ThinBlueNews remembers Trooper Sergio Romero of the Texas Department of Public Safety — Texas Highway Patrol, whose End of Watch was Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Trooper Romero was attempting to conduct a traffic stop along U.S. Highway 287 near Childress around 4 p.m. when a truck-tractor semi-trailer pulled out in front of him, causing his patrol unit to collide with the vehicle. DPS said he died at the scene and that the crash remained under investigation.
The Officer Down Memorial Page also records Trooper Romero’s line-of-duty death as a vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 287 near Childress. ODMP lists his age as 27 and notes that he had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety — Texas Highway Patrol for nine months after previously serving with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.
DPS said Trooper Romero was stationed in Childress and was a member of Class B-2025. Colonel Freeman F. Martin said the department was grieving “one of our own” and described Trooper Romero as serving his community and Texas with courage, integrity and selfless devotion.
ABC 7 Amarillo reported that friends and local law-enforcement colleagues remembered Trooper Romero as upbeat, funny, committed to public service, and devoted to his family. The station reported that he studied criminal justice at West Texas A&M University and had long wanted to become a DPS trooper.
DPS says Trooper Romero is survived by his wife, Francisca, and two young sons. This remembrance is offered with respect for his family, fellow troopers, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, the Childress community, and the Texas law-enforcement family carrying his memory forward.
Trooper Romero’s End of Watch is a solemn reminder that even a traffic stop can ask everything of an officer, and that behind every uniform is a family, a department, and a community called to remember with dignity.
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Sources and attribution
- ODMP memorial page: Trooper Sergio Romero
- Texas Department of Public Safety: DPS Trooper Dies in Traffic Crash
- ABC 7 Amarillo: Trooper Sergio Romero remembered as smiling public servant after fatal on-duty crash
- ODMP donation page
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