 | |  | Patrolman James J. Keefe
Chicago Police Department
Illinois
Thursday, January 5, 1905 |
YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH
2007-12-31
Officer Keefe,
I did not know you, or anything about you until I joined the Chicago Police Department a few years ago. While in the academy, each recruit in each class had one assignment, per Supt. Cline. Each of us was to choose a name that would be displayed on the Memorial Wall, research that officer, and write a report on our findings. Many of the recruits chose names familiar to them, whether a family member, a friend, or someone they knew where to start their research. I chose you. I don't really know why other than that most of my colleagues were selecting more recent personnel and I felt that you deserved the same attention and respect. Through my research, I discovered that you were shot at the same intersection that 100 years to the day of your end of watch, I was living. It would seem as though that would be our connection, at least beyond our callings. Every day that I pin my star, put on my duty belt, and go on patrol, I try to be the smartest, bravest, most fair Police Officer that I can. I know that you, the other fallen officers, and my friend Saul (recenly passed), watch over us all as we try to do what so few seem willing or able to do. Time erases many events and memories, but yours will remain. PO R. COMBS
CHICAGO POLICE DEPT
2007-04-07
01-05-04, MAY GOD BLESS YOU MY BROTHER. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.
2004-01-05
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