In Memory Of1LT & Sergeant Mark A. Butler

1LT & Sergeant Mark A. Butler, 34, U.S. Army, Navasota Police Department (NPD), born in Texas June 25, 1990, died in the line of duty on January 15, 2025. In the Army, Butler was an MP and an Intelligence Officer and deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Freedom's Sentinel. After the military, he joined the NPD, where he served as a Patrolman, K9 Handler, and SWAT team leader. Butler is remembered as a "cop's cop," who left the world a better place than he found it. For his service, there is a memorial highway named in his honor. Rest easy, Hero! Til Valhalla, Brother!