Dear NPDF Member & Supporter:
On October 25th, 2021, ATF Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Tim Jones was diagnosed with multiple myeloma or Kahler’s Disease. This is a type of blood cancer where cancerous plasma cells collect in the bone marrow. The cancerous cells push out healthy plasma cells, which work to fight infection., and crate an antibody called M protein. This is an abnormal antibody that causes damage in the body, such as tumors, bone, and kidney damage, and weakened immune function. Multiple myeloma is currently incurable and relapses by its nature. This means that periods of remission may follow periods of active disease in a cycle.
SAC Jones is currently being treated by his physicians in VA, however, the same doctors are highly recommending that SAC Jones obtain immediate stem cell therapy from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute located in Boston, Massachusetts. The physicians at Dana Farber Cancer Institute are world renowned in their ability to treat this type of cancer.
The Jones Family have been devastated by this diagnosis and are doing everything in their power to beat this deadly disease. However, the stem call treatments are immensely expensive, coupled with the need to travel & remain out of state for extended periods of time during Tim’s hospitalization and the long road toward recovery and physical rehabilitation.
Special Agent in Charge (SAC) John B. DeVito of the ATF’s New York Field Division brought the plight of SAC Jones family to the attention of the NPDF in hopes of helping the Agent’s family with expenses. In response, the National Police Defense Foundation’s Safe Cop Program, a 501 (c) (3) tax deductible initiative designed to assist law enforcement officers who are shot in the line of duty or need medical assistance, has created the SAC Jones Family Support Fund to assist his family in defraying the high cost of out-of-state travel and lodging during his treatment and long recovery.
