Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I am sure he is in Heaven and wish his family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Ret. Sgt Vincent Perniola
Port Authority Police of N.Y.&N.J.

December 22, 2011

This is the 31 st anniversary of the murder of Officer William Perry.
The murderer is free to enjoy Christmas. Officer Perry had an Inspectors Funeral and was buried on Christmas Eve, 1980.
I am sure it has been a very long time since the family of Officer William Perry has had a Merry Christmas.
He is not, and will not be forgotten. God bless Officer Bill Perry and his family. He gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Lieutenant Michael Brogan (ret)
Port Authority of NY and NJ Police

December 22, 2011

31 years-not forgotten

TPF/SCU
NYPD

December 22, 2011

Officer Perry, to think you were murdered by a guy who was not only a piece of garbage thug, but a MORON who would have had no problems if he had just put out, heck never lit the cigarette. You did your job, the moron took your life over a stinking cigarette. YOU are a hero, he's not worth fly spit, he's too stupid to even rate being fly spit.

God Bless and may you forever Rest in Peace, Brother.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

September 13, 2011

I remember that day and I remember Bill. I was off duty and I heard of what happened, Bill was a very good cop and a nice guy. PATH will always mourn him.Very sad and impressionable day. Bill too will NEVER be forgotten...
Honored to work at PATH from 1980-1985, Retired in Nov 1990. May G-D bless his family. Ken McCabe

P.O. Ken McCabe
PAPD Worked at PATH with Bill @ time of incident

August 3, 2010

Thank you to all those who have posted here. It provides a measure of comfort knowing that my father has not been forgotten and that brave men and women such as yourselves continue to do a difficult and often thankless job despite knowledge of the potential dangers. God bless you all.

Brian Perry
Son

May 18, 2010

Squad 8 will never forget. We have lost another but remain true Bill "god bless"

Det. Michael deMello
PAPD/Partner

April 1, 2010

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.

N.J. TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

February 25, 2010

You are remembered today and thank you Sir for your service, you are a hero just by the profession you chose.

This writer is always disappointed when justice is not appropriately served on behalf of law enforcement offices.

I am sorry that justice was not served on your behalf.

VanDenBerghe
NH

December 21, 2007

Officer Perry,
On today, the 25th anniversary of your murder, I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of New York and New Jersey. And I agree with all the previous reflections regarding the piece of scum that murdered you-he should of gotten life at the very least.

R.I.P.
Anonymous

December 22, 2005

There should not be parole for cop killers. RIP and thank you for serving NY.

December 18, 2005

You are not forgotten. Bless you.

Ret. Police Officer Robt. Moore
Port Auth. of NY & NJ Police dept.

January 10, 2005

On the anniversary of your death, I salute you for your service and honor you for your sacrifice.

A hero never dies....

Rest in peace, hero.

December 22, 2004

Bill and I had been working plain clothes detail for several weeks before he was murdered. On 12/21/2000, the day before his murder, we apprehended an escapee from the New York State prison system; I took the collar and was assigned to the NYC court system on 12/22/2000. That day Bill went to court in Harrison NJ on a narcotics arrest we had made a few weeks previously and was on the way back from court at the time he was killed. I often regret taking the NY collar and often think that the results would have been different had I been the one to go to Harrison instead of Bill.

The killing was especially vicious, according to testimony in Hudson County Superior Court. When Bill took Fernando Odom off the train at Journal Square for smoking on the train, Odom punched Bill in the face, knocked him down and fled into the track area. Bill got up, pursued Odom and as he got close, Odom spun around and fired three shots into Bill's chest area: the bullets were stopped by his vest, but the force of the bullets knocked Bill to the ground. Bill grabbed Odom around his legs and tried to tackle him. At that point Odom stuck the pistol, a .38 cal revolver, into the area of Bill's throat where his collar bones meet, pointed it down into his body and fired one bullet into his heart. Then, to make sure Bill was dead, Odom stuck the gun between the panels of his vest on his side and fired a bullet, which pierced both of Bill's lungs.

This animal, Odom, is now out on the street after "maxing out", according to the head of the NJ Parole Board, whom I called to voice my outrage at Odom's having been released in 2004. He stated there was nothing the parole board could do since Odom "maxed out".

Bill was a quiet, sensitive, affable, caring cop who deserves better justice than that given to him by the justice system he served so well as a cop in Roselle, NJ and the PAPD. There is now a park in Roselle Park, NJ, which is dedicated to the memory of Bill and to NJ State Trooper LaMonaca, who was Bill's high school friend and who was murdered by Joanne Chesimard on the NJ Tunrpike about a year earlier.

REST IN PEACE, BROTHER!

William Behrens Sgt (ret)
Port Authority of NY & NJ

December 10, 2004

Officer Perry, I honor you. If justice is not served for your murderer in another encounter with the police, it will be when he stands before the "ultimate judge."

With brotherly love and utmost respect, Jim Crotty (Former Richmond, VA Police Officer.)

Jim Crotty, Special Agent (Ret.)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

June 19, 2004

I can't believe that these Murders are actually set free. Every time I read this I feel sick. Sometimes its as if society has given up. We go to work each day hoping to return home again. We don't ask for much. I only have one wish when I die. To go where ever the Defense Lawyers aren't. May you be in Gods Hands and Rest in Peace.

PO
Sukffolk County Police Dept.

December 31, 2003

Bill Perry was 28 years old when he was killed. He was shot to death while making an arrest on a PATH subway train at the Journal Square station in Jersey City, New Jersey. He left behind a wife and two young children. We buried him on Christmas Eve. It has been more than 20 years since his death. There is only one officer remaining at the Command that was assigned there when the incident took place, there are a few Lieutenants that work there that were his Police Academy classmates. He was a good man and a dedicated cop. I just thought that someone should remember that.

Lt. George Leather
Port Authority NY/NJ

I'll remember your words about Ofc. Perry. It's shameful that his killer is now out, able to LIVE his life. Sad how nowadays murders are so commonplace; we've become desensitized as a nation to what's going on. And to think this guy shot a cop, and is now out, among the law-abiding population. Something needs to change. But, I'll work today in honor of Ofc. Perry. I'll tell my rookie to do the same. We carry on, day in and day out, in honor of those who've gone before us. They make us proud!

PO3 K. McKenna
Montgomery County (MD) Police Department