Longview, TX — About 25 Longview police officers and a state law enforcement association rallied Tuesday around an officer injured in the line of duty who faces termination next week because of a city policy.

“Anybody with an open heart should start the process of contacting public officers — let’s start with the mayor and the city council,” Charley Wilkinson of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas said during a news conference on behalf of officer Leigh Ann Snyder.

The seven-year veteran Longview officer suffered a fractured pelvis, femur and tibia Dec. 11 when a man later accused of drunken driving T-boned her police vehicle.

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