{"id":188828,"date":"2026-03-03T19:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188828\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T19:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:41:18","slug":"shallowater-native-michael-everette-patrols-lubbock-on-motorcycle-leans-on-mental-toughness-during-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188828\/","title":{"rendered":"Shallowater native Michael Everette patrols Lubbock on motorcycle, leans on mental toughness during challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tOverview:<\/p>\n<p>LPD Corporal Michael Everette said, &#8220;It is never too hard; it is never too much to ask from yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Department: Lubbock Police Department<\/p>\n<p>Name: Michael Everette<\/p>\n<p>Rank: Corporal<\/p>\n<p>How long with department: 20 years <\/p>\n<p>Current Assignment: Traffic Division, Motors (motorcycle cop)<\/p>\n<p>Certifications: Master Peace Officer License. Motorcycle Operator\/Instructor, Field Training Officer, Crime Scene Officer, Breath Test Operator, Mental Health Officer, TECOLE Instructor, NAPD Instructor, Bicycle and Honor Guard.<\/p>\n<p>Hometown: Shallowater.<\/p>\n<p>Education: Shallowater High School, South Plains College<\/p>\n<p>Why did I choose profession? I was working for the City of Lubbock as a mechanic and had several police officers recruit me. The transfer to the Police Department came with a large pay increase. The work sounded exciting and a little challenging.<\/p>\n<p>How do you handle stress? I seem to handle stressful situations well. Growing up in an area with great sports teams and competition, I had coaches who pushed the desire to give-up out of me at a young age. Mental toughness and learning to focus when I was tired and paired with my genuine stubborn nature makes it easy to step up and work harder when it gets tough. The training officers I was around as a young officer made sure I understood the application and consequences of my decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Honors: I received a Life Saving Award in 2009. I have competed in many motorcycle skills competitions around the state and even across the country, placing well in several. I was chosen to represent the LPD as a member of the Honor Guard in Austin several times and in Washington D.C once.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbies\/interests: I enjoy camping and being outdoors. I like to work on and drive anything with a motor. I love lifting weights.<\/p>\n<p>Quote: \u201cBut did you die?\u201d It is never too hard; it is never too much to ask from yourself. This was my way of saying \u201cWork harder, nobody cares.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lubbocklights.com\/please-press-the-button-and-become-a-lubbock-lights-supporter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/volunteer_activism_96dp_000000_FILL0_wght400_GRAD0_opsz48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11787\" style=\"width:80px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related posts\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: LPD Corporal Michael Everette said, &#8220;It is never too hard; it is never too much to ask&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-188828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}