{"officer":{"id":"1129","cause_id":"19","agency_id":"1528","rank_id":"100","first_name":"Wesley","nickname":null,"middle_name":"Scott","last_name":"Alford","suffix":null,"badge":"Not available","gender":"M","age":"22","is_approved":"1","is_veteran":null,"is_odmp_discovered":null,"race":"U","tour_of_duty_days":"1 year","date_eow":"Sunday, July 19, 1987","date_doi":"Sunday, July 19, 1987","incident_state":"TX","weapon_id":"30","incident_description":"Jailer Wesley Alford was shot and killed by an inmate during an escape.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJailer Alford was the only officer on duty when he was shot by a 26-year-old inmate. The inmate had been convicted of aggravated robbery and was awaiting transfer to the state prison to begin serving a 10-year prison term.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe inmate was arrested without incident 12 miles southeast of Anderson, Texas the next day.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJailer Alford had served with the agency for one year.  He was survived by his wife, parents, and brother.","extra_incident_id":null,"extra_incident_name":null,"suspect_information":"life with parole in 15 years","related":null,"nleomf_panel":"2","nleomf_line":"2","nleomf_dir":"E","odmp_notes":null,"dt_created":"2002-01-01 00:00:00","dt_updated":"2015-03-03 18:38:00","updater":"saundra","incident_loc_lat":null,"incident_loc_lon":null,"is_lodd_sent":"1","dt_approved":"2002-01-01 00:00:00","is_felonious":"1","full_name":"Wesley Scott Alford","rank":"Jailer","cause":"Gunfire","weapon":"Handgun; .25 caliber","extra_incident":"","agency":"Grimes County Sheriff's Office","agency_type":"Sheriff (Municipal & County)","address1":"382 Fm 149 West","address2":null,"city":"Anderson","hq_state":"TX","state_abbr":"TX","agency_zip":"77830","state":"Texas","incident_state_name":"Texas","parole_id":null,"parole_date":null,"is_parole_published":null,"is_flagged":"0","flagged_comment":null,"flagged_date":null,"flagged_by":null,"created_by":null,"photo":{"id":"19818","media_type":"image","related_table":"officer","related_id":"1129","filename":"c_jailer-wesley-scott-alford--1129.JPG","is_primary":"1"},"alt_photos":[{"id":"19817","media_type":"image","related_table":"officer","related_id":"1129","filename":"jailer-wesley-scott-alford--1129.JPG","is_primary":"0"}],"patch":{"id":"14658","media_type":"image","related_table":"agency","related_id":"1528","filename":"1528.jpg","is_primary":"1"},"url":"\/officer\/1129-jailer-wesley-scott-alford","reflection_url":"\/officer\/reflections\/1129-jailer-wesley-scott-alford","ogtitle":"Jailer Wesley Alford was shot and killed by an inmate during an escape.\r"},"cms_content_sign_up_benefits":"","officer_tags":"","total_reflections":11,"reflections":[{"id":"951466","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2021-02-10 14:12:15","content":"I just found this page after many sentimental searches just to see Wesley\u2019s picture again-  what would have  been our 34th anniversary  just passed and I still think of you often.  I am no longer a police officer or jailer  for many reasons but I always wonder what would be if I had arrived a bit sooner?  You left very big shoes to fill and you\u2019re still very missed.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Mrs. Wesley Scott Alford","sender_agency":"","sender_email":"ccamconline@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":null},{"id":"894788","user_id":"39838","officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved-auto","dt_submitted":"2020-02-06 12:05:00","content":"Rest in peace young man Jailer Alford. A hero forever!","signature":"Rabbi Lewis S. Davis","sender_name":"Rabbi Lewis Davis","sender_agency":"","sender_email":"lewisdriver@yahoo.com","sender_ip_address":"107.208.151.89"},{"id":"791706","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2017-07-19 15:05:32","content":"Gone but not forgotten","signature":null,"sender_name":"Investigator Ron Bonham","sender_agency":"Tarrant County District Attorney's Office","sender_email":"rlbonham@tarrant county tx.gov","sender_ip_address":"API_107.77.197.12"},{"id":"629559","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2013-07-19 09:30:06","content":"Heroes live forever, Jailer Alford, and we will never forget.   Thank you for the sacrifice you made for the citizens of Grimes County and the great State of Texas.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Greater Houston C.O.P.S.","sender_agency":"","sender_email":"bjeanhill@sbcglobal.net","sender_ip_address":"96.235.97.8"},{"id":"571319","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2012-07-19 09:33:54","content":"Rest in peace, Jailer Alford.  Your service and sacrifice to the citizens of Grimes County and the great State of Texas are not forgotten.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Greater Houston C.O.P.S.","sender_agency":"","sender_email":"b_jeanhill@verizon.net","sender_ip_address":"74.106.44.216"},{"id":"508604","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2011-07-19 08:32:17","content":"Rest in Peace - you're not forgotten.","signature":null,"sender_name":"Greater Houston C.O.P.S.","sender_agency":"","sender_email":"bjeanhill@sbcglobal.net","sender_ip_address":"70.252.165.130"},{"id":"461449","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2010-07-19 19:40:11","content":"Your heroism and service is honored today, the 22nd anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.\r\n\r\nTime never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. \r\n\r\nRest In Peace.\r\n\r\nPhyllis Loya","signature":null,"sender_name":"Phyllis Loya","sender_agency":"mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater","sender_email":"","sender_ip_address":"4c00b6b6"},{"id":"322446","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2008-02-07 07:13:36","content":"\"The Badge\" \r\n\r\nHe starts his shift each day\r\nTo respond to calls unknown.\r\nHe drives a marked patrol car.\r\nA police officer he is known.\r\n\r\nHe's paid by the citizens' taxes\r\nTo make it safe on the streets.\r\nBut he usually has a second job\r\n'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.\r\n\r\nNow he doesn't know a holiday\r\n'Cause he works all year round.\r\nAnd when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive\r\nAt his home he cannot be found.\r\n\r\nHe's cursed and assaulted often,\r\nThe one whos blood runs blue.\r\nHe seldom ever gets a thanks,\r\nTo some he's just a fool.\r\n\r\nHis friends are always other cops\r\n'Cause people just don't understand\r\nThat underneath his badge and gun,\r\nHe's just another man.\r\n\r\nHe knows there might not be a tomorrow\r\nIn this world of drugs and crime.\r\nAnd he gets so mad at the court system\r\n'Cause the crooks don't get any time.\r\n\r\nAnd each day when he leaves for work,\r\nHe prays to God above.\r\nPlease bring me home after my shift\r\nSo I can see the ones I love.\r\n\r\nBut tonight he stops a speeding car,\r\nHe's alone down this ole' highway.\r\nIt's just a little traffic infraction.\r\nHe does it everyday.\r\n\r\nWell, he walks up to the driver's window,\r\nAnd his badge is shining bright.\r\nHe asked the guy for a driver's license,\r\nWhen a shot rang through the night.\r\n\r\nYes, the bullet hit its mark,\r\nStriking the officer in the chest.\r\nBut the Department's budget didn't buy\r\nEach officer a bullet-proof vest.\r\n\r\nSo he lay on the ground bleeding.\r\nHis blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.\r\nAnd briefly he thought of his loved ones\r\n'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.\r\n\r\nIn the news they told the story\r\nOf how this officer had died.\r\nAnd some who listened cared less,\r\nBut those who loved him cried.\r\n\r\nWell, they buried him in uniform\r\nWith his badge pinned on his chest.\r\nHe even had his revolver,\r\nHe died doing his best.\r\n\r\nWritten By:\r\nDavid L. Bell\r\nSergeant \r\nRichland County Sheriff's Department\r\nColumbia, South Carolina\r\nUsed with Special Permission of the Author\r\nCopyright \u00a9 1999 - All Rights Reserved \r\nand may not be duplicated without permission","signature":null,"sender_name":"Investigator David L Bell","sender_agency":"Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC","sender_email":"DBell@rcsd.net","sender_ip_address":"42c215c8"},{"id":"64314","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":"2004-06-26 07:04:14","content":"WES I NEVER GOT TO MEET YOU BUT I SAW YOUR PICTURE EVERYDAY THAT I WALKED INTO THE GRIMES COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. TO REPORT FOR MY SHIFT IN THE JAIL.  ALWAYS REMINDING ME OF THE DANGERS THAT MAY LAY AHEAD. YOU SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BROTHER.","signature":null,"sender_name":"W.R. BROWN SHIFT LEADER","sender_agency":"MONTGOMERY COUNTY ADULT PROB.","sender_email":"","sender_ip_address":"cf469804"},{"id":"6011","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":null,"content":"Wesley,\r\n\r\n       I guess fate didn't let our paths cross - you died the day before I was born. They don't have the information to let me know your age or any details about your demise, but I know you were a hero. No one suits out in blue who isn't. We may be split by a very fine boundary into two different worlds, but thank you for making the world a safer place for me to enter. Until we can meet - God Bless our protectors.\r\n\r\nCasey\r\nfriend of Corporal Joey Cushman\r\nArlington PD, Texas\r\nE.O.W. 6-7-01","signature":null,"sender_name":"","sender_agency":"","sender_email":null,"sender_ip_address":null},{"id":"31454","user_id":null,"officer_id":"1129","related_table":"officer","status":"Approved","dt_submitted":null,"content":"In 1986 when I arrived as a new recruit to my Military Police Company in Fort Bragg, NC.  (The 108th MP CO, US Army)  Spc4 Alford was ETSing (ending his tour in the Army) and was assigned to show me around the unit.  I really didn't get a chance to get to know Wesley due to his leaving the company, but when we heard the news back at our unit of his untimely death, it touch us all.  I later also left the Army and currently have 15 years with the Prattville PD, AL.  I take this time to remember Wesley Alford and the supreme sacrifice that he gave this world.  Thank you Alford.","signature":null,"sender_name":"SGT. H. E. BARBER JR.","sender_agency":"PRATTVILLE POLICE DEPT, AL","sender_email":null,"sender_ip_address":null}],"agency":{"id":"1528","name":"Grimes County Sheriff's Office","state":"TX","address1":"382 Fm 149 West","address2":null,"city":"Anderson","zipcode":"77830","hq_state":"TX","phone":null,"current_agency_id":null,"agency_type_id":"18","chief_exec_name":null,"chief_exec_phone":null,"chief_exec_email":null,"benefits_poc_name":null,"benefits_poc_phone":null,"benefits_poc_email":null,"benefits_poc_cc_name":null,"benefits_poc_cc_email":null,"benefits_notes":null,"agency_uri":null,"agency_lat":"30.4874267","agency_lon":"-95.9940391","dt_created":null,"dt_updated":"2016-09-20 19:26:57","agency_type":"Sheriff (Municipal & County)","state_name":"Texas","hq_state_name":"Texas","lodd_count":"1","k9_lodd_count":null,"current_agency_name":null,"patch":{"id":"14658","media_type":"image","related_table":"agency","related_id":"1528","filename":"1528.jpg","is_primary":"1"},"component_agencies":false},"related_officers":[],"related_k9s":[],"hide_add_hero":0}