Gladewater Unveils New Rescue Fire Truck
The Gladewater Fire Department commissioned a newly upgraded vehicle built from a late July purchase. The unit serves as both fire and rescue truck with a 300 gallon water supply and extensive equipment including an 8 ft ladder, two SCBAs, 100 ft rope, CO2 extinguisher, and a Porto-Power for versatile rescue work. City manager Tony Williams helped secure funds via Federal Revenue Sharing to enable the purchase and outfitting.
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Gladewater
Longview
Tony Williams
Banks shaped police training and growth in East Texas towns
The long profile covers Banks, former police chief in Gladewater and Palestine, who built the first 240 hour academy at Howard County Junior College, modernized departments, led reforms, and warned on crime trends. It notes his losses including a July murder case and a suicide, his family, and his stance on law enforcement funding and youth riots.
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Palestine
Banks
Law and Order
Howard County Junior College
Big Spring
Palestine Department
Gladewater
Inez Phillips
Phillips
Beaulah
John E. Puckett
Garland
Bob Brown
Austin
U.S
Texas
Ft. Worth-Dallas
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Brookshire's Frozen Foods
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