Funeral Set For Fallen Dallas Motorcycle Officer

DALLAS, TX — Earl 'Jamie' Givens, the Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal who died last week when his motorcycle was struck by a passing car during a procession will be honored at a funeral held in Plano Thursday.

The service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Prestonwood Baptist Church's main worship center.

The church is located at 6801 W. Park Blvd., in Plano.

A public visitation will be held at the church Wednesday evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Givens, was, along with other officers from the motorcycle unit, escorting the body of a former officer from Laurel Land Funeral Home in Dallas to a burial site in East Texas at the time of the crash.

Givens had used his motorcycle to block the eastbound entrance ramp of I-20 at Bonnie View Road when he was struck by a Kia Sportage that was driving at a high rate of speed.

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