLY ON.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S AN ANALOGY THAT CAN ALSO APPLY TO US IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IF WE CAN ADDRESS THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SHORTCOMINGS OF OUR OFFICERS EARLY ON, IT MAKES IT LESS LIKELY THAT THEIR CAREERS OR LIVES COULD BE CUT SHORT, UH, SUDDENLY AWAY.
SO TO HELP MITIGATE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS THAT THIS JOB CAN OFTEN OFTEN HAVE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A PHYSICAL EXAM PROGRAM THAT IS MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE THAN THE ONE THAT MOST OF US GET FROM OUR REGULAR PHYSICIAN BECAUSE IT FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE TYPES OF AILMENTS THAT PLAYED FIRST RESPONDERS, BOTH POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTER BROTHERS.
AND, AND, AND WE, AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM TO HELP OUR GUYS, UH, FOCUS ON THOSE ISSUES.
WE ALSO HAVE A, A VERY GOOD, UH, WE, WE ALSO HAVE A MANDATORY MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS, UH, UH, WELLNESS CHECKUP PROGRAM WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE HAVE TO SPEAK WITH TRAINED THERAPISTS WHO ARE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
I OPENED MY REMARKS BY COMMENTING THAT I WAS THANKFUL, THANKFUL THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE ON THIS YEAR'S HONOR ROLL AND THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF OFFICERS, UH, UH, ON THAT HONOR ROLL LIST THAT WE HAVE HAD IN SOME DECADES.
BUT I'M ALSO THANKFUL THOUGH, TOO THAT HERE AT THE PLANO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WORK FOR A COMMUNITY.
WE WORK FOR A CITY COUNCIL FOR CITY EXECUTIVE STAFF THAT IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS THE RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS CAN KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE AND ALSO RETURN HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.
IN A FEW MOMENTS, WE WILL, WE WILL, UH, LIST THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS ON THIS YEAR'S HONOR ROAD.
MAY THOSE OFFICERS AND ALL OF OUR FALLEN OFFICERS REST IN PEACE.
THE FOLLOWING WAS WRITTEN BY SERGEANT FRANK MCGILL FOR THE PEACE OFFICER OF MEMORIAL SERVICE IN 1998.
AS I WAS PUTTING ON MY UNIFORM THIS MORNING PREPARING TO COME TO THE SERVICE, THERE WAS ONE THOUGHT THAT STAYED ON MY MIND.
THEY NEVER KNEW ON THE FINAL DAY OF THEIR LIFE, THEY NEVER KNEW IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THEY WOULD WAKE UP IN THEIR COMFORTABLE BED TO THE SOUND OF THAT ANNOYING ALARM CLOCK OR THE SMELL OF COFFEE FROM THE KITCHEN OR TO THEIR CHILD'S VOICE ASKING, CAN YOU MAKE MY BREAKFAST? THEY NEVER KNEW WHEN THEY LEFT HOME THAT MORNING, THEY WOULD NEVER RETURN TO MOW THE LAWN TO CLEAR THE BREAKFAST DISHES FROM THE COUNTER OR READ THE BOOK THAT
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THEY'D LEFT ON THE NIGHTSTAND.THEY NEVER KNEW THAT THAT QUICK.
KISS ON THE CHEEK THEY GAVE TO THEIR SPOUSE AND CHILDREN WAS ACTUALLY GOODBYE.
THEY NEVER KNEW WHEN THEY REPORTED FOR ROLL CALL THAT DAY THAT IT WOULD BE THEIR LAST.
THEY NEVER KNEW THAT THAT CALL OF A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE ROBBERY IN PROGRESS OR A TRAFFIC STOP WOULD BE THEIR LAST OFFICIAL ACT.
THEY NEVER KNEW NONE OF US DO.
I GOT ALL OFFICERS, COVER ALL OFFICERS.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE HONOR ROLL OF TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY ON IN 2023.
SERGEANT JOSHUA LEE, KLAUS CAMERON POLICE DEPARTMENT END OF WATCH, MAY 11TH, 2023.
DEPUTY SHERIFF DAVID BOSER, EASTLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE END OF WATCH.
DEPUTY SHERIFF, MATTHEW PEARSON, SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
END OF WATCH, AUGUST 29TH, 2023.
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POLICE OFFICER DARREN MCMICHAEL, ARLINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT END OF WATCH.LIEUTENANT MILTON RESENDEZ, SAN BENITO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SERGEANT STEVEN GIBSON, SOMERVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, END OF WATCH.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE WHILE WE HONOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO THE MEDICAL RELATED ISSUES.
AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR TEXAS PEACE OFFICER, HONOR ROLL, HONOR GUARD ADE.
REST ALL OFFICERS UNCOVER, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AS CHAPLAIN PATRICK IGA LEADS US IN THE BENEDICTION.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU UNDERSTANDING AND MORE AWARE THAT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE UNITED STATES, WITH ALL THE ISSUES THAT HAPPEN AROUND US, THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO COMMIT THEMSELVES TO A CALLING, A CALLING OF HONOR, A CALLING TO SERVE AND PROTECT.
SO WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, PROTECTING THOSE THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW.
WE HONOR THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO TAKE UP THE, THE UNIFORM OF BEING A POLICE OFFICER.
WE ASK LORD THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUALLY COMFORT THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE WALKING THROUGH MOURNING.
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AND AS WE CONCLUDE, WE EVEN LIFT UP THOSE WHO ARE PATROLLING RIGHT NOW, ASKING YOUR PROTECTION OVER EVERY SINGLE OFFICER THAT IS THERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT, NOT ONLY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.IT'S IN YOUR NAME THAT WE PRAY.
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UH, YOU KNOW, TO PULL OFF A CEREMONY LIKE THIS TAKES THE HELP OF, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE TO USE A NEW VENUE LIKE WE HAD TO, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, BECAUSE OF, UM, UH, SOME, SOME WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
UH, THIS WAS A CHALLENGING EVENT.
IT'S RAINING TODAY, SO THAT'S WHY YOU DID NOT, UH, HEAR THE 21 GUN SALUTE.
WE DID NOT FORGET IT, BUT FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE DID NOT, UH, DO THAT THIS YEAR.
SO I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HELPED US WITH THIS EVENT.
UH, I WANNA THANK OUR CHAPLAINS HENRY ROGERS AND PATRICK GER FOR COMING OUT TO ASSIST US TODAY.
UH, THEY, THESE GUYS COME OUT TO ASSIST US TODAY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE THING THAT YOU DON'T SEE EM SEE IS THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT THEY GO OUT AND HELP.
UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY DO AN AWESOME JOB FOR US.
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WIZARDS.THANK YOU EVAN AND YOUR CREW FOR, FOR HELPING US.
THE PLANO POLICE ASSOCIATION FOR, UH, PROVIDING THE ROSES THAT YOU SEE OUTSIDE FOR THIS CEREMONY.
WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
WE WANT TO THANK OUR PLANO POLICE EXPLORER POST 9 1 1 9 11, UH, FOR THE SWEAT EQUITY THEY PUT INTO PUTTING THOSE ROSES AND FLAGS OUT TODAY.
UH, WE WANNA THANK VICTOR JOHNSON ON THE KEYBOARDS.
AGAIN, VICTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
I KNOW THIS IS COMFORTABLE FOR YOU.
SINCE THIS IS YOUR CHURCH, I WANNA THANK PCP AAA FOR PROVIDING REFRESHMENTS THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL.
UH, AND UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, WE'VE GOT SOME HONOR GUARD, UH, MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR COMING OUT TO, UH, JOIN US AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT THANK PASTOR JOSHUA AND CHARLO MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THIS BEAUTIFUL VENUE TO HOLD THIS SERVICE.
UH, AT THIS POINT THAT CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY.