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Officer Jared Lindsey inducted into Tulsa Police Officer s Memorial
and last updated 2021-04-12 09:42:20-04
TULSA, Okla. â The Tulsa Police Officerâs Memorial has a new inductee. His name is Jared Lindsey.
Lindsey was the chairman of the Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police. He died of COVID-19 complications in October.
On Sunday afternoon, there was a ceremony to showcase the memorial where Lindsey will forever be honored. Lindseyâs family sat on the marbled bench engraved with his last name. Two young boys, Lindseyâs children, were held by his tearful wife.
The father and husband was 40 years old at the time of his death. Lindsey contracted the virus while on duty.
Sidney Fire gives annual report
By Sheryl Roadcap - sroadcap@sidneydailynews.com
SIDNEY The annual presentation on the Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services was given during Sidney City Council’s teleconference meeting Monday evening.
Fire Chief Chad Hollinger gave his first overview presentation to council members as fire chief on the department’s 2020 statistics.
The annual report included Sidney Fire’s fire prevention activities, training hours, operation activities, significant events, the incident densities and response times by district.
Hollinger’s report began explaining the numerous personnel changes within the department due to multiple retirements and promotions. Last year, other than the retirement of Fire Chief Brad Jones, Assistant Chief Chris Niswonger, Lt. Rod Dyer, and firefighters Steve O’Meara and Doug Stammen also retired taking with them a total of 144 years of experience, Hollinger said. Sidney Fire only added two firefighters, Josh