Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace knowing that your memory, service and sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.

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

August 14, 2020

Rest in peace Officer Wooldridge.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 28, 2019

While turning the pages of my old missionary scrapbook recently I found a picture of Clark and myself. Clark was only dsys away from his baptism into the church when the accident occurred. I had the privilege of teaching him about the church and getting to know this outstanding young man. I only found this site today.

Ricgard Burris
Friend

February 18, 2018

Thank you all for your beautiful reflections of my brother. TG - I remember you - and yes, Clark did die doing what he was placed on this earth to do...take care of people. To this day, he is still taking care of me...and many others. He was a great brother.

Sara
sister

August 11, 2015

Almost 35 years. It seems like it was yesterday. Clark - Officer Wooldridge - was a wonderful friend and a very good person. He was kind and generous, always there to help you when you needed it. I knew him before he achieved his dream of becoming a Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer. I can still remember the day he told me he had been accepted at the academy, the sheer joy on his face. He left an excellent job to join the department. His dream lasted only a year. The only consolation is that I know he died doing exactly what he wanted to do.

TG, a friend

June 10, 2014

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

June 9, 2014

This was my mom's first husband, before my dad. She told me the hardest moment for her was when she came into the hospital and saw the tag on his toe. She knew he was gone. Even though he died before I was born, I still want to pay my respects to him and my mother. God bless.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael J. Leal
United States Navy

June 2, 2011

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 31rst 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 murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

August 12, 2010

Your service to the community has not been forgotten. You left this world much too soon, but you are honored in every substation. Rest in Peace, in the hands of God.

Thomas A. Carpenter
Las Vegas Metro P.D.

October 6, 2008

DEAR FAMILIES OF OFFICER WOOLDRIDGE! WHO READS THIS! I JUST FOUND THIS SITE, SO FORGIVE ME FOR MY LATE RESPONSE! I WAS IN THE LVMPD ACADEMY WHEN OFFICER WOOLDRIDGE GAVE HIS LIFE TO THE COMMUNITY HE SERVED! AFTER MY GRADUATION! I WAS OFFICER WOOLDRIDGES REPLACEMENT ON THE GRAVE YARD SHIFT! MY TRAINING OFFICER WAS DANNY BURRESS! HE WAS THE FIRST OFFICER ON THE SCENE! HE TALKED HIGHLY OF HIS LOVE FOR POLICE WORK! I WAS PROUD TO BE IN HIS BRIEFING ROOM! HE ONCE SAT! GOD REST HIS SOUL!

RETIRED, RICK
LVMPD, REPLACEMENT

December 15, 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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and may not be duplicated without permission

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

December 11, 2007

Rest in peace brother.

-LVMPD

LVMPD

December 1, 2005

I agree with a previous writer who wrote “No officer’s death should be without reflection.” My condolences to the family of Officer Clark Anthony Wooldridge. Be proud of him always. You served us well......RIP brother.”

Trooper
Pennsylvania State Police