{"id":241811,"date":"2025-09-20T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/241811\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:18:18","slug":"hurst-police-chief-dies-unexpectedly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/241811\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurst police chief dies unexpectedly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hurst-police-chief.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>HURST, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; The Hurst Police Department is mourning the loss of Chief Steve Niekamp.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">On Thursday, the city of Hurst announced Chief Niekamp\u2019s unexpected death due to a health complication.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">SKY 4 captured video of fellow officers outside the Tarrant County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office for a procession that was held on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Niekamp had been with the department since 1990 and was promoted to chief in 2018.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The 56-year-old leaves behind a wife and family members.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;Chief Niekamp dedicated his life to serving the Hurst community. He consistently led with integrity and demonstrated unwavering loyalty and appreciation to his team. Chief Niekamp will be dearly missed,&#8221; said City Manager Clay Caruthers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;Chief Niekamp was a good friend of mine as well as an impressive police chief. This is a tragic loss for us, and my heart goes out to his loved ones and the members of the Hurst Police Department,&#8221; added Mayor Henry Wilson.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The city did not elaborate on Niekamp\u2019s health and cause of death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story comes from a news update from the city of Hurst.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/hurst\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurst<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article HURST, Texas &#8211; The Hurst Police Department is mourning the loss of Chief Steve Niekamp. 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