After 15 years, Haskell officer has a bullet-proof vest

 
LARRY LEVY
Published: June 3, 2009

TULSA — Jack Martin has been working in Haskell for 15 years as the department’s only reserve officer and the only officer without a bullet-proof vest.

That was until Monday when he received one as a donation.

"I’m tickled to death,” Martin told Tulsa police Capt. Travis Yates .

Yates presented Martin with a used vest donated by an Alabama police department in the "Ve...


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