Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department, California
End of Watch Thursday, July 31, 1986
Reflections for Deputy Sheriff Dale Steven Rossetto
Rest in peace always knowing that your service and sacrifice will always be remembered by your law enforcement brethren.
Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)
July 31, 2020
Rest In Peace Brother LEO. Thank you and your family for yoursacrifice and service.
Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA
July 31, 2018
Still here and still thinking about you. I continue to honor your memory and sacrifice. Until we meet again.......
Corporal Darrell Frost
Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department
July 24, 2012
Rest in Peace, Deputy Rosseto. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.
Officer 11169
January 22, 2012
Your heroism and service is honored today, the 24th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service to my home state. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.
Three California law enforcement officers met their death in aircraft accidents that fateful day.
Rest In Peace
Phyllis Loya
Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater
July 31, 2010
Hi, Bro:
I met Your Partner - She misses the two of You Dearly. Had it not been for a sudden illness, She too probably would have died that day.
The two of You are NOT forgotten.
Michael B. Parlor
September 18, 2009
Still remembering the old days my friend. Miss you guy's.
Love Ya Brother. Darrell Frost
Darrell Frost
Siskiyou S.O.
July 30, 2008
Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.
Police Officer
December 23, 2007
"The Badge"
He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.
He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.
Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.
He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.
His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.
He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.
And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.
But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.
Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.
Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.
So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.
In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.
Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.
Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
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Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC
December 6, 2007
may God bless you. rest in peace my Brother.
CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.
July 31, 2004
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