Section of highway dedicated to DPS Trooper Jerry Don Davis TAHOKA – A section of U.S. Highway 84 was dedicated in honor of Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Highway Patrol Trooper Jerry Don Davis, in ceremonies conducted in Slaton last Thursday, Nov. 21. Davis was a 1974 Tahoka High School graduate, and several members of his graduating class attended the ceremonies. At 10 a.m., a ceremony took place at Slaton High School honoring fallen Highway Patrol Trooper Jerry Don Davis, who died in the line of duty on October 5, 1980. Trooper Davis was shot and killed after stopping a vehicle for ...