Reno Police Chief receives Texas Achievement Award for Public Service
Police Chief Jeremy Massey of the Reno Police Department recently was the recipient of the Texas Achievement Award for Public Safety for his creation of the Reno PD Special Heroes Unit to support local children in his community fighting their own heroic battles. “For years, Reno Police Chief Jeremy Massey has gone above and beyond for children in his community. In 2018, Chief Massey named a little girl who was terminally ill as an Honorary Sergeant of the Reno Police Department in support of the battle she was fighting.” – City of Reno.
In 2022, Chief Massey created the Reno PD Special Heroes Unit to support local children fighting life-threatening medical conditions. In the Reno PD Special Heroes Unit, the children are named as an Honorary Reno PD Sergeant and even given a Special Heroes Unit shirt and badge. Some of the children he has honored in the Special Heroes Unit include 6-year-old Alex Stephens who suffered from an aggressive brain cancer, and 4-year-old Tobias Gonzalez who suffered from Leukemia. A local print shop even designed “Sergeant Alex Stephens” t-shirts to help raise money for Sergeant Alex and his family.
“In another instance, Chief Massey drove all the way to a children’s hospital in Dallas just to bring a special heroes unit shirt and badge to a terminally ill child who was enduring chemotherapy. The Reno Special Heroes Unit created by Chief Massey is an incredible show of support for these local families and shows these Honorary Reno Sergeants that not only are they warriors, but also that they are not alone in their fight. For his tremendous community engagement, compassion, and support he provides his community through the Reno Special Heroes Unit, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement is honored to present this 2023 State of Texas Law Enforcement Achievement Award for Public Service to Chief Police Jeremy Massey of the Reno Police Department,” Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
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