Dr. Michael Dent / March 26, 2013
Tom Clements died a week ago tonight, murdered when he opened the front door of his Monument home.  Who was he?  He served the public more than 30 years with signal honor and integrity. Tom loved being a father, husband, and a caring friend. He served in the youth ministry at his church, passionately mentoring teen boys. He and his wife worked together in the church’s Marriage Ministry mentoring young couples. Tom committed his life to serving the correctional population. He made the decision as a teenager, impacted by visiting his uncle in prison. Tom epitomized the public servant who fulfilled a true calling to service.  He oversaw one of the coldest, toughest worlds with the warmest and most tender of hearts as the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.  The newspaper editorialized, “Personally decent, professionally courageous, Tom championed true criminal rehabilitation, making our state safer and our prisons a place of restoration for the betterment of society.” Continue Reading…