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A COPS Mom: Cheryl Railsback, surviving mother - Bonus Ep 41

May 12, 2025 • Jared Altic

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This is both our annual salute to mothers in the law enforcement family and also another episode on the Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS). Cheryl Railsback is the surviving mother of Deputy Shane Detwiler, EOW July 13, 2009. Her story of loss, grief, and her path back to helping others is a story you need to hear.

Concerns of Police Survivors website: https://www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org

Music is by the Westerlies

Hey Chaplain Podcast Bonus Episode 41

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Concerns of Police Survivors, Army, COPS, Death Notification, End of Watch, Family, Funeral, Game Warden, Grief, Line of Duty Death, Parents, Sheriff's Office, Baytown, Houston, Texas, Iraq

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