Blessed Are The Peacemakers

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God (Mathew 5:9)

There have been 11 Colonels/Lt. Colonels in the history of DPS:

1. L. G. Phares
2. Homer Garrison
3. Wilson Speir
4. James Adams
5. Leo Gossett
6. Joe Milner
7. James Wilson
8. Dudley Thomas
9. Tommie Davis
10. Frankie Waller
11. David McEathron

All of the above worked more than 30 years at DPS with Davis topping the chart at 41 years.

Yours truly managed 33 years and 18 days.

Each year at Christmas the current Colonel hosts a lunch for the remaining retired Colonels. We did that today for a total of four of us. Talk about looking mortality in the face. We each know we are part of a dying breed. The current generation has no thought of putting in 30-40 years with one employer and has a myriad of outside interests that have no relation to law enforcement.

I reckon we take solace in knowing that we gave it everthing we had for our entire adult lives trying to do the right things for the right reasons at the right time, every time, while trying to make the lives of all a bit more secure.

Blessed are the peacemakers.........