My first last call....

[rgv_cop]

I attended a memorial service on Friday at a neighboring PD for a Lt. that suffered a massive heart attack. I had never experience a last call before. Let me tell you, it is something very heartfelt and emotional. It is very sombering hearing the dispatcher over the radio calling out his number then the chief giving out the information, 21 gun salute, and taps. Everyone starts getting teary eyed, sniffles. Nothing hurts more than loosing a fellow man in blue.

RIP Lt. Barry Blackstock, Kingsville Police Department

[deputy x 2]

Hearing the bagpipes always creates a lump in my throat.

[Christyle]

I won't ever forget sitting at work and hearing a state police dispatcher give a nice, short little speech on state wide about a troopers death. What shook me up the most was the very last part. Saying his unit number and that he was finally 10-42.