[Funeral Service for Austin Police Officer Jorge "George" Pastore on November 17, 2023.]
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WOULD PLEASE UH, BEGIN TO FIND THEIR SEATS.OUR SERVICE WILL BEGIN IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
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7 42 IN THE MORNING, EIGHT SECONDS BEFORE ALL SING SING.PUT YOUR BEST FACE ON FOR THE WORLD.
FAKE ANOTHER SMILE AND JUST PRETEND NOTHING'S EVER REALLY IT TAKE YOU
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RIGHT DOWN TO YOUR KNEES.MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU WANT, BUT IT'S WHAT YOU NEED SOMETIMES THE WAY AROUND IT.
CAPTAIN UP THE SPACES BETWEEN THE YOU GETTING USED TO THE ROCKS AND SERVICE WILL BEGIN IN FIVE MINUTES.
LET, LET, MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU LET IT HURT, LET IT BLEED.
LET IT TAKE YOU RIGHT DOWN TO YOUR KNEE.
EIGHT SECONDS BEFORE IT ALL INGS.
YOU CAN TELL YOUR OLD MAN, YOU'LL DO SOME LARGE MOUNT FISHING IN ANOTHER TIME.
YOU JUST GOT TOO MUCH ON YOUR PLATE TO BAIT AND CAST THE LINE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT A RAIN CHECK IN HIS HAND.
YOU, YOU CAN KEEP PUTTING OFF FOREVER WITH THAT GIRL WHOSE HEART YOU HOLD.
SWEARING THAT YOU LAST SUNDAY FURTHER DOWN.
YOU CAN ALWAYS PUT A, YOU CAN IF YOU GOT A CHANCE, TAKE IT.
TAKE IT WHILE YOU GOT A CHANCE.
IF YOU GOT A DREAM, CHASE IT BECAUSE DREAM WON'T CHASE YOU BACK.
IF YOU ARE GONNA SOMEBODY HOLD AS LONG AND AS STRONG AND AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN, YOU CAN.
THERE'S A BOX OF GREASY PARTS SITTING IN TRUNK OF THAT 65 STILL WAITING ON YOU AND YOUR GRANDDAD TO BRING IT BACK TO LINE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET AROUND FIXING UP THAT PONTIAC UNTIL YOU, IF YOU GOT A CHANCE, TAKE IT, TAKE IT WHILE YOU GOT A CHANCE.
IF YOU GOT A DREAM, CHASE IT BECAUSE A DREAM WON'T CHASE YOU BACK.
IF YOU ARE GOING SOMEBODY HOLD AS LONG AND AS STRONG AND AS CLOSE AS YOU
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CAN, YOU CAN.SO TAKE THAT PHONE, CALL FROM MAMA AND JUST TALK AWAY.
'CAUSE YOU'LL NEVER KNOW HOW BAD YOU WANT TILL YOU CAN.
SAY YOUR SORRYS, YOUR I LOVE YOU.
IF YOU GOT A DREAM, CHASE IT BECAUSE A DREAM WON'T CHASE YOU BACK.
IF YOU ARE GONNA LOVE SOMEBODY, HOLD AS LONG AND AS STRONG AND AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN.
YOU CAN TAKE IT WHILE YOU GOT A CHANCE.
IF YOU GOT A DREAM, CHASE IT BECAUSE THE DREAM WON'T CHASE YOU BACK.
IF YOU ARE GONNA SOMEBODY HOLD THEM AS LONG AND AS STRONG AND AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN UNTIL YOU CAN BROKEN HA THAT HE USED TO SHINE, CALM DOWN FROM HEAVEN JUST TO US ON OUR AND FOR THE REASON JOHN ASKING JESUS WHY I TO KNOW THE ANSWERS THEY BELONG, THEY BELONG TO, TO FLY.
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MAY NOT HAVE THE FANCY THINGS, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING.IT'S IN MY ARMS SO BABY DUM IS, AND I'LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING SO BABY TUMMY IS AND I'LL BE ALL YOURS BABY DUM AND I'LL YOU EVERYTHING I'LL RIGHT BY YOUR SON.
I'M TOO, AND IF YOU SAY YOU'RE OKAY, I'M GONNA HEAL YOU.
YOUR HANDS, YOUR LEGS HELP YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.
I'LL WIN RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE BACK AND FIND CURE.
I'M TOO, NO MATTER WHAT YOU KNOW OF, I'M TOO.
AND IF YOU SAY YOU'RE OKAY, I'M GONNA HEAL YOU.
I'M, I WISH I COULD SWIM LIKE DOLPHINS.
LIKE DOLPHINS COULD THOUGH NOTHING
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WILL KEEP US TOGETHER.WE, AND WE HEROES HOW WE AND THE QUEEN HEROES JUST STANDING, STANDING BY THE WALL AND THE ABOVE JUST FOR ONE DAY.
GOOD MORNING, GRACE AND PEACE TO YOU.
FROM HE IS GONE BY DAVID HARKINS.
YOU CAN SHED TEARS THAT HE IS GONE OR YOU CAN SMILE BECAUSE HE HAS LIVED.
YOU CAN CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PRAY THAT HE WILL COME BACK OR YOU CAN OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE ALL THAT HE HAS LEFT.
YOUR HEART CAN BE EMPTY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE HIM.
OR YOU CAN BE FULL OF THE LOVE THAT YOU SHARED.
YOU CAN TURN YOUR BACK ON TOMORROW AND LIVE YESTERDAY, OR YOU CAN BE HAPPY FOR TOMORROW BECAUSE OF YESTERDAY.
YOU CAN CHERISH HIM AND ONLY THAT HE IS GONE.
OR YOU CAN CHERISH HIS MEMBRANE AND LET IT LIVE ON.
YOU CAN CRY AND CLOSE YOUR MIND.
OR YOU CAN DO WHAT HE WOULD WANT.
OPEN YOUR EYES, LOVE AND GO ON.
PLEASE JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
YOU'RE INVITED TO REFLECT IN WHATEVER WAY IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL TRADITION.
TO REFLECT ON GEORGE, THE IMPACT HIS LIFE HAD ON YOU AND THE GRATITUDE YOU FEEL FOR HAVING KNOWN HIM.
COULD WE PAUSE? ON SATURDAY AND NOVEMBER 11TH, 2023, GEORGE IGNACIO PASTORE PASSED AWAY DOING WHAT HE LOVED.
HE WAS AN AMAZING MAN WHOSE PURPOSE IN LIFE WAS TO SERVE AND TO PROTECT OTHERS.
HE WAS A TRUE PATRIOT AND HIS FAMILY SAYS IT WAS ONLY FITTING THAT THE DAY OF HIS PASSING WAS VETERAN'S DAY.
HE WAS BORN IN GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA AND MOVED TO FLORIDA AS A CHILD WHERE HE DISCOVERED HIS PASSION FOR MARTIAL ARTS AND BEGAN
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TEACHING AT THE AGE OF 16.HE AND HIS WIFE LATER OPENED CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE WHERE HE TAUGHT AND MENTORED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE, MOST OF WHOM CONSIDER HIM TO BE A REAL LIFE SUPERHERO AND CONTINUE TO ASPIRE TO BE JUST LIKE MR. GEORGE IN FLORIDA.
HE SPENT 10 YEARS IN THE FIRE SERVICE AS A FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDIC AND LIEUTENANT.
HIS PASSION FOR HELPING OTHERS AND HIS DESIRE TO CHALLENGE HIMSELF LED HIM TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE BECAME A POLICE OFFICER AND ULTIMATELY FULFILLED HIS DREAM OF EARNING A POSITION ON THE SWAT TEAM OUT OF EVERYTHING HE DID IN HIS CAREER, GEORGE WAS MOST PROUD OF HIS SERVICE IN THE HONOR GUARD, BOTH FOR THE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA AND FOR THE APD.
HE WAS FIERCELY LOYAL AND PROTECTIVE OF MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE LOVED BY HIM.
GEORGE WAS BLESSED TO BE MARRIED TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.
THEY ENJOYED TRAVELING, MUSIC, STAYING ACTIVE, AND THEIR DOGS CHAMP AND BELLA, BUT MOST OF ALL, QUIET TIME TOGETHER WAS WHAT THEY CHERISHED MOST.
HE WAS A SUPPORTIVE AND CARING STEPFATHER TO CONNOR AND TREVOR AND WAS SO PROUD OF THE MEN THEY HAVE BECOME.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GEORGE TO ELEVATE, MOTIVATE AND SUPPORT EVERYONE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE THE BEST VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES.
HE LOVED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH AND ALWAYS PUT OTHERS FIRST.
HE WAS A TRULY HUMBLE WARRIOR WHO CHAMPIONED OTHER PEOPLE'S DREAMS, GOALS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THOSE WHO LOVED HIM HAVE LOST THE PERSON THEY COULD ALWAYS DEPEND ON TO SUPPORT AND TO LOVE THEM UNCONDITIONALLY.
WE HAVE LOST AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING WHOSE ENTIRE EXISTENCE WAS SPENT SERVING OTHERS AND MAKING THEIR LIVES BOTH BETTER AND SAFER.
GEORGIA SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE KIM, HIS STEPCHILDREN CONNOR, TREVOR AND TAYLOR, HIS MOTHER LURE HIS FATHER, JORGE AND WIFE JESSICA, THEIR THREE CHILDREN, HIS BELOVED SISTERS, TATIANA, HER HUSBAND, JUAN, MIGUEL AND
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP, UH, KIRK WATSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
MS. PASTOR, OFFICER, PASTOR'S FAMILY ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND ALL OF US WHO RELY ON BRAVE PEOPLE AND WE ALL DO COUNT ON HEROIC POLICE OFFICERS.
PLEASE KNOW THAT ALL OF US GRIEVE WITH YOU.
WE ALL MOURN, WE LIFT YOU UP, EMBRACE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS SELFLESS COMMUNITY GUARDIAN THAT'S BEEN LOST.
THE SADNESS IS OVERWHELMING AND THE LOSS SHAKES OUR UNDERSTANDING.
OFFICER GEORGE PASTOR STORE WAS OUR GUARDIAN.
HE WAS OUR PROTECTOR, A DEFENDER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS MAN WAS A SHIELD AGAINST FEAR AND HARM, WRONGDOING AND DANGER.
HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER AND WE ASK SO VERY MUCH.
IT'S DIFFICULT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND WHAT HAPPENED TO SOMEONE WHO TRULY PASSIONATELY LOVED BEING A COP, LOVED SERVING IN THE ROLE OF OUR GUARDIAN, SHARED HIS JOY FOR DOING IT.
HE WAS TRAINED AS A PARAMEDIC FOR 10 YEARS.
HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER AND OF COURSE HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER.
HE WAS THE DEFINITION OF, UH, HE HAD THE HEART AND THE SPIRIT OF A FIRST RESPONDER.
YEAH, HE WAS ALWAYS RESPONDING FIRST, BUT ALSO HE PUT EVERYONE ELSE FIRST.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, GEORGE CHOSE TIME AND AGAIN TO BE THERE FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE IN MOST IN NEED.
HE TAUGHT THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HIM.
HE OFFERED CARE AND COMPASSION TO PEOPLE IN MEDICAL CRISIS, SAVE LIVES IN HOMES AS A FIREFIGHTER AND AS A SWAT OFFICER.
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GUNFIRE TO PROTECT SOMEONE ELSE.I BELIEVE HE PUT HIMSELF THERE BECAUSE HE LOVED US.
GEORGE LOVED US, LOVED THOSE HE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT HE DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW US INDIVIDUALLY TO LOVE US ENOUGH AND TO HAVE THE INTEGRITY TO RUN TOWARD DANGER.
HE WASN'T ONE TO SIT AND WAIT.
HE WANTED TO BE PART OF SWAT FROM THE TIME HE JOINED APD OF COURSE HE WAS THE FIRST ONE IN.
OFFICER PASTORE HAD A MOTTO, A LIFE MANTRA.
IN FACT, HE INKED IT ONTO HIS SKIN, PROCLAIMING, PROTECT MY BROTHERS.
HE DID HIS JOB WITH GUSTO AND BRAVERY SO WE CAN ALL FEEL SAFER IN OUR HOMES, BUT HE DIDN'T GO HOME.
WE CAN NEVER REPAY HIM TO ALL OF YOU WHO, WHO ARE IN APD OR SERVING AS POLICE OFFICERS PROTECTING US.
OFFICER PASTOR SAID HE WAS THERE TO PROTECT HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
HIS WORDS ARE OUR PRAYER FOR ALL OF YOU.
MS. PASTORE AND ALL OF HIS FAMILY, YOU LIVE WITH THE VOID THAT THAT CREATES IN YOUR HOME.
AND MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT ALL OF YOU WHO SERVE US IN THIS WAY.
THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP CHIEF ROBIN HENDERSON, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REMARKS.
MAYOR KIRK WATSON, INTERIM CITY MANAGER JOSE GARZA.
INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BRUCE MILLS AND DISTINGUISHED GUEST HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
I STAND BEFORE YOU BROKEN HEARTED BUT HONORED TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO KNOW WORK WITH AND WORK FOR OFFICER GEORGE.
HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER, UNCLE FRIEND, OFFICER HERO, SENIOR POLICE OFFICER GEORGE PASTOR BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT ON JUNE 24TH, 2019 WITH THE 141ST CADET CLASS AND WAS COMMENCED AS A POLICE OFFICER ON O ON JANUARY 31ST, 2020.
PASTOR WHO HE COMMONLY TO HIM AS SERVED OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY IN A VARIETY OF D DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
STARTING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AUSTIN HENRY SECTOR FIRST ON NIGHT SHIFT AND THEN MOVING TO EVENING SHIFT.
HE THEN MOST RECENTLY TRANSFERRED TO GEORGE EVENINGS WHILE ALSO SERVING AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE HONOR GUARD SWAT GOLD TEAM SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM AND COUNTER ASSAULT STRIKE TEAM OFFICER
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PASTOR WAS ALL IN WHILE MANY OF US HERE ACTUALLY KNEW OFFICER PASTOR, THERE ARE SOME OF YOU HERE THAT DIDN'T.HOWEVER, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE PASTOR MADE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON IS WHY YOU FIND YOURSELVES HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE JOURNEY TODAY.
TO HONOR OFFICER PASTOR, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE SEMINOLE TRIBE FIRE RESCUE FROM FLORIDA THAT IS IN ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY.
PRIOR TO JOINING APD PASTOR WORKED WITH THE SEMINOLE TRIBE FIRE AND RESCUE.
AS FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC, WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE LOST A BROTHER TOO, BUT PLEASE KNOW YOU HAVE GAINED AN AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT FAMILY, AN AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT FAMILY, AND AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS FAMILY FOREVER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS WE ALL COME TOGETHER AS ONE FAMILY, BOTH SWORN IN CIVILIAN, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH PRIDE THIS BRINGS ME TO LOOK OUT AND SEE EACH ONE OF YOUR FACES.
HOWEVER, THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HAS BROUGHT US HERE IS ONE THAT WE NEVER IMAGINED OR EVER WANTED.
EVERY TIME ONE OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN BLUE ARE KILLED IN A LINE OF DUTY, IT IMPACTS US ALL.
MY FIRST MEMORY OF MEETING PASTOR WAS AT THE EAST SUB IN SHOW UP WHEN HE WAS ON THE HENRY THREE HUNDREDS VIBRANT, HAPPY, ENERGETIC.
ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT AND CAUGHT MY EYE ABOUT PASTOR WAS THE SHEER AMOUNT OF GEAR THAT HE HAD ON HIS OUTER VEST CARRIER AND THEN JUST AS MUCH GEAR ON HIS DUTY BELT.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THIS NEW OFFICER HAD EQUIPPED HIMSELF WITH EVERY WEAPON POSSIBLE TO PATROL THE STREETS AND THINKING TO MYSELF THAT ALL THAT FANCY GEAR WILL ONLY LAST UNTIL THE FIRST HOT DAYS OF SUMMER.
BUT AS I LOOKED CLOSER, WHAT PASTOR ACTUALLY LOADED HIMSELF DOWN WITH WAS A MENAGERIE OF FIRST AID AND MEDICAL GEAR.
I MADE THE MISTAKE OF ASKING PASTOR WHAT WAS UP WITH ALL THAT MEDICAL GEAR AND INSTANTLY THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE CHANGED TO THAT OF INSTRUCTIONAL INTENSITY.
I THEN RECEIVED AN IN-DEPTH EXPLANATION OF EACH PIECE OF MEDICAL GEAR HE WAS CARRYING AND WHAT TYPE OF INJURY IT WAS FOR PERPLEXED.
I ASKED, WHERE DID YOU LEARN ALL THIS? AND THAT'S WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS A PARAMEDIC AND FIREFIGHTER IN FLORIDA.
AS WE WERE SHORT ON TIME, I DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT PASTORE WHAT HAD BROUGHT PASTORE TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU ARE LIKELY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT TODAY FROM ONE OF THE OTHER SPEAKERS.
I LEFT THAT CONVERSATION NOT REMEMBERING ANY OF THE 47 MEDICAL TECHNIQUES PASTOR HAD JUST SHOWN ME IN 10 MINUTES, BUT OVERJOYED AT THE EXTENSIVE LEVEL.
HE HAD PREPARED HIMSELF NOT TO TAKE SOMEBODY'S LIFE BUT TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE, WHICH HE DID SEVERAL TIMES.
IT WAS FROM THAT MEETING THAT I FELT LIKE EVERY TIME I TURNED AROUND THERE WAS PASTOR.
HIS DEDICATION TO OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY, AND HIS TEAMMATES WAS SECOND TO NONE.
PASTOR WAS ALWAYS ALL IN PASTOR EXEMPLIFIED LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, INCLUSION, SELFLESSNESS, PASSION AND RESILIENCY.
AS STATED, PASTOR SERVED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
PRIOR TO JOINING APD PASTOR HAD HELPED FORM AN HONOR GUARD WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN FLORIDA.
AND IT WAS OBVIOUS HE WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
UPON COMPLETION OF CADET CLASS, AS SOON AS HE WAS ELIGIBLE, HE JOINED THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HONOR GUARD HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE UNIFORM AND HIS FOCUS ON EXCELLENCE IN DELIVERING THE HIGHEST
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HONORS TO THE FALLEN WERE SECOND TO NONE.HE WAS ADAMANT ABOUT WEARING A TIE THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY TIED NOT THE CLIP ON ONE WITH HIS HONOR GUARD UNIFORM.
AND HE TOOK IMMENSE PRIDE IN HOW HE LOOKED IN THAT UNIFORM AND FOCUSED ON EVERY DETAIL.
HE WAS IMPECCABLE IN HIS APPEARANCE.
FROM OUR SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM, SRT PASTOR WAS AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE APD SPECIAL RESPONSE TEAM.
PASTOR ATTENDED NEARLY EVERY QUARTERLY TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT WE HAD TO OFFER.
HIS ATTITUDE AND POSITIVE NATURE WAS CONTAGIOUS AND WHICH SOMEONE COULD LUCK UP TO.
AS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXEMPLARY MEMBER OF THE TEAM, HE WOULD LIGHT UP THE ROOM WHENEVER HE WALKED IN.
HE ALWAYS MADE IT A POINT TO GO AROUND AND SHAKE EVERYONE'S HAND.
HE WOULD ROUTINELY REMIND YOU THAT HE WAS GLAD TO SEE YOU AS HE HAD A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE.
HE WAS GENUINE ABOUT EVERYTHING HE DID AND WANTED TO DO AS MUCH AS HE COULD.
WE ON THE SRT CADRE WOULD ALWAYS FIGHT TO HAVE HIM AT OUR EVENTS BECAUSE HE WAS A NATURAL LEADER.
PASTOR WAS A PART OF SO MANY OTHER UNITS AND WE WERE ALWAYS JEALOUS WHEN HE WASN'T WITH US.
HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED AS A MEMBER OF THE SIERRA TWO FOURS BUT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
REST EASY BROTHER WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER ASSAULT STRIKE TEAM CAST, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE PASTORAL FAMILY BY PAYING TRIBUTE TO AN IRREPLACEABLE MEMBER OF BOTH YOUR FAMILY AND OURS.
WE COULD NO DOUBT FILL THIS PLACE WITH COUNTLESS STORIES OF HOW PASTOR IMPACTED OUR APD FAMILY.
HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE A SMALL PORTION OF THIS TRIBUTE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BROADER IMPACT OF PASTOR'S INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND HOW THEY BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
PASTOR WAS A STEADFAST MEMBER OF CAST PASTOR, FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION TO SEEK SOLUTIONS IN INTIMIDATING AND APPALLING SITUATIONS.
IN OUR PAST, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMS AND FIREFIGHTERS HAD WORKED SEPARATELY, EACH AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN DUTIES.
PERHAPS WE COULD CREDIT PASTOR'S BACKGROUND AS A FIGHTER FIRE AND A PARAMEDIC WITH HIS ABILITY TO SEE PAST THESE DISCIPLINE BOUNDARIES.
ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS EXAMPLES OF THIS CONNECTIONS MADE BY OFFICER PASTOR CAN BE SEEN BY THE MANY GRIEVING FACES OF OUR AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS AND AUSTIN FIRE PARTNERS.
EACH OF THESE FACES CARRIES A WAVE OF EMOTIONS AND MEMORIES OF HOW OFFICER PASTOR'S LIFE IMPACTED THEM IN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE WAY.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I KEEP SNIFFLING, I'M TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER.
Y'ALL HISTORICALLY CONDOLENCES FROM PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE BEEN, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
PASTOR'S PERSONALITY AND LIFE OF SERVICE HAVE ELIMINATED THAT DETACHMENT.
WE NOW FIND OURSELVES SHARING IN EACH OTHER'S LOSS.
WE NO LONGER DRAW DISTINCTIONS OR BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DISCIPLINES.
WHEN ONE OF US SUFFERS LOSS, IT IS THE SAME CALLING TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
THAT NOW BINDS US TO THE HURT.
WITH THE LOSS OF PASTOR, EVEN IN DEATH, PASTOR CONTINUES TO BRING FRIENDS, AGENCIES, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.
THE BONDS HE BUILD WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ALLOWED ME TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF TODAY.
I'M HONORED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I DO WANT EVERYONE HERE TO PLEASE KNOW THAT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND WHAT THE STATE THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN, PASTOR NEVER WAVERED.
HIS JOVIAL INTENSITY TO SERVE, LEAD, EDUCATE, AND PROTECT WAS RESOLUTE.
THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR JUST ABOUT EVERY OFFICER THAT IS HERE TODAY THAT WORKING FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE ALL IN.
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OFFICER PASTOR WAS ALWAYS ALL IN.PASTOR WAS FIRST IN THE MONUMENTAL SACRIFICE.
PASTOR MADE FOR HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN AB.
D AND HIS PARTNER AGENCIES AND HIS COMMUNITY IS WITHOUT QUESTION AS WE ARE INTERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SACRIFICE, OFFICER PEOR MADE AND POST TMS GEORGE PASTOR NUMBER 9 0 9 7 IS BEING AWARDED THE ME MEDAL OF VALOR FOR DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AND COURAGEOUS ACTION, RISKING LIFE FOR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, IN ADDITION TO A PURPLE HEART FOR HIS DEATH, RESULTING FROM A SUSPECT'S ACTIONS IN THE LINE OF DUTY UNDER HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH VALOR.
THANK YOU KIM CONNOR, TREVOR LOURDES, GEORGE SENIOR TATIANA NOELLE LEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING GEORGE WITH US.
EACH OF YOU ARE NOW ADOPTED INTO A HUGE LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY, FIRE, FAMILY, AND DMS FAMILY.
ONE THAT WILL STAND BESIDE YOU AND SUPPORT YOU FOREVER.
KIM, I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW MUCH PASTOR LOVED YOU, LOVED HIS JOB, AND HOW MUCH HE TRULY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR AGENCY, OTHERS, AND THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
WE ARE FOR FOREVER THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF HIS LIFE.
AS I CLOSE, I MUST THANK AND NEED TO THANK OUR EMS TAC MEDICS AND DELL SETON MEDICAL STAFF FOR THEIR EXTREME EFFORTS TO SAVE PASTOR'S LIFE.
IT AFFORDED OUR SWAT TEAM, HIS SHIFT MATES, HIS DTAC OFFICERS, AND MANY OTHER OFFICERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE IN PASTOR LAST MOMENTS WITH US.
AND FOR THAT WE ARE INTERNALLY GRATEFUL TO HONOR GUARD PEER SUPPORT CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS NETWORK OF OUR APD FAMILY MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HAVE HELPED IN CARING FOR AND HONORING PASTORE.
TODAY THANK YOU TO THE ONE 41ST CADET CLASS DTAC, SWAT, AND OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT OF THE PASTORE FAMILY DURING THIS VE VERY CHALLENGING TIME.
EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN ALL IN GEORGE PASTORE TAX 66.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR US.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING ALL IN.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR BEING PASTORE FIRST IN.
WE ALL LOVE YOU AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU KEEP SMILING OFFICER, PASTOR.
REST EASY TAX 66 AND WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
RED AND BLUE, FIVE LIKE A TRAIN, MILES OF CARS FULL OF PEOPLE WITH NOTHING.
YOU THINK THAT IT'S JUST ANOTHER AND YOU, THEY CALLED ME ON CELL PHONE TELLING ME.
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AND BADGE NUMBER 4 57 IS ALL OVER TOWN.AND PEOPLE KEEP ASKING IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY CAN DO, BUT NO ONE CAN GIVE BACK YOU TO CALL ME ON TELLING ME I'M GOING THAT YOU SOLD ME.
IT'S MY OFFICER AND I TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP FELIX PEREZ, NICHOLAS GARCIA, TAYLOR LANE, AND MIKE CASTILLO.
IT IS AN HONOR UNDERSTANDING HERE TODAY BEFORE ALL OF YOU.
AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE SERVICE OF A MAN AS GREAT AS THE ONE WE'RE CELEBRATING TODAY.
GEORGE PASTOR IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HEAR A LOT OF REPEAT THINGS SAID TODAY, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE TRUE.
EVERY TIME HE SAW HIM, HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
HE'D WALK INTO EVERY ROOM, HE'D SHAKE EVERYONE'S HAND.
HE ASKED HIM HOW THEY WERE DOING AND IT WASN'T FAKE.
I MET HIM ALMOST FIVE YEARS AGO.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS DAY ONE OF THE POLICE ACADEMY.
UH, AND I I JUST REMEMBER LAUGHING 'CAUSE UH, ON HIS LEFT HAND, HE HAD, UH, ONE OF THOSE LIKE SILLY TRIBAL TATTOOS, LIKE ALL ACROSS HIS HAND.
AND I, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF, KIND OF FUNNY.
BUT NOT, NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT, I, I COULD, I QUICKLY REALIZED THAT THERE WAS JUST AN AURA AROUND HIM.
I I, YOU COULDN'T REALLY EXPLAIN IT, BUT YOU WANTED TO BE AROUND HIM.
HE HAD THIS ENERGY AND JUST THIS, THIS VIBRANT PERSONALITY ABOUT HIM.
I CAN'T, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS AROUND HIM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND PEOPLE JUST GRAVITATED TOWARDS HIM.
'CAUSE THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST WHO HE WAS.
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AND LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'D MEET ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.AND GEORGE WAS INCREDIBLY MOTIVATED.
HE WAS DEDICATED, TOOK OWNERSHIP OF ALL THE DECISIONS HE MADE IN HIS LIFE.
HE HELD HIMSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.
AND HE ALWAYS POINTED THE THUMB.
WE WENT ON TO WORK LIKE IN THE SAME AREAS OF THE CITY.
AS, AS CHIEF ROBINSON SAID, WE WORKED HENRY PATROL TOGETHER.
WE WORKED, UH, WE WORKED DOWNTOWN TOGETHER AND WE HAD THE OPTION OF, OF RIDING SOLO.
BUT HIM AND I, WE RODE TOGETHER FOR HUNDREDS, HUNDREDS OF DAYS.
AND THERE WASN'T A DAY THAT WENT BY.
THAT PASTOR CAME TO WORK AND SOON AS HE PUT HIS UNIFORM ON, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON OUTSIDE OF WORK, IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS LIFE, IT DIDN'T MATTER.
HE GAVE US OTHER POLICE OFFICERS, EMS FIRE.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU HEAR PEOPLE WOULD USE A QUOTE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS PERSON WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF THEIR BACK.
BUT THEN HE'D TAKE YOU TO GO BUY FIVE MORE.
AND THEN AT SOME POINT HE'D FIND OUT WHO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS WERE OR SOMEONE AND HE'D CALL THEM AND HE'D FIND OUT WHAT ELSE YOU WOULD NEED AND HE'D MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT YOU'D BE OKAY.
HE TOOK CARE OF EVERYONE AROUND HIM.
IF HE NEEDED ANYTHING, IT DIDN'T MATTER IF HE KNEW YOU OR NOT, THAT THAT WAS IRRELEVANT TO HIM.
ALL THAT MATTERED TO HIM WAS HELPING OTHERS AND BEING IN SERVICE OF OTHERS.
HE WAS THE HARDEST WORKING AND THE MOST HUMBLE MAN IN THE ROOM.
AND THERE'S NO ONE I TRUSTED MORE THAN HIM.
I, I WOULD TELL HIS WIFE, KIM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK, I SAY, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I'M WITH HIM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS NEVER A WORRY IN MY HEART WHETHER WE WERE CLEARING A HOUSE, MAKING A TRAFFIC STOP.
I NEVER HAVE TO WORRY PASTOR OR WAS GONNA BE THERE OR NOT.
IF YOU NEEDED HELP, IF YOU NEEDED SOMETHING, IT DIDN'T MATTER IF YOU WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY.
HE WOULD ALWAYS KEY UP AND BE THE FIRST ONE ON HIS WAY THERE.
NO MATTER HOW BUSY HE WAS, NO MATTER WHAT WENT ON, NO MATTER WHAT ELSE WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY OR EVEN IF HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING, IF YOU NEEDED HELP, YOU CAN BANK ON OFFICER PASTORAL BEING THERE TO MY FRIEND GEORGE.
I'M GONNA MISS SEEING YOU EVERY DAY.
I AM GONNA MISS CALLING YOU AND ASKING YOU FOR HELP WITH SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNEW AND YOU COULD FIX ANYTHING.
ANYTHING I NEEDED, ANYTHING ANYONE NEEDED, PASTOR, PASTOR COULD FIX IT.
I'M GONNA MISS BEING IN THE SAME CAR AS YOU FIGHTING ABOUT WHO'S GONNA DRIVE TODAY, ARGUING ABOUT WHAT FRAGRANCE WE'RE GONNA SPRAY THE PATROL CARS WITH.
HE LIKED THE MRS. MYERS ONES OR MR. MYERS.
I'M GONNA MISS ARGUING ABOUT IF WE'RE GONNA GET TYSON'S TACOS.
CRUNCHY TACOS WERE WERE HIS FAVORITE.
LISTENING TO CHRIS STAPLETON IN THE CAR TOGETHER, PICKING OUT MATCHING TECH T-SHIRTS SO WE COULD WEAR 'EM TO TRAINING TOGETHER.
I'VE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER FOR ALMOST, ALMOST FOUR YEARS AND ABOUT 99% OF THAT TIME HE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
HE LEFT A HOLE THAT CAN NEVER BE FILLED.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERY SINGLE MOMENT THAT
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I HAD WITH HIM.THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULDN'T DO.
IT WAS THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL, DEDICATED, AND ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE.
GEORGE, THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU AND NEVER CHANGING AND NEVER APOLOGIZING FOR WHO YOU WERE.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS GIVING US YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US INTO YOUR LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR SPENDING HOURS AND DAYS TRYING TO HELP OTHERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME.
PASTOR HAD A SAYING IN THE POLICE ACADEMY AND HE, UH, HE KEPT IT GOING AS A, ONCE HE GRADUATED, HE WOULD SAY, FIND FIVE.
AT THE END OF EVERY, UH, PT SESSION, HE WOULD TELL EVERYONE, HEY, FIND FIVE PEOPLE AND TELL 'EM GOOD JOB.
OR GIVE 'EM SOME SIGN OF SOME SORT OF ENCOURAGING MESSAGE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US ALL TOGETHER TO EVERYONE AT THE SEMINOLE TRIBE FIRE RESCUE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, GEORGE.
YOUR FAMILY, YOUR BROTHERS, YOUR SEMINAL FAMILY.
YOU LEFT A FOREVER IMPRINT ON OUR HEARTS.
THE WORLD WILL NEVER FORGET YOU AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THEY NEVER DO.
YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW YET, BUT WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL FIND A WAY.
SO MY BROTHER, THE P TO MY P, THE ROCK STEADY TO MY BEBOP.
I LOVE YOU AND I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A HEARTFUL OF GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION FOR THE PERSON WHO HAS PROFOUNDLY SHAPED MY JOURNEY.
I'VE KNOWN GEORGE SINCE I WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS OLD.
HE PAVED THE WAY AND GUIDED ME ONTO THE RIGHT TRACK.
I FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER FROM STARTING MARTIAL ARTS AT A YOUNG AGE TO BECOMING AN INSTRUCTOR IN MY TEENAGE YEARS TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AND JOINING THE EMT PROGRAM AND LATER FOLLOWING THROUGH TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER AND PARAMEDIC.
AS I REFLECT ON THE MILESTONES AND CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE NAVIGATED TOGETHER, I'M OVERWHELMED WITH APPRECIATION FOR THE INVALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT GIVEN GEORGE INSTILLED IN ME.
HONESTY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, DISCIPLINE, DETERMINATION, AND WORK ETHIC.
THESE CHARACTER TRAITS HAVE GUIDED ME THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE.
HE TAUGHT ME TO ELIMINATE THE WORD CAN'T FOR MY VOCABULARY.
HE TAUGHT ME THAT GIVING UP WAS NEVER AN OPTION.
HE TAUGHT ME THAT NO MATTER HOW DIFFICULT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH PERSEVERANCE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, I CAN OVERCOME ANYTHING.
GEORGE TAUGHT ME THAT MY POSSIBILITIES WERE ENDLESS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNEW HIM, YOU KNOW THAT HE WANTED TO BE THE BEST AT EVERYTHING THAT HE DID.
BEING THE BEST ISN'T ABOUT COMPETING WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU.
IT'S ABOUT COMPETING WITH YOURSELF AND BECOMING BETTER THAN YOU WERE THE DAY BEFORE.
GEORGE ALWAYS TOLD ME, IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, DO IT WITH THE PURPOSE AND GIVE 110%.
HAVING INTEGRITY IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT STICKS OUT TO ME.
THE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF INTEGRITY IS THE QUALITY OF BEING HONEST AND HAVING STRONG MORAL PRINCIPLES.
BUT GEORGE'S DEFINITION IS DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN WHEN NO ONE'S WATCHING.
GEORGE LIVED WITH INTEGRITY 24 7.
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER HE WAS ON SHIFT OR OFF SHIFT IN UNIFORM OR OUT OF UNIFORM.
HE DID THINGS BECAUSE HE WANTED TO, NOT BECAUSE HE WANTED SOMETHING IN RETURN.
GEORGE HAS BEEN A ROLE MODEL AND MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN HUNDREDS IF NOT
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THOUSANDS OF LIVES.HE IS LOVED AND WILL BE MISSED BY MANY TO MR. GEORGE, MY MENTOR, MY FAMILY.
I WOULDN'T BE THE PERSON I AM TODAY WITHOUT YOU.
YOU HELPED ME FIND MY PASSION AND PURPOSE AND FOR THAT I COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL.
SO I'LL APOLOGIZE NOW THAT I'M HORRIBLE AT THIS, BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME TO BE HERE AND TO SHOW THAT WE ARE EXPRESSING OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY WITH EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
MOST IMPORTANT, KIM, YOU'RE AS STRONG AS THEY COME AND GEORGE KNEW THIS, OTHERWISE HE WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN A SECOND.
LOOK, CONNOR, TREVOR, YOU HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL BE PART OF OUR FAMILY.
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW PASTOR ABSOLUTELY LOVED YOU.
PASTOR GEORGE KNEW THIS, OTHERWISE WE WOULD'VE NEVER KNOWN BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KEEP ANYONE CLOSE THAT HE DOESN'T SHARE ANYTHING WITH.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONNOR AND ALL OF PASTOR'S SWAP FAMILY.
CONNOR, WE ARE SENDING YOU LOVE AND PRAYERS FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY BROTHER.
WE PRAY FOR ALL OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
WE ARE ALL HURTING IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH PASTOR WOULD NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT ALL HIS ATTENTION.
BUT OUTSIDE HE WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED IT.
WE'RE ALL HERE AND WE'RE ALL WITH YOU IN THIS TIME OF GRIEF FOR ALL OF HIS RED LINE AND BLUE LINE FAMILY, WE'RE HERE AND MEET EACH OTHER MORE THAN EVER.
PASTOR WAS ONE OF A KIND, SELFLESS, HARDHEADED AND AMAZING MAN.
THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE THIS EASIER, BUT WE CAN HONOR HIM BY COMING TOGETHER AND CONSTANTLY WORKING TOGETHER THE WAY THAT HE WOULD WANT IT.
PASTORE WAS A STRUCTURED AND VERY GOOFY INDIVIDUAL WHO DID NOT ALLOW BAD COMPANY TO SURROUND HIM.
IF ANY OF YOU HERE ARE CLOSE WITH PASTORE, YOU'RE VERY LUCKY.
'CAUSE HE DOESN'T LET ANYONE CLOSE.
PASTOR WAS A PINNACLE PIECE OF OUR HONOR GUARD IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
HE HAS LEFT AN IMPACT THAT CAN NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY.
HE WAS MY LIEUTENANT AND A GREAT MENTOR AS WHEN I MOVED UP AND GOT PROMOTED.
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR GUIDANCE.
PASTOR, YOU COULD TELL THAT THEY ALWAYS SAY A REFLECTION OF THE COMPANY YOU KEEP AND IT SHOWS BECAUSE HE WAS AMAZING AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
I WANT TO CHALLENGE EVERYONE TO BE LIKE PASTOR AND JUST BRING A SMILE TO SOMEONE'S FACE AND MAKE IT CONTAGIOUS.
ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS JUST SHOW UP AND JUST THAT SMILE BRIGHTEN THE ROOM.
WE WILL CONTINUE BECOMING CLOSER AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A FAMILY LIKE HE ALWAYS WANTED.
HE WAS VERY BIG WITH CAMARADERIE AND THAT SHOWS AS WELL.
IF ANYONE EVER NEEDS ANYTHING, MYSELF AND THE SEMI TRIBE, FIRE RESCUE FAMILY, WE'RE HERE.
LITTLE DID PASTOR KNOW HE WOULD'VE CONTINUED BRINGING PEOPLE CLOSER EVEN DURING THE WORST OF DAYS.
KIM, WE LOVE YOU AND WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.
THE FAMILY, ALL THE FRIENDS, YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AUSTIN FIRE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN HONOR OUR BROTHER.
WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT, WE'RE ONE BIG FAMILY NOW.
THE HOSE DRAGERS AND THE DONUT LOVERS, WE'RE COMING TOGETHER.
WE'RE UNITING AS ONE PASTORE ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR THE COMRADERY.
AND LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS AMAZING.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HONORING PASTORE AS THE HERO, THE BADASS, SOB, THAT HE WAS THE FRIEND, THE BROTHER, AND ALL AROUND LOVABLE HUMAN HE WAS PASTOR STORE BUDDY, WE LOVE YOU AND WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE YOU WITH US TO THE MAN WITH NO CHILL, BUT ALL THRILL TILL WE MEET AGAIN.
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BIT.FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING.
UH, TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, PEOPLE OUT HERE, MY NAME'S MIKE CASTILLO.
UH, I'M A GOOD FRIEND OF JORGE'S, ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SWAT TEAM.
I'M GONNA READ MY THOUGHTS TODAY, UH, JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE I PORTRAY HIM, UH, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
SO HERE GOES PROTECT MY BROTHERS.
THIS IS THE TATTOO THAT JORGE PROUDLY WORE ACROSS HIS CHEST.
I FIRST MET JORGE AT ONE OF THE QUARTERLY HONOR GUARD TRAININGS.
HE SHOWED UP BY INVITE BECAUSE HE WAS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE UNIT.
HONOR GUARD, AS YOU KNOW, IS A SECONDARY ASSIGNMENT OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL DUTIES.
JORGE'S PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT WAS THE DOWNTOWN AREA COMMAND WITH THE GEORGE.
SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF THE GUYS AT THAT HONOR GUARD TRAINING, UH, HAD MET HIM BEFORE, BUT I HADN'T.
I OVERHEARD SOME OF THE GUYS CALLING HIM GEORGE.
OTHER GUYS CALLED HIM JORGE, ME BEING ME.
I JUST SAID, SO WHAT DO THEY CALL YOU? HE JUST SMILED AT ME AND SAID, GEORGE, JORGE, IT'S JUST WHATEVER.
TO THIS DAY, THAT'S STILL HOW HIS CONTACT SHOWS UP IN MY PHONE.
UH, I COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY HE WAS DISCIPLINED AND MOTIVATED TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
AS OUR FRIENDSHIP GREW, UH, WE OFTEN TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WANTED TO GET ON THE SWAT TEAM.
I ASKED HIM WHY HE WANTED TO DO THIS, AND HE SHARED WITH ME HOW HE HAD ALREADY WORKED ALMOST A FULL CAREER AS A FIREFIGHTER, BUT HE FELT HE HAD ANOTHER CALLING AFTER SEEING SOME OF THE HORRORS FROM MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS.
HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO BE UPFRONT WITH THE GUYS GOING IN FIRST DOING WHAT HE COULD TO STOP THE KILLING.
I'M GONNA SHARE WITH Y'ALL JUST A COUPLE EXAMPLES.
UH, THE PERSON THAT HE TRULY WAS, THE TYPE OF PERSON HE TRULY WAS.
SO THERE, THERE WAS ONE WEEK WHERE WE WORKED A SPECIAL CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT IN SUITS.
UH, WE DROVE THE EXECUTIVES OF BMW BACK AND FORTH FROM THE AIRPORT.
WE WERE MAKING DROPS, COMING AND GOING, UH, AT ONE OF THE VENUES.
I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE MY CAR NEAR THE ROAD.
UH, WHEN A SEDAN CAME FLYING DOWN THE STREET, I HAD TO, I HAD TO KIND OF JUMP OUTTA THE WAY CAR PROBABLY MISSED ME MY INCHES.
UH, AND KEPT HEADING DOWN TO THE END OF THE STREET.
JORGE PULLED UP RIGHT ABOUT THAT TIME AND I WALKED UP TO HIS WINDOW AND I WAS LIKE, BRO, DID YOU, DID YOU SEE THAT? UH, THE, THAT CAR ALMOST HIT ME.
THE LOOK ON HIS FACE INSTANTLY CHANGED.
UH, HE GRABBED MY WRIST AND SAID, WHICH ONE? WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE? I POINTED TO THE CAR, BUT I TOLD HIM I WAS FINE.
HE ENDED UP COMING BACK A FEW MINUTES LATER AND I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED.
THE GUY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A POLICE OFFICER.
HE SAID HE MADE SURE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
HE WAS THE KIND OF GUY THAT DIDN'T LET PEOPLE WRONG HIS BUDDIES.
AND HE BELIEVED IN THE BROTHERHOOD TO HIS CORE.
THOSE THAT KNEW HIM NEVER HAD TO QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GONNA BE THERE FOR YOU OR HAVE YOUR BACK IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
EVERY TIME I CALLED HIM, HE ANSWERED ON THE FIRST RING, ANYTIME I ASKED IF HE COULD COVER MY ON-CALL SO I COULD TAKE MY WIFE OUT.
'CAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS CATCHING THE BRUNT OF OUR STRESSFUL JOB.
AND THE UNANTICIPATED TIMES WERE CALLED ON.
I KNEW HE HADN'T CHECKED HIS HIS SCHEDULE OR HAD A TAKE HOME CAR LINED UP NOTHING.
HE JUST WORKED THOSE THINGS OUT BEHIND THE SCENES SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT THE NEXT DAY.
HE WOULD TEXT ME AT 7:00 AM ASKING HOW DID THE DATE NIGHT GO? I HOPE VAL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
I SIGNED UP TO WORK AN OVERTIME GIG WITH HIS PATROL SHIFT DOWNTOWN.
I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO GET TO WORK THE STREET WITH JORGE AND MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY, SPEND TIME, UH, WITH HIM TAKING CALLS THE MOMENT WE WENT, 41, HE WAS READY TO GET TO WORK.
I TOLD HIM, HEY MAN, YOU KNOW I'M ON OT, RIGHT? DON'T, DON'T BE GETTING ALL CRAZY.
HE JUST SMILED AT ME WITH HIS TYPICAL, OH, WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME STUFF.
HE PULLED UP THE LIST OF ACTIVE WARRANTS.
I FEEL LIKE WE CHECKED EVERY CORNER AND ALLEY OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA LOOKING FOR FELONS.
WE PULLED UP TO SOME OF THE LOCALS WHO CLEARLY KNEW HIM AND THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE PEOPLE WERE POINTING IN ALL DIRECTIONS WHERE THEY LAST SAW HIS GUY.
I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY HIS PASSION FOR POLICE WORK AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO BE PROACTIVE.
HE LOVED THIS WORK AND NO DOUBT MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON CRIME REDUCTION IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WHEN THAT PARTICULAR PATROL SHIFT WE WERE WORKING WAS COMING TO AN END, HE DROVE ME BACK TO MY TAHOE SO I COULD UNLOAD MY GEAR.
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THAT TIME, WE HEARD OVER THE RADIO THAT ANOTHER OFFICER WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP A VEHICLE WHO WAS BELIEVED TO BE DRIVEN BY A MAN WHO HAD THREATENED TO COME BACK AND SHOOT UP A NIGHTCLUB FROM AN EARLIER CALL.THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS INITIATED AND THE CAR STARTED TO EVADE, REFUSING TO PULL OVER.
JORGE LOOKED OVER AT ME AND I LOOKED RIGHT BACK.
HE SMILED, SAID, YOU WANT TO GO? I SAID, NO, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GONNA
AS OTHER OFFICERS ACTIVATED A PURSUIT, WE CAUGHT UP TO IT PRETTY QUICKLY WITH JORGE'S, WELL, YOU KNOW, SAFE DRIVING SKILLS.
WE CAUGHT UP TO IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, THE TWO COPS IN FRONT OF US ENDED UP CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER, UH, BECAUSE THE SUSPECT KEPT SLAMMING ON HIS BRAKES.
NEXT THING I KNOW, WE'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE PURSUIT.
I'M SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT HOLDING JORGE'S RIFLE IN MY HAND AND HE'S JUST SMILING LIKE HE'S HAVING THE TIME OF HIS LIFE.
THE PIT CAR'S COMING UP PAST US TO ATTEMPT AN APPROVED PIT MANEUVER.
THE CAR GETS PITTED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF 35, CRASHING INTO THE GUARDRAIL, DEBRIS, GLASS FLYING EVERYWHERE.
NEXT THING I KNOW WE'RE OUTTA THE CAR GIVING COMMANDS.
THE SUSPECT HAD EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WAS BEING NONCOMPLIANT.
ANOTHER OFFICER ENDS UP FLANKING THE SUSPECT AND TASING HIM.
JORGE AND I MOVED UP TOGETHER, CLEARED THE VEHICLES AS THE CALL CAME TO AN END.
UH, WE GET BACK IN THE CAR AND WE'RE HEADING BACK TO THE MAIN THAT THE DUST HAD SETTLED.
AND JORGE JUST LOOKS OVER AT ME WITH THAT GRIN AND SAYS, WELL, THAT WAS COOL.
I'M LIKE, I WAS LIKE, BRO, I WAS LITERALLY UNLOADING MY, UH, UNLOADING TO HEAD HOME.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? HE SAID, POLICE WORK MY FRIEND.
YOU KNOW, IF I'M BEING HONEST, I'VE BEEN DOING WHAT I CAN TO KEEP MY MIND BUSY THIS WEEK WITH THE FUNERAL PREPARATIONS AND THE FACT THAT I HAD TO TALK IN FRONT OF SO MANY PEOPLE.
I'VE DONE MY BEST TO STAY STRONG AND KEEP IT TOGETHER, BUT IT REALLY HIT ME WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THE LAST TIME WE WERE ON AN OPERATION TOGETHER.
AND ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT HE SAID TO ME IN PERSON, UH, IT WAS GONNA BE A DANGEROUS ENTRY INTO A HOUSE ON A CALL.
UH, BEFORE HE PUSHED OUT ON THAT, HE WALKED OVER, HE HUGGED ME LIKE HE ALWAYS DID, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND HE SAID, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE, BROTHER.
SO TAKE TIME TO LET OUT YOUR TEARS.
IT'S OKAY TO SHOW YOUR EMOTIONS.
JORGE GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT OTHERS COULD SUCCEED AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HOLD THE LINE AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR EACH OTHER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD'VE DONE.
HE WOULD WANT US TO USE TODAY TO SHARE FELLOWSHIP, LAUGH, JOKE, SMILE.
ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY TODAY WE HONOR HIM.
THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HE AFFECTED.
HE WOULD'VE LOVED THIS AND I KNOW HE IS WATCHING.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO READ THE OATH WE TOOK AND REMEMBER WHY WE CHOSE THIS PROFESSION PURPOSE.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS NEVER ABOUT MONEY, POLITICS, IMAGE, OR GEAR.
IT WAS ABOUT THE PEOPLE, THE BROTHERHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY.
WEAR YOUR SHIELDS OF PRIDE AND DON'T FORGET WHAT IT REPRESENTS.
JORGE WAS A POLICE OFFICER AND HE DID HIS DUTY UP UNTIL THE LAST BREATH HE TOOK PROTECT MY BROTHERS.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ.
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MY BROTHER, MY HEART, MY SOUL.YOU HAVE FILLED ME WITH YOUR PASSION.
YOUR PASSION TO SERVE YOUR PASSION, TO HONOR YOUR PASSION FOR SACRIFICE.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND.
A VERSE THAT MANY DO NOT LIVE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND AND EVEN LESS WILL EVER EXPERIENCE.
THOSE OF US WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH GEORGE KNOW THAT PASSION.
HE LIVED LIFE AT FULL SPEED AND GAVE HIMSELF FULLY TO EVERYTHING HE DID.
I HAVE KNOWN GEORGE SINCE I WAS A CHILD.
LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT MEETING HIM WOULD CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
BUT HE WAS NOT JUST MY FRIEND.
I WOULD NOT BE THE MAN I AM TODAY IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM.
AND OUR LIVES WITHOUT HIM WILL FOREVER LEAVE A HOLE TO BE FILLED WITHIN OUR HEARTS.
MY BROTHER WAS A HERO AND HIS PATRIOTISM FLOWED THROUGHOUT HIS BODY.
HE SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, BOTH IN PERSON AND BY PROXY.
HE WAS AN EVERLASTING FOUNDATION FOR US WHOSE INFLUENCE WILL EXPAND TO COUNTLESS LIVES.
THE INFLUENCE AND PASSION HE INSTILLED IN OTHERS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
YOU WERE HIS ROCK AND HIS FOUNDATION.
YOU WERE THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT THAT WAS WITH HIM THROUGHOUT HIS JOURNEY TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
YOU WERE THE LIVING EMBODIMENT OF WHAT MANY STRIVE TO EMULATE FOR YOUR LOVE TO EACH OTHER WAS IMMEASURABLE.
BEFORE I FINISH, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE WORDS OF CHIEF TECUMSAH BY WHICH GEORGE LIVED SINCE THE DAY HE ENTERED THIS WORLD TO FULFILL HIS PURPOSE.
SO LIVE YOUR LIFE THAT THE FEAR OF DEATH CAN NEVER ENTER YOUR HEART TROUBLE, NO ONE ABOUT THEIR RELIGION.
RESPECT OTHERS IN THEIR VIEW AND DEMAND THAT THEY RESPECT YOURS.
BEAUTIFY ALL THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.
SEEK TO MAKE YOUR LIFE LONG AND ITS PURPOSE IN THE SERVICE OF YOUR PEOPLE.
WHEN IT COMES YOUR TIME TO DIE.
BE NOT LIKE THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH THE FEAR OF DEATH SO THAT WHEN THEIR TIME COMES, THEY WEEP AND PRAY FOR A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LIVE THEIR LIVES OVER AGAIN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SING YOUR DEATH SONG AND DIE LIKE A HERO GOING HOME.
THANK YOU FIRST ON BEHALF OF KIM AND THE PASTORE FAMILY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
AS HAS BEEN SAID, HUMAN BEINGS ARE COMMUNAL CREATURES.
MORE THAN YOU KNOW, YOUR PRESENCE HERE IS A COMFORT TO THIS FAMILY AND BRINGS GREAT HONOR TO OUR FALLEN BROTHER.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS FOR SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT GEORGE AND REMINDING US WHAT A UNIQUE PERSON AND DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANT THAT HE WAS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BEEN HERE WAY TOO OFTEN.
ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE REMINDED THAT LIFE IS A PRECIOUS GIFT, MADE EVEN MORE
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PRECIOUS WHEN IT IS ENDED ALL TOO SOON.OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN ELOQUENTLY HERE.
I WON'T BELABOR THEIR POINTS, BUT I DO WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE WORDS THAT WE'VE HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
THOSE THREE WORDS ARE LOVE, SERVICE, AND HEROISM.
YOU'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT GEORGE LOVED BEING A POLICE OFFICER.
EVEN BEYOND THAT, HE FOUND WAYS TO USE HIS LIFE AND HIS PASSION TO HELP OTHERS.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE MANY HOURS HE SPENT SHAPING THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE, TEACHING THEM MARTIAL ARTS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, TEACHING THEM LIFE.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE YEARS HE SERVED AS A FIREFIGHTER AND A PARAMEDIC AND THEN AS A POLICE OFFICER.
AND IN ALL OF THAT, HE ACTED OUT OF LOVE.
THE DEPTH OF GRIEF AND LOSS THAT IS FELT HERE TODAY IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE LOVE THAT SO MANY HAD FOR GEORGE.
HE PUT LOVE INTO THE WORLD AND THAT MADE IT EASY TO SEND LOVE RIGHT BACK TO HIM.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, AS KIM AND I WERE VISITING ABOUT THE SERVICE SHE REFERENCED THAT LOVE MORE POWERFULLY THAN I EVER COULD.
HER EXACT WORDS WERE, WE ARE MORE OVERWHELMED BY THE LOVE THAN BY THE LOSS.
THE SECOND WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS SERVICE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST HARDWIRED THAT WAY.
THAT WAS GEORGE AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR HIM FOR IT.
HE WENT WELL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THE NORMAL CALL TO DUTY FOR A POLICE OFFICER.
HE SERVED ON THE SRT, THE CAST TEAM, THE SWAT GOLD TEAM, AND THE APD HONOR GUARD.
AND EACH OF THOSE WAS A VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT.
WHY DID HE DO ALL THAT? BECAUSE HE LOVED SERVING OTHERS.
AND IN A WORLD WHERE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE ASKING, WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME, GEORGE SELFLESSLY AND PASSIONATELY SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AND SERVED IT WELL.
AS HIS OBITUARY SAYS, HE HELPED MAKE THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY SAFER AND THEIR LIVES BETTER.
BUT FINALLY, THERE IS THE WORD HEROISM.
THAT IS A WORD I DOUBT SERIOUSLY GEORGE WOULD EVER USE TO DESCRIBE HIMSELF, BUT IS A WORD THAT FITS HIM.
NONETHELESS, THE DICTIONARY DEFINES A HERO AS SOMEONE WHO IS ADMIRED FOR HIS OR HER COURAGE AND BRAVE DEEDS.
A HERO IS SOMEONE WHO DISPLAYS BOLDNESS AND ALTRUISM.
A HERO IS SOMEONE OTHERS REGARD AS A ROLE MODEL OR IDEAL IN EVERY SENSE OF THAT DEFINITION.
HE LOVED HELPING OTHERS AND MAKING THEIR LIVES BETTER.
HE SERVED WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION AND HE OFFERED UP THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, GIVING HIS LIFE WHILE TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS.
HE LITERALLY RAN IN WHILE OTHERS RAN OUT.
THE LONGER YOU LIVE ON THIS PLANET, THE MORE YOU REALIZE LIFE HAS ITS SPEED BUMPS.
THERE ARE DISAPPOINTMENTS, THERE ARE HURTS, THERE IS THE UNEXPECTED, THERE IS PAIN AND THERE ARE SUFFERING.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME THINGS THAT ARE A BLESSING.
AND WHEN YOU'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DOING LIFE TOGETHER WITH SOMEONE LIKE GEORGE PASTOR, YOU KNOW THE BLESSING.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON WROTE IN HIS EPIC POEM IN MEMORIAM THESE WORDS, I HOLD IT TRUE WHAT AIR BEFALL.
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL.
WE'RE REMINDED TODAY THAT THOSE WE LOSE TO DEATH ARE STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE IN THE MEMORIES AND THE LEGACY THAT THEY LEAVE IN OUR HEARTS.
SO AS WE PREPARE TO DEPART FROM THIS PLACE, LET US REMEMBER GEORGE, HIS LOVE, HIS SERVICE, HIS HEROISM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LET US FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LEGACY HE HAS LEFT
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THE WORLD.I DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE COMFORT OR PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S A HUNGER LONG TRUE ESCAPE FROM LIFE.
LET, LET'S, CAN YOU I WOULD LIKE A WORLD CHANGE.
DID HAROLD SMITH YOU APPRECIATE THOSE NIGHTS AND THOSE DREAMS WHEN MY FRIENDS, I SACRIFICE ALL THE NIGHTS IF I CAN MAKE MY DREAMS THE SAME.
I'M STRONG IN LOVE TO TAKE DREAMS AND AS WE BRING THIS SERVICE
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TO A CLOSE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU ALL PLEASE TO REMAIN, UH, WHERE YOU ARE AS WE RENDER POLICE HONORS BY THE APD HONOR GUARD TEAM AND PIPE AND DRUM BAND.AS PART OF THOSE HONORS, YOU'LL HEAR A BUGLE PLAYING TAPS AND I THINK THE LYRICS TO THAT SONG ARE INAPPROPRIATE BENEDICTION.
THE SUN FROM THE HILLS, FROM THE LAKE, FROM THE SKIES.
GOD IS NOT STAND BY ALL OFFICERS AND ALL OFFICERS.
OH, HIRING TEAM LEADER PREPARE TO FIRE THE VOLLEYS.
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66 T 66 AUSTIN ONE.OFFICER GEORGE, PASTOR TAX 66 10 42.
OFFICER JORGE GEORGE PASTOR, BADGE NUMBER 9 0 9 7 BEGAN HIS TOUR OF DUTY ON JANUARY 31ST, 2020 AND ENDED HIS TOUR OF DUTY ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2023 ON THE AUTHORITY OF CHIEF ROBIN J HENDERSON OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BADGE NUMBER 9 0 9 7 IS OFFICIALLY RETIRED.
AND OFFICER JORGE GEORGE PASTOR IS 10 42.
OFFICER PASTOR WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
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OFFICERS, ALL OFFICERS.[02:15:11]
WHEN THEY CAN KEEP THOSE HIGH.I WOULDN'T TRADE WITH YOU, BABY.