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Houston police officer Jason Knox once spent months researching the precise color of blue for a vintage police car he was meticulously restoring.
The blue line on the Houston Police Department’s new helicopter is the same color blue that Officer Knox used to restore old police vehicles. Houston Police Department Photo
A longtime car aficionado, Knox dreamt of starting a museum to detail Houston’s police vehicles throughout the decades.
That same color of custom blue now graces a single stripe on Houston PD’s new Airbus H125 helicopter as a poignant tribute. Officer Knox’s end of watch with Houston PD tragically occurred in an accident on May 2, 2020. He was 35 years old.
HPD honors fallen officer Jason Knox with specially-equipped helicopter
The new chopper, which is the first of its kind for the Houston Police Department, has the officer s badge number on it. Author: Ciara Rouege (KHOU) Updated: 5:23 PM CST January 27, 2021
HOUSTON Officer Jason Knox, the Houston police officer killed in a 2020 helicopter crash, is being remembered with an HPD chopper dedicated in his honor.
The new helicopter – an H125 Airbus – has Officer Knox’s badge number on it as part of the registration number, N2374F.
Houston leaders, including Mayor Sylvester Turner and the officer s father Councilman Michael Knox, gathered Wednesday for a dedication ceremony.
By KTRH News
Jan 27, 2021
Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo dedicated the department’s newest helicopter to the memory of fallen Police Officer/Tactical Flight Officer Jason Knox. Members of Officer Knox’s family also attended the ceremony, held at the HPD Air Support Division Hangar at Houston’s Hobby Airport.
Tragically, Officer Knox was killed in the line of duty on May 2, 2020, when the HPD helicopter he was in – 75 Fox – crashed while on a call-for-service. The HPD pilot for 75 Fox, Senior Police Officer Chase Cormier, suffered catastrophic injuries in the crash.
Officer Knox was known throughout the department and the community for his love of HPD history. As a personal hobby, he restored two Chevrolets, one from 1988 and the other from 1996, to period-correct HPD patrol vehicles, even researching the paint code needed to paint them in the custom HPD blue color. He would then drive these patrol cars, particularly the 1996 Chevrolet
Mayor Turner, Chief Acevedo dedicate helicopter to fallen HPD officer Jason Knox
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HOUSTON – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo held a ceremony Wednesday to dedicate the department’s newest helicopter to fallen officer Jason Knox.
Knox was with Senior Police Officer Chase Cormier, who also suffered catastrophic injuries in the crash.
The H125 Airbus incorporates Officer Knox’s badge number of 2374 into its registration number, which is N2374F. The fuselage also features a vintage HPD blue stripe as a nod to Knox’s passion for the department’s history.
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“It’s going to have multi-mission capabilities,” said Acevedo. “We not only have to fight violent crime and property crime, but the helicopter will assist with homeland security, search and rescue, and firefighting.”