In Remembrance Cpl Arlie Jones & Cpl Michael Scott Gardner Odessa Police Department
Odessa Police Department-“In Remembrance” Cpl. Arlie Jones and Cpl. Michael “Scott” Gardner. End of Watch Saturday, September 8th, 2007.
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Green & Pink Ribbon Ceremony for Flash Flood Victims at Memorial Gardens Park
Odessa, Texas/July 13, 2025-Residents of Odessa, Odessa Police Department, Ector County, and Pastors came to Memorial Gardens Park on Friday Evening to join other families in a special remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the Texas Hill Country Flash Flood, also taking the lives of OPD Officer Bailey Martin, Jayda Floyd an Ector County Juvenile Probation Officer and girlfriend to Officer Martin.
(Debi Hays, Former Ector County Judge)
The flash flood impacted various communities in the Texas Hill Country along the Guadalupe River and affected the lives of residents in Odessa, Midland, Andrews and other Permian Basin Families.
(Debi Hays, Former Ector County Judge)
Annabelle Coultress was preparing to join friends at Camp Mystic this week. She joined the 70 plus people at Memorial Gardens Park to tie green and pink ribbons around trees located throughout the duck pond.
(Donna Kelm, Ector County Republican Party, Chair)
(Annabelle Coultress, Camp Mystic Camper)
Ector County Law Enforcement and Official will be escorting the body of Jayda Floyd to Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home on Tuesday, July 15th. For DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, I’m Janet Michaels.
Odessa City Council Special Remembrance of Flash Flood Victims
Odessa, Texas/July 10, 2025-Before the start of the July 8th Odessa City Council meeting a special moment of silence was held in honor of Odessa Police Office Bailey Martin and those who perished in the flash flood in Central Texas.
(Michael Gerke, Police Chief/Odessa Police Department)
(Cal Hendrick, Mayor/City of Odessa, Texas)
Odessa City Council members Craig Stoker and Greg Connell along with Ector County Republican Party Chair, Donna Kelm and Former Ector County Judge Debi Hays, volunteers were at Memorial Gardens Park placing green ribbons on trees near the pond in remembrance of Odessa Police Officer Bailey Martin and those that have died and those that are still missing from the flash flood that occurred in the Hill Country particularly around the Guadalupe River in Kerr County over the 4th of July weekend.
(Debi Hays, Former Ector County Judge/Odessa, Texas)
(Greg Connell, Councilman District 4/City of Odessa, Texas)
(Donna Kelm, Ector County Republican Party Chair/Odessa, Texas)
State Senator Kevin Sparks of Texas District 31 and State Representative Brooks Landgraf of Texas District 81 will be heading back to Austin for a special legislative session to work on solutions such as a warning system for flash flood areas.
(Kevin Sparks, State Senator/Texas District 31)
(Brooks Landgraf, State Representative/Texas District 81)
A special candlelight vigil is scheduled for Friday, July 11th at around 6pm at Memorial Garden Park located at 42nd Street and JBS Parkway.
For DRB Media Communications Digital News, I’m Jasmin Franks.
Odessa Police Department-In Remembrance Officer Scott Smith
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Odessa, Texas/February 6, 2023-Odessa Police Department In Remembrance Officer Scott Smith-Tour of Duty 3 Years. End of Watch-January 6, 1988.
