Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace Brother LEO. Thank you Hero and your family for your courage, sacrifice and service. Always remembered.

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA

April 11, 2020

Rest in peace Trooper Tanner.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 6, 2020

Trooper Tanner is the core of what the Georgia State Pactrol believes in. He will always be remembered by his brothers and sisters in blue. He has given all so that others may live without fear.

SFC K.R. Johnson #940 Post Commander
Georgia State Patrol

October 15, 2014

Trooper Tanner you are gone but not forgotten. Thank you for your service. RIP Brother Roaddog.

TFC Widener, Len
Connecticut State Police

April 11, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 42nd anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

April 11, 2012

Rest in Peace, Trooper Tanner. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

March 30, 2012

Uncle Billy, you are never forgotten and I will always look up to you! You are one of my heroes even though I never met you, you are always in my heart. Your family misses you very much. You even have a song wrote about you! I bet you never expected that, did you? I just wish I had a copy of the song. But we all miss you and will see you one day! Love you uncle Billy!

Jared
Great Nephew

April 26, 2011

Thank You for your service brother, you are not forgotten. God Speed, see you on the high side.

Sergeant Shane Parrott
Gordon County Sheriffs Office

May 14, 2010

"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

December 26, 2007

Trooper Tanner,
Thank you for your service to the great state of Georgia.
You are not forgotton.

J.S. Shirley K-9
Norfolk Southern RR PD, Atlanta

July 10, 2007

Trooper Tanner, you are not forgotten

April 11, 2005