Friday’s Heroes: Remembering The Fallen
Officer Craig Chandler, 27
Baltimore City Maryland Police Department
January 9, 2015 – Officer Craig Chandler succumbed to severe injuries he received in a vehicle crash during a pursuit. He is survived by his wife and two children.
Corrections Officer V. Eligio Garcia
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Corrections Officer Christopher Davis
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
January 14, 2015 – Officers V. Eligio Garcia and Christopher Davis were killed in a vehicle crash when a prisoner transport bus struck a patch of ice, slid down an embankment, and then struck a passing train. The train dragged the vehicle down the trucks causing the bus to eventually break apart. Eight inmates were also killed in the crash. An additional officer and four other inmates were transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Assistant Chief Carl Borderlon, 51
Ball Louisiana Police Department
In the early morning hours of January 10, 2015, Assistant Chief Carl Borderlon suffered a fatal heart attack after changing a flat tire on his patrol car. After changing the tire he went inside the police department where his body was discovered at 8 a.m. He is survived by his two sons.