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JANUARY 2021 FEATURES 26 COVID VACCINE IS HERE - DO YOU TAKE IT? 36 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS YOU SHOULD DO 40 POLICE CARS - PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE. 56 LOOK AT THE 2021 POLICE MODELS 70 WHAT ARE YOU DRIVING/FLYING IN ‘31 OUR TEAM OUR CONTRIBUTORS On the Cover / Feature Story The first police vehicle dates back to 1899. This month we look back on 122 years of police cars and then jump ahead ten years to see what it’s like to pilot your shop instead of driving it eight hours. 30 34 72 38 DEPARTMENTS 06 Publisher’s Thoughts 08 Editor’s Thoughts 10 Your Thoughts 14 News Around the State 20 News Around the Country 80 Remembering My Hero - Officer Craig Story 86 Running 4 Heroes 90 Blue Mental Health with Dr. Tina Jaeckle 94 Honoring Fallen Heroes 98 Outdoors with Rusty Barron 100 Parting Shots 102 Now Hiring - L.E. Positions Open in Texas DARYL’S DELIBERATIONS, by DARYL LOTT 92 HPOU EDITORIAL, by PRESIDENT DOUGLAS GRIFFITH MICHAEL BARRON founder & publisher REX EVANS editor-n-chief MISTY ROBERTS executive editor DIANE TRYKOWSKI creative editor RUSTY BARRON outdoor editor TINA JAECKLE contributing editor DARYL LOTT contributing editor DOUGLAS GRIFFITH HPOU contributing editor JANICE VANZURA sales mgr / austin PHIL PIERCE sales mgr / dallas REBECCA CESARI sales mgr / houston T. EDISON light bulb award SHERIFF ED GONZALEZ HCSO newsletter NICOLE HENSLEY contributing editor NANCY PERRY contributing editor ERIC TING contributing editor KIM BELL contributing editor JOHN M. WILLIAMS contributing editor CAPT. R. MITCHELL contributing editor HEATHER COTTER contributing editor DANIELLE STORY-STINSON contributing editor / COPS The BLUES Police Magazine is published monthly by Kress-Barr, LLC, P.O. Box 2733, League City Texas 77574. The opinions expressed in articles, op-eds and editorials are those of each individual author and do not reflect the opinion of The BLUES or its parent company. Rebuttals or submission of news articles and editorials may be submitted to: The BLUES Police Magazine @ bluespdmag@gmail.com. The entire contents of The BLUES is copyrighted© and may not be reproduced or reprinted without the express permission of the publisher. The BLUES logo is a Trademark of Kress-Barr, LLC. 4 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 5
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