Retiring after a career of nearly 30 years in criminal justice, Wally Garza feels blessed to be walking away safely without ever having faced a life-or-death situation.
Although his last day in uniform was about a month ago, Garza’s official last day as a highway patrol corporal with the Texas Department of Public Safety is today.
Garza credits good training and his mom’s constant prayers as getting him safely through 17 years as an officer in the state prison system and 13 years in the highway patrol.
“There’s nothing routine about law enforcement, but I’ve been lucky to be able to go out ...