The games were held in Avondale where participants competed in events such as swimming, softball and bocce competitions.
The story actually began in December 2005 when Officer Weigt was in pursuit of a suspect. In an interview with KSAZ-TV. He explained how he was punched in the chest by the suspect. Although he was wearing his bulletproof vest, the bullet passed the starting point of the vest. To hear him say:
The bullet “hit my ribs, ricocheted down my spine, then paralyzed me from the middle of my chest down.”
Despite his misfortune, Weigt remains a strong advocate for all law enforcement officials who wear the body armor while on duty. Whenever he hears a report of a downed officer, his first instinct is to pray that the officer is in his protective gear.
About wearing a jacket, Weigt said, “It’s the easiest thing in the world. Why not just wear it? It should be easy, but it’s a personal thing for me. they choose not to, I wish they would. . All of them, I wish they would.” .
With no one to let anything stop him, Officer Weigt was able to return to work in 2006 as a criminal investigator, reports The State Press.
