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To honor the life of Concord Police Officer Jason Shuping, the Concord City Council recently approved a $100,000 budget amendment to fund a new Fallen Officer Memorial.
The city also filed necessary state and federal paperwork to establish a new nonprofit, Concord Police Foundation, to assist officers who are injured or killed in the line of duty and their families.
On Dec. 16, 2020, Shuping was killed in the line of duty while responding to a call about a crash and possible vehicle theft. Officer Kaleb Robinson was also injured while responding to the same call. Shuping was with the Concord Police Department for 1½ years before making the ultimate sacrifice in service to his community. In the days immediately after his death, the Concord City Council, city leadership and community came together to honor Shuping and support the friends and family he left behind:
New memorial and nonprofit foundation to honor fallen Concord Police Officer, Rowan County native Jason Shuping The City filed necessary state and federal paperwork to establish a new nonprofit Concord Police Foundation to assist officers who are injured or killed in the line of duty and their families. (Source: City of Concord) By David Whisenant | February 23, 2021 at 12:02 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 12:02 PM
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) -
News release from the City of Concord: To honor the life of Concord Police Officer Jason Shuping the Concord City Council recently
approved a $100,000 budget amendment to fund a new Fallen Officer Memorial. The City also filed necessary state and federal paperwork to establish a new nonprofit Concord Police Foundation to assist officers who are injured or killed in the line of duty and their families.
Online petition seeks to name I-85 bridge in honor and memory of fallen Concord Police officer Shuping was killed while responding to a call on December 16. (Source: WBTV File) By David Whisenant | February 17, 2021 at 6:03 AM EST - Updated February 17 at 6:03 AM
CONCORD, N.C. (WBTV) - More than 6000 signatures have been collected for an online petition to name a bridge in Cabarrus County in honor and memory of fallen Concord Police officer Jason Shuping.
Shuping was killed while responding to a call in that area in December.
The creator of the petition wants the bridge on Bruton Smith Blvd. over I-85 named for Shuping. That petition can be seen here: https://www.change.org/p/north-carolina-dot-name-the-bridge-at-i-85-and-bruton-smith-blvd-in-honor-of-concord-pd-ofc-jason-shuping
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Is mentorship important?
Brandon Caron, Kaleb Robinson and Elliott Spear all say yes. Of course, they say yes. They are part of a developing “mentor chain” with Trekkers, an experiential education and mentoring program for young people based in Midcoast Maine. Mentor chains are a kind of “unicorn” in the youth development world, in which an alum becomes a mentor to a student who then graduates and becomes a mentor to a student, passing along the connection for each graduating class. Eventually, it forms a chain of committed volunteers who return to give back what they feel they received and serve as an example of the transformative power of mentorship.