SEPT 2021 Blues Vol 37 No. 9

SEPTEMBER 2021 FEATURES On the Cover: WE REMEMBER: The First Responders we lost on 9/11, BLUES Co-Founder Nat Gutuerrez, NOLA Officer Everette Briscoe, & 13 US Soldiers Killed in Kabul. FEATURE STORY: Former DPS Captain Jaeson Jones takes us to the Battle at the Border. REMEMBERING THOSE WE’VE LOST 48 13 BRAVE US SOLDIERS IN KABUL AUGUST 26, 2021 54 FIRST RESPONDERS LOST ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 66 BLUES CO-FOUNDER NAT GUTIERREZ, AUGUST 17, 2021 68 OFFICERS LOST TO COVID IN AUGUST 2021 76 ATTACKS 20 YEARS AGO SHAPED TODAY’S FBI 84 JAESON JONES: BATTLE AT THE BORDER 96 WHO WANTS TO BE A COP DEPARTMENTS 8 Publisher’s Thoughts Part I 10 Publisher’s Thoughts Part II 12 Editor’s Thoughts 14 Guest Editorial - Samantha Horwitz 16 Your Thoughts 22 News Around the State 34 News Around the Country 112 Island Time - Galveston 122 Healing our Heroes - John Salerno, Sam Horwitz 124 Daryl’s Deliberations 128 HPOU-From the President, Douglas Griffith 130 Light Bulb Award 132 Running 4 Heroes 134 Honoring our Fallen Heroes 140 Outdoors with Rusty Barron/Congrats on Retirement 142 Marketplace - Discounts for LEOs 148 Parting Shots 150 Now Hiring - L.E.O. Positions Open in Texas 166 Last Page -Take Out the Trash OUR TEAM MICHAEL BARRON founder & publisher MICHAEL BARRON editor-n-chief REX EVANS contributing editor DIANE TRYKOWSKI creative editor RUSTY BARRON outdoor editor TINA JAECKLE contributing editor DARYL LOTT contributing editor SAM HORWITZ & JOHN SALERNO contributing editors DOUGLAS GRIFFITH HPOU contributing editor DIANE TRYKOWSKI sales manager OUR CONTRIBUTORS T. EDISON contributing writer / light bulb SAM HORWITZ guest editorial DOMINGO RAMIREZ,JR. contributing writer MARY HELEN MOORE contributing writer GREGORY PRATT contributing writer DAVE MONTGOMERY contributing writer LANE DEGREGORY contributing writer TINA JAECKLE feature story DAVID PAN aftermath COVER PHOTOGRAPHY MICHAEL BARRON 108 110 116 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 su 2 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 3