'There are just those people who come out passionate in the world, and you don't know what drives them,' said Manpreet Kaur Singh. Sandeep Dhaliwal gets a blue ribbon pinned to him during a vigil in Houston for a fellow deputy who was shot and killed in 2015. 'One of the values of serving in uniform gives us a sense as a community that we are being seen and are being understood.' 'Sikhs have been in this country for more than 100 years (but) we've been absent from the national conversation,' Simran Jeet Singh said. The deputy said in a 2015 interview that 'serving in the police force is natural' to Sikhs who value service.

He was anything but angry.'ĭhaliwal's father was a police officer in India before moving his family to the United States. 'There are some people who live angry lives. 'His passion for public service was obvious to us all,' Azad said. Prior to Dhaliwal's hiring, Azad said the center had been in conversations with then-Sheriff Adrian Garcia to bring a Sikh onto the force. 'The way to counter that was exactly the kind of service Sandeep Dhaliwal provided to the larger community.' 'Ever since 9/11 happened, a lot of hate crimes have occurred against the Sikhs,' Azad said. EbsdFeeWXO- HCSOTexas September 28, 2019 “He laughed and joked with all of us, and left a bright impression on my son who is deaf,” she said.ĭeputy Dhaliwal is an incredible loss not only to our HCSO family but to the entire community.

A Harris County resident sent us a video of fallen Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal.

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