WARREN (WWJ) Dozens of Warren police and dispatchers showed up to support the young son of a critically-injured fellow officer at his hockey game in Mount Clemens.
According to a social media post by Warren Police Department; Officer Nick Kott suffered “a devastating fall” while on a hunting trip with his family in mid-November.
He was placed on a ventilator in the Neurological ICU at University of Michigan Hospital with no feeling from his neck down, “fighting for his life.” His wife, Holli, and their 7-year-old son, Jack, remain by his side.
Officer Nick Kott played, coached and refereed hockey throughout his lifetime. Jack, “eager to follow in his father’s footsteps”, plays on the Lakeland Hawks youth hockey team, police said.
“For the Kott family, hockey is more than a sport. It is a passion, a bond, a tradition,” Warren Police said in a press release.
The department banded together to "honor Nick's spirit" and to support Jack as faced off against the the Trenton Titans on Friday night. Over forty officers and dispatchers, on their own time, filled the stands at the Mount Clemens Ice Arena. They cheered for Jack when he and his team secured a victory.
“It is often said that law enforcement is a family,” the release read. “Last night, the men and women of the Warren Police Department showed what family means to us….We come together to support each other when one of us is down and hurting.”
A GoFund Me page was set up to help the family with medical costs. You can donate here.
You can also send a check payable to the “Warren Police & Fire Benevolent Association” at the Warren Police Department, 29900 S. Civic Center Blvd, Warren MI, 48093, ATTN: Police Administration.