"Serve & Protect"

Thomas S. Hale has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Serve and Protect," a 501c3 organization dedicated to providing nationwide crisis response, suicide intervention and prevention, counseling and referral assistance to Police Officers, Firemen and other first responders. Serve and Protect is the only service of its kind in the nation, and is partnered with "Safe Call" of Seattle, Washington in providing a 24 hour "suicide crisis hotline" dedicated strictly to law enforcement, The Dave Ramsey Organization, which provides financial advice, assistance and planning, and NOVA Industries, a leading manufacturer of non-lethal electrical restraint and containment devices. For more information, see www.serveprotect.org.