On Saturday, the men all convened, along with about a dozen friends, family and some of Garner’s fellow deputies, to surprise Chase at the Honda Kawasaki KTM store on Carpenter Road.Gold Coast Cadillac at Autotrader. It’s such a small thing and if we can help at all, that’s what we like to do - especially this kid, he’s a good kid.”

“Helping out is one of those things we like to do here. Officer Jason Garner had the biggest sacrifice of them all,” Borup said. “(Law enforcement) sacrifices for what they want to do. And Borup also threw in a new set of riding gear: helmet, boots, gloves, the works. Together the men raised some $2,300, and Borup’s shop matched that with $2,400 to cover the other half of the bike’s cost. With (him) being 12 years old and being so young, I had to jump on it.” “If things go bad, you’re stressing out and got stuff going on, to be able to get on a dirt bike and let all that go away.

For me and many other people, two wheels is an escape for life,” Porter said. Photographed at Honda Kawasaki KTM in Modesto, Calif., Saturday, Nov. Local law enforcement officers, businesses and community members raised funds for the off-road motorcycle. Then Design Lab car custom vinyl designer Nick Porter of Oakdale saw a post about the fundraiser and reached out as well, offering to wrap the bike in custom stickers memorializing the fallen deputy.Ĭhase Garner, 12, son of late Stanislaus Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Garner was surprised with a new motorized dirt bike. Honda Kawasaki KTM owner Matt Borup got on board immediately, and posted about the fundraiser on the store’s Instagram page. Before joining the force, Castiglione worked at Honda Kawasaki KTM of Modesto, so he mentioned the fundraiser to the owner. He shared it with area law enforcement officers he knew, including his friend and Department of Corrections Officer Joey Castiglione. So he started a Gofundme page to raise money for an appropriately sized dirt bike for Chase. Grant’s uncle was a Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office deputy killed in the line of duty, and he said he has a strong connection with the families of fallen law enforcement officers. “That hit my heart because that’s not right,” Grant said. Still, he loved dirt biking and she could not afford a new, bigger one. She told him it was a hand-me-down, but because of its small size, Chase would get made fun of by the neighbor kids while riding it. He reached out to Stockton to ask about the bike.

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