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          TODAY WE GATHER WITH HEAVY HEARTS TO HONOR 37 MEN AND WOMEN FROM ACROSS TEXAS, WHO RECENTLY LAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
          WE ALSO HONOR 32 OFFICERS WHO WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES ETCHED IN THE TEXAS HISTORY AS HEROES. 
          THESE COURAGEOUS SOULS ARE FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS STOOD AS GUARDIANS OF PEACE, DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE, AND THE PILLARS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY EMBODY THE ESSENCE OF SELFLESSNESS, DEDICATING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING AND SERVING OTHERS REGARDLESS OF THE RISK THEY MAY FACE. 
          AS WE REFLECT ON THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION ON VALOR, WE ARE REMINDED OF THE PROFOUND DEBT OF GRATITUDE. 
          WE OWE THEM TO THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF OUR FALLEN OFFICERS. 
          WE AGREE WITH YOU. 
          WE SHARE YOUR SORROW. 
          WE WILL HOLD ONE ANOTHER UP AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE BRAVE SOULS. 
          LET US ALSO RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING SAFER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES IN THEIR HONOR. 
          LET US STAND TOGETHER SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND SERVE AS THE THIN BLUE LINE.
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