Services will be held July 15th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the First Bossier Church in Bossier City for Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy William Earl Collins Jr. Doyline Police Cheif Robert Hayden said Collins was a family man and an overall good person.
“You know he was just as normal as anybody else, his main goal was to help this community and do the best job that he could,” Hayden said.
Collins was killed in the line of duty on July 9th while responding to a disturbance. Hayden said this was the first time that he had lost a member of his staff that the loss has left him sad and angry.
“Being as small as we are I never thought anything like this could ever happen. We’re a mile square radius and for something this tragic to happen we’re devastating,” Hayden said.
A 12-year-old in Florida with no connections to the community ran one mile in honor of Collins and posted the video to social media. Hayden said the video made a wonderful impact and said the young man will be an asset to the country.
“A lot of people in the department have talked about this young man and we just thank him for what he is doing and has done and just hope God blesses him in his life,” Hayden said.
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