{"id":127611,"date":"2023-12-15T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?p=127611"},"modified":"2023-12-14T21:39:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T21:39:52","slug":"officer-of-the-month-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/officer-of-the-month-december-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Officer of the Month \u2013 December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"127611\" class=\"elementor elementor-127611\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b27b3d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b27b3d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-216af84\" data-id=\"216af84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b237d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b237d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elvis-Zeno-Santiago.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-127607\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:91.88%;max-width:234px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Officer Adrian De La Garza<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bda7a6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bda7a6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50cf9d5\" data-id=\"50cf9d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e14d3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e14d3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">December 2023 Officer of the Month<br \/>\nOfficer Adrian De La Garza<br \/>\nLas Cruces Police Department, Las Cruces, NM\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-285732b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"285732b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b772a5\" data-id=\"1b772a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c8786d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c8786d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMADD proudly recognizes Officer Adrian De La Garza as our Officer of the Month for December 2023.  Officer De La Garza is a Traffic Officer with the Las Cruces, New Mexico Police Department and he has been in law enforcement for over 20 years. <br \/><br \/>\n\nOn February 4, 2021, Officer De La Garza risked his life to take down a drug dealer after he shot and killed New Mexico State Police Trooper Darian Jarrott during a traffic stop. The suspect, who was extremely impaired during the incident, fled the stretch of highway where he shot and killed Jarrott and continued his attempted escape toward Las Cruces. Other officers began pursuing the vehicle along Interstate-10. At one point the subject stopped and shot at officers before fleeing again. <br \/><br \/>\n\nAs the vehicle entered Las Cruces, the driver struck spike strips and Officer De La Cruces then conducted a precision immobilization technique, and successfully stopped the truck.  As the truck came to a stop the subject exited the vehicle and exchanged shots with Officer De La Garza, wounding him.  He and other responding officers returned fire and killed the subject.<br \/><br \/>\n\nOfficer De La Garza has undergone multiple and extensive surgeries and procedures and has since returned to duty. <br \/><br \/>\n\nIn 2022, Officer De La Garza received the MADD New Mexico Outstanding Urban Office of the Year award.  <br \/><br \/>\n\nMADD is proud to recognize Officer Adrian De La Garza as the MADD December  2023 Officer of the Month.  We thank him for his dedicated service to the citizens Las Cruces and the State of New Mexico.  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