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Office of the GovernorPast Star of Texas Awards2019 Star of Texas Awards (50 Recipients)2019 Peace Officers Killed in the Line of DutyChief Lonnie Verdell, Burton Wayland Baptist University Police DepartmentOfficer Albert Castaneda Jr., Grand Prairie Police DepartmentDeputy Sheriff Mark Allen Cox, Real County Sheriff's OfficeDeputy Sheriff Jason Matthew Fann, Yoakum County Sheriff's OfficeSergeant David Jones Fitzpatrick, The Colony Police DepartmentSenior Corporal Earl J. Givens III, Dallas Police DepartmentOfficer Nathan Heidelberg, Midland Police DepartmentCorporal Garrett W. Hull, Fort Worth Police DepartmentDeputy Sheriff Raymond Bradley Jimmerson, Nacogdoches County Sheriff's OfficeSgt. Korby Lee Kennedy, San Angelo Police DepartmentPatrol Sgt. Alejandro "Alex" Martinez, Willacy County Sheriff's OfficeSergeant Timothy Gerard Olsovsky, Victoria County Sheriff's OfficeDeputy Loren Y. Vasquez, Waller County Sheriff's Office2019 Peace Officers Injured in the Line of DutyOfficer Troy Lee Allison, Dallas Police DepartmentOffice Brannon Germald Barber, Dallas Police DepartmentOfficer Derek Baroody, Austin Police DepartmentOfficer Claudia Ivette Cormier, San Marcos Police DepartmentOfficer John Daily, Houston Police Department

Detective Justin Todd Ellis, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police DepartmentChief of Police Luis E. Farias, City of Benavides Police DepartmentOfficer Christopher S. Fegley, Arlington Police DepartmentOfficer Luis Fuhlbrigge, Houston Police DepartmentDeputy Christopher Gaines, Harris County ConstableOfficer Nestor Garcia, Houston Police DepartmentDeputy Sheriff Henry Jennings Giles, Trinity County Sheriff's OfficeCaptain Wesley C. Hensley, Texas Attorney General's OfficeOfficer Justin Ray Holt, Silsbee Police DepartmentDeputy Sheriff Calvin Gustav Lehmann, Fayette County Sheriff's DepartmentInvestigator Javier Leyva, Ector County Sheriff's OfficeCaptain Steven John Mcneill, Ector County Sheriff's OfficeInvestigator Joshua Devin Pool, Ector County Sheriff's OfficeCorporal Alex Quintanilla, Arlington Police DepartmentOfficer Alonzo Reid, Houston Police DepartmentSergeant Matthew Victor Richard, Houston Police DepartmentReserve Deputy Ricardo Rodriguez, Ector County Sheriff's OfficeState Trooper Moises Sanchez, Texas Department of Public SafetyInvestigator Cody Smith, Ector County Sheriff's OfficeTrooper Travares L. Webb, Texas Department of Public SafetyOfficer Elie Weston-Van Horn, Port Arthur Police Department2019 Fire Fighters Killed in the Line of DutyLarry Grant Dalton, Dallas Fire-Rescue DepartmentDriver Engineer Marco Antonio Davila, Dallas Fire-Rescue DepartmentScott Deem, San Antonio Fire DepartmentDriver Engineer Jeffery Lee Delbert, Dallas Fire-Rescue DepartmentDaniel Edward Hampton, Burnet Fire DepartmentCaptain Charlie Jaimes, Dallas Fire-Rescue DepartmentCaptain Thomas M. Johnson, Dallas Fire-Rescue Department

2019 Fire Fighters Injured in the Line of DutyBrad Jay Phipps, San Antonio Fire Department2019 Emergency Medical First Responders Injured in the Line of DutyFirst Sergeant Steven Ray Holden, US Army Emergency/Medical2019 Federal Agent Killed in the Line of DutyResident Agent Donna Doss, US Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border PatrolSupervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Norman Merkel, Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service2018 Star of Texas Awards (44 Recipients)2018 Peace Officers Killed in the Line of DutyTrooper Damon Charles Allen, Texas Department of Public SafetyDeputy Constable Mark Gregory Diebold, Tarrant County Constable Precinct 5Officer Miguel Moreno III, San Antonio Police DepartmentOfficer David Charles Sherrard, Richardson Police DepartmentSergeant Steve A. Perez, Houston Police DepartmentSenior Trooper Thomas Patrick Nipper, Texas Department of Public SafetyUS Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez, United States Customs and Border PatrolCorporal Monty Dale Platt, West Texas A&M Police DepartmentDeputy Inspector General Richard Wayne Hale Texas Juvenile Justice DepartmentAssistant Commander Kenneth Joseph Starrs, Corpus Christi Police DepartmentOfficer Rogelio Santander, Jr., Dallas Police DepartmentUS Border Patrol Agent David Gomez, United States Customs and Border PatrolOfficer Charles M. Whites, Round Rock Police Department

Officer Kenneth Malcomb Copeland, San Marcos Police DepartmentCorrectional Officer Shana R. Tedder, Texas Department of Criminal JusticeDetective Elise Ann Ybarra, Abilene Police Department2018 Peace Officers Injured in the Line of DutyOfficer Carla Strauser, Arlington Police DepartmentLieutenant Jesus Perez Balderamas, Selma Police DepartmentSenior Corporal Robert McMillin, Jr., Dallas Police DepartmentOfficer Crystal Almeida, Dallas Police DepartmentOfficer Juan Hernandez, Jr., Dallas Police DepartmentDeputy Benjamin Gieselman, Hays County Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Cody Downs, Jasper County Sheriff’s OfficeTrooper David Nelson Alcantar, Texas Department of Public SafetyOfficer Mario Casares, Laredo Police DepartmentGame Warden Zakary Ray Benge, Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentDeputy Terry Mahan, Jack County Sheriff’s OfficeGame Warden Vu Bang Nguyen, Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentTrooper Lyndon Jay Smith, Texas Department of Public SafetyOfficer William Frederick Graeber, Waco Police DepartmentTrooper Danny Gene Shaw, Texas Department of Public SafetyOfficer David Lee Leal, Rosenberg Police DepartmentDeputy Justin Barrington Gay, Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct 4Deputy Jay Elton Johnson, Caldwell County Sheriff’s OfficeSergeant John Abbott, Dallas County Community College District Police DepartmentGame Warden Henry Alvarado, Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentSergeant Bryan Gale Shaw, Dallas County Community College District Police DepartmentSenior Trooper Roy Tower, Texas Department of Public SafetyTrooper Carmen A. Griffith, Texas Department of Public SafetyTrooper Emory Joseph King, Texas Department of Public SafetyOfficer Christopher Todd Coots, Flower Mound Police DepartmentCorporal William Cody Brewer, Arlington Police Department

2018 Fire Fighters Injured in the Line of DutyFire Chief Mark Mendez, Nixon Fire DepartmentFire Fighter William An, Dallas Fire-Rescue2017 Star of Texas Awards (42 Recipients)2017 Peace Officers Killed in the Line of DutySenior Officer Amir Abdul-Khaliq, Austin Police DepartmentSenior Corporal Lorne Bradley Ahrens, Dallas Police DepartmentSergeant Stacey Allen Baumgartner, Patton Village Police DepartmentOfficer Endy Nddiobong Ekpanya, Pearland Police DepartmentAssistant Chief Deputy Clinton F. Greenwood, Harris County Constable Precinct 3Officer Michael Leslie Krol, Dallas Police DepartmentDeputy Sheriff Kenneth Hubert Maltby, Eastland County Sheriff’s OfficePatrolman Justin Ryan Scherlen, Amarillo Police DepartmentSergeant Michael Joseph Smith, Dallas Police DepartmentOfficer Brent Alan Thompson, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police DepartmentDetective Jerry Ronald Walker, Little Elm Police DepartmentOfficer Patricio Enrique Zamarripa, Dallas Police DepartmentOfficer Marco Antonio Zarate, Bellaire Police Department2017 Peace Officers Injured in the Line of DutyOfficer Jorge Leonardo Barrientos, Dallas Police DepartmentTrooper Chad Allen Blackburn, Texas Department of Public SafetyCorporal Monica Elise Bowden, Arlington Police DepartmentOfficer Whittney Branch, Odessa Police Department

Senior Officer Ronny S. Cortez, Houston Police DepartmentSergeant Pedro Gonzalez, Odessa Police DepartmentOfficer Jason Heisel, Arlington Police DepartmentConstable Justin Brian Johnston, Liberty County Constable Precinct 1Officer Edward Johnston, Arlington Police DepartmentSenior Corporal Edmundo Alejandro Lujan, Dallas Police DepartmentInvestigator Hector Manuel Mariscal, Pharr Police DepartmentOfficer Misty Dawn McBride, Dallas Area Rapid TransitLieutenant Michael Patrick Moses, Arlington Police DepartmentOfficer Jose Manuel Munoz, Houston Police DepartmentSergeant Michael Neagle, Wise County Sheriff’s OfficeSenior Corporal Dale J. Ordogne, Dallas Police DepartmentCorporal James Allen Ott, Liberty County Sheriff’s OfficeOfficer Jason F. Rhodes, Houston Police DepartmentOfficer Matthew W. Roberts, Decatur Police DepartmentOfficer Gretchen Margaret Rocha, Dallas Police DepartmentOfficer Donaciano Rocha, Odessa Police DepartmentOfficer Anthony Rossman, Odessa Police DepartmentSenior Corporal Ivan Omar Saldana, Dallas Police DepartmentChief Raymond Marion Shaw, Shenandoah Police DepartmentSergeant Giovanni Derek Wells, Dallas Police DepartmentCorporal Cory Wester, Odessa Police DepartmentLieutenant Roy Neal Wood, Hico Marshal’s Office2017 Firefighters Injured in the Line of DutyFirefighter (Paramedic) Richard Olivo Longoria, Corpus Christi Fire DepartmentFire Rescue Officer Chris Khuong Pham, Dallas Fire-Rescue Department2016 Star of Texas Awards (57 Recipients)

2016 Peace Officers Killed in the Line of DutyChief of Police Darrell Lamond Allen, Marlin Police DepartmentPatrol Officer Adrian Arellano, El Paso Police DepartmentChief of Police Richard Allen Brush, Point Comfort Police DepartmentSergeant Paul Aaron Buckles, Potter County Sheriff’s OfficeOfficer Caran Renee Coward, Livingston Police DepartmentOfficer Reuben B. DeLeon Jr., Houston Police DepartmentChief of Police Steven Keith Fleming, Gainesville Police DepartmentDeputy Darren H. Goforth, Harris County Sheriff’s OfficeSenior Officer David Hofer, Euless Police DepartmentSergeant Investigator Thomas Luell Keen, Harris County Sheriff’s OfficeSergeant William Karl Keesee, Texas Department of Public SafetySergeant John Mathew Maki, Celeste Police DepartmentSergeant Michael Joe Naylor, Midland County Sheriff’s OfficeTrooper Jeffrey Don Nichols, Texas Department of Public SafetyOfficer David Ortiz, El Paso Police DepartmentChief of Police Michael Anthony Pimentel, Elmendorf Police DepartmentDeputy Constable Jeffrey Emmons Radford, Bell County Constable Pct. 3Sergeant Mark Luis Scianna, Bexar County Constable Pct. 3Deputy Jesse Valdez, Harris County Sheriff’s OfficePatrol Deputy Donald Ellis Wass, Washington County Sheriff’s Office2016 Emergency Medical First Responders Seriously Injured in the Line of DutyFirst Responder Howard Gene Holmes, 3n1 Volunteer Fire Department2016 Fire Fighters Injured in the Line of DutyFire Fighter Jeremiah Matthew Casares, Austin Fire DepartmentFire Fighter Eddie Hykel, West Fire DepartmentChief George W. Nors, West Fire DepartmentFire Fighter David Alan Maler, McLennan County Constable/West Fire Department