Since the death of her husband, Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Alberto Felix, Arlene Felix hasn’t spent much time talking publicly about the tragedy.

Saturday evening, however, she had something to say, almost two years to the day after Trooper Felix was hit and killed by a drunk driver , during a Highway Patrol press conference at its Las Vegas headquarters near Harry Reid International Airport to kick off the agency’s annual “DUI blitz” to honor Felix and his partner, Sgt. Michael Abbate.

Trooper Felix’s widow made her comments to a room full of troopers and other law enforcement officers before they embarked on the multi-agency 10-hour blitz into the Sunday morning hours.

“Last year, I didn’t have the courage to speak,” Arlene Felix said. “It’s still very hard. My family knows what yo

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