Co-Workers and Friends of Forsyth Police Officer Asking for Help

Several individuals are coming alongside a Law Enforcement Officer to help with medical expenses.

According to a post on the Forsyth Police Department Facebook Page, several efforts are underway to help Jason Flowers who suffered a neurological injury while off duty earlier this month. 

Police Chief Pat Gray said on the post that Flowers has continued to improve over the last week which has piled up large medical expenses. Gray goes on to say that while the City's Health Insurance will cover the hospital stay, he has not accrued enough vacation and sick days to help cover time off due to just recently joining the city. 

A Go Fund Me page has been set-up among efforts the police department is coordinating to help with the uncovered expenses. 

Full details from the full Facebook Post are below:
As many of you have heard, Officer Jason Flowers suffered a neurological injury last week while off duty. This injury included both a minor brain bleed and stroke. He was transported to an area hospital where he was in NICU until yesterday. He is improving daily, and we are hoping for a full recovery and return to work.  

While his health insurance through the City is going to cover the hospital stay, he has not worked here long enough to have full vacation and sick time benefits. This is going to leave a gap in his income while he recovers. 

In the meantime, we are looking to help him out as much as possible. A Go Fund Me page has been set up. 

We have also received several items to be raffled off including a fire pit and a Ruger 22/45 Lite semi auto handgun, among other items. (photos to come in another post) Those raffle tickets will be available through our office and at the Spring Fling coming up this weekend in Forsyth, April 29th. The drawing will be at a later day in May.

We thank all of you for your support and assistance, we live and work in a great community. The support we receive as a department shows a commitment from you as a community that is un heard of in todays society.