THE MONUMENT
I never dreamed it would be me,
My name for all eternity,
Recorded here at this hallowed place,
Alas, my name, no more my face.
"In the line of duty," I hear them say;
My family now the price will pay.
My folded flag stained with their tears;
We only had those few short years.
The badge no longer on my chest,
I sleep now in eternal rest.
My sword I pass to those behind,
And I pray they keep this thought in mind.
I never dreamed it would be me,
And with heavy heart and bended knee;
I ask for all here from the past,
Dear God, let my name be the last.
Another part of the Dallas Morning News:
Some of Officer Jackson's colleagues recalled Sunday an officer who loved and excelled at his job.
Gang unit Officer Frank Carcone said when the unit needed a liaison officer from central patrol, "We knew he'd be the right person for the job."
Officer Jackson was constantly feeding the unit tips he had gleaned from the street, he said. "He'd come up to our office at least once or twice a week and give us as much information as he could.
"From Day One, he just enjoyed police work and took pride in it. And he always wanted to learn everything he could. He was very dedicated," Officer Carcone said. "He went above and beyond.
"He'd stay late. He'd cover anybody. He was always looking to help everybody he could."
Sgt. Jon Jacob, a southwest patrol supervisor, said Officer Jackson was his first recruit when he became a field training officer. "He was anxious, eager and had tons of energy," Sgt. Jacob said. "He was just well rounded and well grounded."
Officer Kyle Land recalled the slain officer as compassionate, "one of those types of officers that knew his stuff. ... You knew that if something happened he would be there to help you out."
Sgt. Larry Lewis said Officer Jackson had volunteered to stay late Saturday to help homicide detectives canvass bars because they knew the victims in last Sunday's double slaying had been to bars in the area. In that case, Maria "Felix" Guzman and Matias Velasquez, 44, were shot and killed in front of her family's house on Fitzhugh Avenue between Tremont and Columbia streets in East Dallas.
"He was helping some of my guys just a few minutes before he went on that [fatal] call. He heard it dispatched and went down here," Sgt. Lewis said of Officer Jackson.
Sgt. Lewis said he saw Mr. Lizcano before he was jailed.
"He appeared very cool and calm and cold. No emotion whatsoever," he said. "I think someone told him [that the officer had been killed] and he just kind of shrugged," Sgt. Lewis said. "I think he was going to shoot anybody that got in his way that night."