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CALLING THE SHOTS BY TERRI GRAVITT
S worn officers play a vital role in maintaining safety and face many things every day that put them at great risk. The role they have stepped into is often a hard one and they do the dirty work to shield the rest of us from having to think about it. Often, we focus on the “good guys versus the bad guys” aspect of their role, but their job is more than that. It is equally about helping to maintain community quality of life. So much of what they do is really more about the “good guys helping the rest of us good guys” build a community we can be proud of. It is at its core a job of service. We see this service brought to life every day through the example of our very own celebrated Detective Alan Bailey of the Texarkana, Texas Police Department. His job requires him to deal with the hardest of the hard during the day, and at night he continues giving of himself working with the city’s most innocent, our children. A native of Atlanta, Texas, Bailey was born fourth in a family of five children. His dad was a firefighter and the first black fire chief in the state of Texas. His mom was a nurse. “My family is very special to me,” Bailey shared. “I am close to my siblings and love them more than words can describe. We were not rich or well off growing up, but family was always the most important thing,” he continued. Bailey’s best memories were made spending time with
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