Inspiration springs from Regina Smith, wife of slain Dallas officer

by Michael Davis of Dallas Progress

DALLAS — I waited through the evening to watch the news tonight on CBS 11.

The lead story focused on Dallas Police Department Lt. Regina Smith, wife of slain officer Senior Corporal Norm Smith. She had a comfortable position working in Chief Kunkle's office, but she has made a change. Lt. Smith has gone back to patrol in Southeast division, on the same streets where you could often find Norm Smith.

The story also said that she is trying to collect $3,000 to buy the gang unit a ballistic shield. These are the shields you often see in raids that protect officers from shots from handguns, shotguns, and machine guns. Maybe there's a good Samaritan out there that will donate the funds; just a thought. A Level IV shield would work just fine.

If she can continue the fight, so can we.

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Norm Smith died trying to make our city safer. We are so blessed to have true heros left in this country. Regina has faced this tragedy with courage and dignity. She, too, has given much to this city and now she is out in the areas that need the most attention. Thank you, Regina Smith.

Tina Yampanis

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I have had the good fortune to meet Regina Smith and the sad fortune to attend her husband's funeral at the Potter's House. She is a hero to me, as her husband apparently was even to many of the gang members whose life he helped turn around. Never have I been more moved than I was hearing the eulogies for her fallen husband, at first the Police Headquarters and the next day's actual service. And one thing was clearer than polished crystal; theirs was a marriage made in heaven.

God bless her.