Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Trooper Williams,
It’s been 50 years and my guilt still is as strong now as on November 8,1970!
I asked to be transferred from Pamlico County to Edgecombe County and you took my place!
When I heard of the incident, my mind and body went numb! I should have not transferred, maybe you would still be alive and healthy and still with your family! My Guilt is as real as it was in 1970!! Sir if I could reverse my decision, I would! In Heaven you are and in Heaven, I know that we will rejoice together!!

Trooper Daniel E Boyette
N. C. State Highway Patrol

November 9, 2024

We were in Patrol School together and I remember that you were the oldest in our class. It's now 2024 and it seems just like it was yesterday that you were taken from us. God took you from us but not the memories.

Sargent Addison Johnson, Ret.
NCSHP

March 15, 2024

Trooper Williams, I was transferred from Pamlico County and You took my place, your untimely death should have been me! I officially attended your funeral and I was filled with guilt and today June 22, 2023, I still believe that you died in my place! I saluted you then and I'm saluting you now! If I could have traded places with you I would have done so! To Trooper Williams Family I'm so very sorry for your loss!
Respectfully,
Past NC State Trooper Daniel E Boyette

NC State Trooper Daniel E Boyette
NC State Highway Patrol

June 22, 2023

Rest in peace Trooper Williams.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 15, 2020

Thank you for your service and rest in peace always knowing that your sacrifice will never be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

November 8, 2020

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 39th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service to my home state and the birthplace of my son. 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.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

November 8, 2009

Remembering that 39 years ago, you made the ultimate sacrifice for our state, more specifically, the same roads I have patrolled for the last couple of years.

Thanks for your service.

Trp. T.C. Wetherington
NCSHP

November 7, 2009

Though many years have passed you're never forgotten RIP.

PTC
NCSHP

November 8, 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
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

December 27, 2007

You are remembered today and thank you Sir for your service

VanDenBerghe
NH

November 2, 2007

MY BROTHER, YOU LEFT US 36 YEARS AGO, BUT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. A HERO NEVER IS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

November 8, 2006

Though many years have passed, your sacrifice in the line of duty HAS NOT been forgotten. RIP sir.

January 18, 2006

06/15/04

Each day I try to read the ODMP. Today I read your story. Any officer who dies in the line of duty will always be remembered for his sacrifice. You died a hero. Rest in peace Officer Williams.

Captain Robert W Cannon, Ret.
Vermilion Co, Il. Sheriff's Dept.

June 15, 2004

The policeman stood and faced his God,which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, policeman. How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?
The policeman squared his shoulders and said.
"No, I guess I ain't because those of us who carry a badge can't always be a Saint."
I've had to work most Sundays
and at times my talk is rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
because the streets are awfully tough.
But I never took a penny that wasn't mine to keep...
though I worked a lot of overtime when the bills got too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help
though at times I shook with fear,
and sometimes, God forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place among the people here.
They never wanted me around except to calm their fear.
If you've a place for me here, Lord, it needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much, but if you don't...I'll understand"
There was a silence all around the throne where the Saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly for the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, policeman.
You've borne you burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets.
You've done your time in Hell"

G. HOUSTON
SOUTH CAROLINA

June 9, 2004