{"id":460474,"date":"2025-12-20T17:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/460474\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:44:15","slug":"detention-officer-killed-in-off-duty-motorcycle-crash-dallas-county-sheriffs-office-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/460474\/","title":{"rendered":"Detention officer killed in off-duty motorcycle crash, Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Office says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A 35-year-old detention officer died last Sunday in an off-duty motorcycle crash, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/2025\/09\/08\/dallas-county-sheriffs-office-looks-to-upgrade-jail-software-to-stop-release-delays\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/2025\/09\/08\/dallas-county-sheriffs-office-looks-to-upgrade-jail-software-to-stop-release-delays\/\">Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> and Dakendrick Traylor\u2019s obituary. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/2025\/10\/04\/sheriffs-deputies-sue-dallas-county-over-alleged-missing-overtime-pay\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/2025\/10\/04\/sheriffs-deputies-sue-dallas-county-over-alleged-missing-overtime-pay\/\">sheriff\u2019s office<\/a> did not immediately respond Saturday to questions about the details of the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Traylor was a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/10\/09\/arrest-warrants-issued-for-dallas-county-sheriffs-office-employee-department-says\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/10\/09\/arrest-warrants-issued-for-dallas-county-sheriffs-office-employee-department-says\/\">Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> Honor Guard, according to a statement from the department, and was assigned to the Special Hospital Observation Team.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/QEYZ3K75C6HS6O3KHRVXY6W2F4.jpg\" alt=\"A pump truck leaves Station 53 on an emergency call. Former Lewisville Fire Chief Rick...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cDakendrick\u2019s vibrant spirit and unwavering devotion to his family and community will be remembered and missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him,\u201d his obituary states. \u201cHis legacy of happiness and care will continue to inspire those he touched throughout his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">His funeral will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday at East Gate Baptist Church, according to his obituary. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cTraylor will be missed by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/what-i-was-put-on-this-planet-for-new-dallas-county-juvenile-director-ushers-change\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2025\/12\/11\/what-i-was-put-on-this-planet-for-new-dallas-county-juvenile-director-ushers-change\/\">sheriff\u2019s office family<\/a>,\u201d states a statement from the department. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 35-year-old detention officer died last Sunday in an off-duty motorcycle crash, according to the Dallas County Sheriff\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":460475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,7290,50,358,16476,522,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-460474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-county","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-traffic-accidents","14":"tag-transportation","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115753141809053369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}