Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Zdravo, Officer Sintic - I might be wrong, but I believe your Medal of Valor was for an incident which took place prior to your losing your life. You were a brave man, indeed, and we were worse off for your loss. Thanks for your service to the people of Los Angeles. May God grant you eternal rest and may His perpetual light shine upon you.

Chief K. Moreland (Ret. Sgt.)
Palmer Lake, CO PD (Ret. LAPD)

April 15, 2010

Officer Sintic Your bravery on that frightful day is not forgotten. For anyone old enough to remember a fast food restaurant, a hang out spot for youngsters, under siege.

You're memory lives on, forever. GOD bless you, your brothers in blue and your family.

Cath
a citizen and mother of an LAPD Officer.

October 21, 2009

Nick and I worked together as young Patrol Officer during the early 1970's in West Valley Division. Nick, I'll never forget the dedication, enthusiasm, and loyalty that you displayed as an LAPD officer. When you were in the field, we always knew we had a "back up" just around the corner. You were a great partner. Rest-In-Peace My Friend.

Sgt Bob Troutt (Ret.)
Los Angeles Police Department

March 25, 2009

33 years passed today...you are still in our hearts and we love you.
Nicole, ask soupy where she put the badge, it could be in that orange trunk of baby nick's she took, I have not seen it since she took all the awards and medal of valor. hope everything is going good for you. I know you miss them A LOT, we all do.

vickie

February 12, 2009

To Officer Zlatko Nicholi Sintic, his daughter Nicole and other loved ones, and his fellow officers with Los Angeles Police Department:

On this the thirty-third anniversary of your tragic death, please know that your memory is honored and revered today.

My heart is with all family members and friends who call you beloved. They are all in my thoughts and prayers today. I can see from the loving reflections left by your daughter Nicole that you were an amazing man who is loved and missed by all those whose lives you touched.
Nicole, I hope you have your father's badge now. I know how precious these items are. Your father was such a handsome young man and his smile is just infectious. My grandson Cody was born 2 1/2 months after my son was fatally shot, thus he will only know his father through pictures, stories, and remembrances. The loss of a father is a void that cannot be filled, and then for you to lose your mother and only brother was compounded tragedy. You must be incredibly strong to have endured so much loss.

Nick, I know that you rescued us, saved our lives and our families. You are one of the rare heroes among us. You were always there for us in the most traumatic moments of our lives. No matter when we called, we just expected that you would come and do whatever it took to help us, and you always met our expectations. Your selflessness and dedication are awe-inspiring.

This world, this country, your community truly are better places because of you. To have lost you is a great tragedy, an irreplaceable, immeasurable loss for society. We are grateful for and to you, and honor you for all you did for us day in and day out whether you received a word of thanks or praise.

Rest in Peace, Nick. I am so humbled by your valor and service.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the distinquished service Nick gave to his community and the citizens of California, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on February 12, 1776.

Phyllis Loya, mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

Phyllis Loya
mother of Larry Lasater

February 12, 2009

You are not forgotten. Though you were taken before I was on the job I want you to know that your memory will love on. Rest peacefully.

Detective
LAPD

February 11, 2009

Nicole:

The pain you still feel is evident in your memorials to your father and to Officer Randall Simmons. Your father's death touched many lives including mine.

I was in my second month at UCSB, having just transferred from CSUN. On Friday morning, February 13, 1976, I opened the Los Angeles Times and saw the unaccustomed sight of the entire CSUN police force and LAPD officers, each officer with a shotgun, outside a McDonalds near former campus. That was how I learned of your father's death.

His funeral had not taken place when I told my parents I would be applying to the LAPD academy. They immediately saw my memorial picture on a station wall and made me promise I would not. That has been a promise kept but forever regretted.

I grew up here and often drive by the scene with my own children. I think of your father every time. I now have the privilege of working at LAPD. Every time a call goes out and I watch my friends run out the door, while I have to stop, I think of that promise and of your father.

Now I stand watch in my own way. I am a public servant and you are the people I am privileged to serve. May you find peace in the memories of your father. May you occasionally feel his hands upon your shoulders guiding you. He is not truly gone who lives on in our hearts and minds. May his memory be a blessing and a source of comfort always.

James M. Grant, Crime Analyst II
LAPD Van Nuys Division

September 27, 2008

There are no words to express what my father ment to me. He was my everthing,my father,my protector,my knight in shinning armor. My life and dream of happy ever after ended on Febuary 12, 1976. My father was taken from my life and soon after I lost my mother and only brother. I am touched to still see that my father is still remembered to this day and loved by so many. To the family member who has my father badge please please give it back to me. Nicole

Nicole Sintic
Daughter

August 15, 2008

Officer Sintic your work on this Earth as we know it is done. You are in God's Hands now brother. May you rest in peace.

SGT. Daryl Brewer
Clarksville Police Dept. Clarksville, Tennessee

May 18, 2008

So hard to believe its been 32 yrs this month. where has time gone seems like yesterday we were going down the road heading to the beach in the pontiac with the top down singing at the tops of our lungs to that song my beautiful ballon. thats just 1 memory of so many you didnt think when you were dating my sister you would have 3 tag alongs and everyone thinking we were yours. thats funny because you were my surrogate father growing up and i respected you more than you ever knew and for always being there for us. we love you and you will always be in our hearts and minds

sharon

February 18, 2008

We are the LAPD ! We do not leave any Men or Women behind, and we do not forget any LAPD Brother or Sister, who may have fallen in the line – of – duty.

I contacted a retiree on yesterday, and we discussed Officer Sintic. He is most certainly not forgotten.

Devonshire Division did not have another officer murdered until the 1990's.

Officer Sintic, may Your Soul Rest-In-Peace.

Maj M. B. Parlor
USMC / LAPD

February 12, 2008

TODAY IT WILL 32 YEARS SINCE YOU WERE TAKEN, YOU MAY BE GONE BUT, YOU LIVE ON AS LONG AS WE REMEMBER YOU AND YOUR KIND AND LOVING NATURE. I CAN STILL HEAR YOUR LAUGH, YOUR DUMB JOKES :) AND LISTENING IN AWE TO THE CRAZY STORIES YOU USE TO TELL. THE ONE THAT STICKS OUT IN MY MIND IS THE ONE ABOUT THE 3 YEAR OLD GIRL THAT WAS BEING ABUSED, YOU TOOK HER OUT OF A CLOSET, DIRTY AND HURT..YOU HAD TEARS WHEN YOU TOLD THE STORY AND HOW IT AFFECTED YOU. WE WERE ALL IN THE KITCHEN AROUND THE TABLE, A CRYING MESS OF GIRLS!!! I STILL SEE YOU PUTTING ON THE UNIFORM YOU WERE SO PROUD OF, SHAVING, COMBING YOUR WAVY HAIR, MAKING SURE NOT A ONE IS OUT OF PLACE, KISSING LINDA AND TELLING HER.."SEE YA IN THE MORNING PARTNER"..I REMEMBER NICK AS A MAN THAT WE ALL LOVED AND IDOLIZED. OFFICER SIMMONS SEEMS LIKE A MAN OF THE SAME MORAL FIBER AND BRAVERY AS YOU, A TRUE HERO, I AM SURE YOU TWO WILL BECOME FRIENDS IN HEAVEN. HIS DEATH IS WHAT BROUGHT BACK SO MANY MEMORIES, BOTH OF YOU WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN FEBRUARY, IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BOTH L.A.P.D., BOTH SHOT BY A YOUNG LATIN MALE HOLDING HOSTAGES, BOTH LEAVING A DEVOTED LOVING WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN, A GIRL AND A BOY, BOTH WITH THE LAST NAME STARTING WITH "S", BOTH GIVING YOUR OWN LIFE TRYING TO SAVE SOMEONE YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.. I REMEMBER PEOPLE LINING THE STREETS OF THE VALLEY TO SEE THE HEARSE CARRING YOUR BODY TO THE CEMETARY AND ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM ALL OVER THE U.S.A. THAT WERE THERE, TAPS AND THE 21 GUN SALUTE. I KNOW OFFICER SIMMONS FUNERAL WILL BE OF THE SAME MAGNITUDE, HE IS BEING SENT OFF WITH THE SAME HERO'S SEND OFF, AND I KNOW IT WILL CAUSE PAIN IN EVERYONE'S HEART, I WILL BE WATCHING WITH PRIDE AND SORROW AS HE IS TAKEN TO HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE. ANOTHER GREAT MAN, ANOTHER LAPD OFFICER THAT TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE IN SO MANY WAYS, WAS TAKEN AWAY TOO SOON! IN GOD'S CARE NOW...R.I.P

THE FAMILY

February 12, 2008

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

February 9, 2008

He was a Great man and will never be forgotten, I still mourn for Nick, Linda and "Baby Nick" all if them were taken way too soon! always in our hearts!!

family

February 7, 2008

"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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and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

September 17, 2007

Nick was a friend of mine. We attended Junior College together and carpooled to work at Devonshire Division. He was a good man and died too early.

Lt. Robert Warren (Ret.)
Los Angeles Police Department

November 23, 2005

Let no fallen brother be forgotten. Rest easy.

Lieutenent
California Department of Corrections

January 30, 2005