I Wanted To Tell You About Corporal Keith Heacook.....

Friday, April 30th: This has been a surreal week filled with long days, shock, anger, sadness and searching. On Wednesday, April 28th, a press conference held at the Delmar Police Department officially informed us that our hero was gone, and the next morning all I could think to write about was to ask you to channel your grief into compassion for all our local departments and officers who are suffering along with this family.

Our Community Has Lost A Hero

There seemed to be no words last night...but since then I've been reaching; searching; trying to find something to write that may comfort or inspire.... maybe in some way, honor a hero and a life taken far too soon. People who rush to help others should not have their lives ended like this; the families of those who serve and protect shouldn't have to go through this hell.

We Can't Sit Back and Wait: Defend Our Police NOW

Sunday night was not a pep rally or a joyful occasion; it was created to pray for Cpl Heacook and his family, along with the other two victims. Knowing the seriousness of the injuries our Delmar police officer sustained, the mood was rather somber, and you could feel the worry and sadness from those who spoke and by simply glancing at the faces of the officers present.

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week 2021

Dispatchers, public safety operators and communication professionals are the first point of contact in a complex web of solutions. It takes a calm, collected and skillful individual to adequately understand the needs of each situation, assess the resources for every crisis and coordinate essential emergency services - and yet, they do this countless times every day to save lives and act quickly for those in crisis.