Roll of Honor
Incident
Senior Corporal Jamie Givens was struck and killed by a drunk driver while conducting a funeral escort for another Dallas police officer at approximately 5:30 am.
Motor officers were escorting the procession along I-20 to a location in East Texas. Corporal Givens stopped to block traffic entering the highway at Bonnie View Road. He was stationary on his motorcycle, with its emergency lights activated, when he was struck by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed.
He was transported to Baylor Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver who struck him was arrested and charged with DUI. He was sentenced to ten years for intoxication manslaughter of a peace officer as part of a plea deal.
Corporal Givens had served with the Dallas Police Department for 32 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his sons, mother, and sister.
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32 years. You could have gone home.
Senior Corporal Givens gave the Dallas Police Department 32 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Senior Corporal Givens.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Corporal Earl James Givens III is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,461 of 2,422 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Dallas Police Department, 55 of 95 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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How Earl James Givens III Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Earl James Givens III was killed by automobile; alcohol involved.
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