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"With malice toward none; With charity for all; With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work are in; To bind up the nation's wounds;

To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--

To do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, And with all nations."

Abraham Lincoln
Second Inaugural Address
March 4, 1865

Leading the Way

TRIALS and HEARINGS

: Trooper Calvin Jenks was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop near the intersection of Highways 14 and 54 in Tipton County. During the stop, Trooper Jenks smelled marijuana from the vehicle and was told by the driver that there were drugs in the center console. When he asked the passenger if he had any drugs, the man produced a handgun and opened fire, striking Trooper Jenks once in the head and once in the body. Both men fled the scene but were arrested 13 hours later in Nashville, approximately 200 miles from where the shooting occurred. In December 2007, Orlando Garcia was found guilty of the facilitation of first degree murder in the death of Tennessee State Trooper Calvin Jenks. He was also found guilty of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver. Alejandro Gaunais' trial began in May 2008 for first degree murder charges and continues today. Please keep the Jenks family in your thoughts!

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CONTACT INFORMATION
WTN-COPS 3099 Oakleigh Manor CV Germantown, TN 38138 Phone: 901.309.9455 Fax: 901.309.9523

"Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. (COPS) is a national, non-profit organization which was formed in Washington, D.C. in 1983. COPS held its first National Police Survivors' Seminars the following year with 100 attendees. There are now over 10,000 families served by COPS. West Tennessee Concerns of Police Survivors (WTN-COPS) was organized in 2000 and is one of the three state chapters. WTN-COPS serves all counties west of the Tennessee River and is committed to helping surviving law enforcement families rebuild their lives after the traumatic and life changing experience of losing their officer in the line-of-duty... "

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