Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Patrick,

I have read several reflections about you. Yours sticks out to me because your life ended one block away from where my mother currently lives. I pass by Joseph Campau/E. Vernor everyday when I visit my mother. I am also a Detroit Police Officer with 12 years on the job. One reflection moved me very much and it was the one written by Mark Barr. Mark I want you to know that I don't believe that anyone holds anything against you for your decision to maintain a perimeter in case the suspects tried to flee. It's a decision that I have made several times in my career. It took a lot of courage to leave that reflection and I am always absolutely floored every time I read it!

Patrick even though I never met you and you made your sacrifice before I came on the job, I will never forget you! I pray for your wife and children that each day is just a little easier than the day before. Rest in Eternal Peace my Brother in Blue...

Police Officer Gilda C. Mason
Detroit Police Department

November 16, 2012

happy birthday Patrick! We love you

tammy prohm
wife

June 24, 2012

Happy Fathers day Patrick!!!!!!!!!!!

tammy prohm
wife

June 17, 2012

Pat, You were a great friend growing up on Hampshire. You were our first friend when we moved into town. We had so many great times playing ball,swimming in your pool, going to ball games, rideing our mini-bikes and go-carts, and just being friends with you and your brothers and sisters, while we all grew up and went to school together. We just found out what happened,after all these years, and had to write, to pay our respects, and honor your memory. May the good Lord bless and comfort your family, and all those who loved you. We know you're with the Lord in Heaven, and one day we'll see each other again. Sincerely, Frank, Tom, and Rick Lacko ( Beaupied)

friens
friends

March 25, 2012

dad i miss you - your with me everyday still protecting me i love you so much and cant ( but can ) wait to see you again

alisha
daughter

January 9, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 16th 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 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. I pray for solace for all those who love and remember you for I know both the pain and pride are forever. I hold your family in my heart's embrace today.

Rest In Peace

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

January 9, 2012

Officer Prohm and family,
I did not know you personally however i was on this site donateing and reviewed the falled officers. I know your daughter Ashley, my father was also a Detroit officer. Please rest in peace, you are definantly a hero. You have not been forgotten Ashley has spoke to me about you, my thought & prayers go out to everyone who leaves a memory on here and knew him.

A friend of your daughter - J.A.K.

December 11, 2011

Hello, I am sharing your story and many of us have not forgotten. A civilian saw your final moments - - - - that night and they wish they could have done more to save you.

Rest in peace ... and never forgotten

Renee Lee Greco

May 17, 2011

A true hero - Rest in Peace.

Trooper
Michigan State Police

April 28, 2011

Pat,I think about you all the time,we had a lot of fun through the years growing up together.I remember you coming out to visit out to visit me out in lake orion and ortonville,in the Country! I think about your mom.&dad,sisters and brothers and your 3 kids. I hope that everyone is doing well.Pat,you will never be forgotten by the Dombrowski family.

Brian P.Dombrowski
best buddy on Hampshire street

July 27, 2010

Pat, You Have Always Been My Hero,I Think And Talk About you Every Day, I Could Never Tell You How Much You Mean to Me, I Love You So much. Your Family is so Beautiful They Are Just Like You, Beautiful, I Know Your Always Looking Over Them, and to be a Grandpa And Me A Grandma Who Would Have thought,Pat You Are The Greatest Person With The Biggest Heart Filled With So Much Kindness I Have Ever New. I Love You, Shawn

Anonymous

June 2, 2010

ya know ,,i remember u going to work in the summer every night when me and ur sisters and family were having fun in your back yard in the pool enjoying life,watching u go to work,,i rember asking u to get another job ,,but u enjoyed what you were doing ..there was no talking you out of it,i rember the call at 1:30 am and from that moment all of our lives were changed , my neices and nephews lost a dad ,i lost a brother-inlaw , and ur brothers and sisters lost a brother. i still think about u all the time ,,visit ur resting place when i can ,,ashly ,anthony and alicia are ok ,,i'll see u in the next world ,,i'll try not to be late ..love ya bro

tom bednarz
bro-inlaw

May 8, 2010

grandpa pat i love you so much i wish i could see you but you live in heaven and i dont i love you your grand daughter christa

Anonymous

December 14, 2009

Hello Uncle Pat,
The only thing that I know is that I was 2 years old when I went to Washington D.C. to see you honored and your name put on the memorial. Wish I could have seen you more when I was growing up. Didn't know this site was here feels good to read all the comments.
Cade Prohm

Cade Prohm
nephew

October 29, 2009

dad!
i miss you i do so much i cant seem to come with the realization your gone i cant let go ... it hurts everytime i see a little girl with her daddy i wish i could be that little girl again .. =(
i love you dad and i just dont want you to ever to stop looking over me your an amazing father even from heaven...

I LOVE YOU DADDY!!!!!!

alisha
daughter

March 3, 2009

hey uncle pat i miss u so much i cant even express how much i do not a day has gone bye that i dont think bout u i remember all the stuff u tought me n the stuff u did with me n my brother i remember u told me when i called u that just cause u and aunt tammy arnt together nemore doesnet mean that u wasnt my uncle u said ud always b my uncle and b there for me and u always have been cause all the accidents ive been in i shouldnt have walked away from a couple of them with nething rong with me but i did n i no u was looking out 4 me i have a tattoo on my arm its a cross with ur badge number thru it i remember all the summers i spent at ur house for the whole summer and i remember how u tought me to play basketball i remember u picking me up on ur bike and we drove up north to go camping. ive gotten so much autograph stuff from auctions from ur fundraisers after u left this earth id give it all back to have u here with us again ill always keep u close to my heart n i no ur watching us down here. ive been to so many funerals working with micops its so sad and till this day i cant listen to the bag pipes cause i cry every time i hear them i cant wait to c u at the gates when i get done with my life but after i looked at this site i said i was going to go back down to detroit police department to try to be like u was a hero i love u so much and i miss u so much i always go to ur grave every holiday me and anthony and alisha and ashley we all go together like i said i love u and miss u so much thatk u for everything uve done for me thank u for the memories i love and charish so much love u uncle pat

dan socia
nephew

October 30, 2008

i miss you and love you man

ken
friend

September 11, 2008

I knew Officer Pat Prohm and was working the night that he died. I hope Pat and his family will forgive me for not being there for him when it mattered.

On Tuesday, January 9, 1996, I was working as a Detroit Police Officer on midnights in the Seventh Precinct. At around midnight I was walking out of the locker room and observed my friend, Patrick Prohm, sitting behind a desk completing a narcotics arrest report. Pat and I talked for a few minutes then I headed off to meet my partner for the night, Officer Michael “Mikie” Wolgemuth.

Mikie and I headed out on patrol like normal, however this night would be as far from normal as you could get. Shortly after 12:30 am Mikie and I had received a run and were enroute when we heard Pat call out a priority. Pat advised dispatch that he was at McDougall and Gratiot behind a stolen Cadillac. Pat stated that he was just following the vehicle that was occupied three times and would wait for other units to get into the area before attempting a stop.

Mike and I immediately headed toward Pat’s location to assist when we heard Officer Donna Wudyka and Kristi McFee respond that they were pulling up with Pat. Mikie and I continued toward Pat’s location and were at Mt Elliott and E. Vernor when Pat called out that the vehicle was stopped and blocked in at E. Vernor and Jos. Campau. Mike pulled to the curb and asked me if I wanted to continue to Pat’s location and I said we should just wait here in case the suspects bail out and run. Little did I know that decision would haunt me for the rest of my life! Approximately a minute later I heard Donna scream over the radio “Shots fired, shots fired, Officer Down, we need assistance”.

Mikie yelled “Oh No” and sped off to their location. We were only three blocks from them and were the second unit on scene. Sgt. Mark Marchioni, midnight shift supervisor, had arrived seconds before Mike and I, and was trying to lock down the scene. I exited my vehicle and ran to the patrol vehicles that were there as other units were arriving by the dozen. I observed Pat lying on the ground next to the driver’s door of the Cadillac and as I approached him I couldn’t recognize him. I say I couldn’t because it was like my brain wouldn’t let me. I asked several times “who it was” and it wasn’t until I looked at his name tag did it all sink in. Pat was pronounced dead on arrival at Detroit Receiving Hospital.

Since that day I have replayed that day over in my head and I constantly wonder if Mike and I had continued to Pat’s location if things would have been different. Maybe the extra officers at the scene would have deterred the shooter. Maybe mike and I would have been in a position to see or sense something that the other Officers didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, Donna and Kristi are excellent Officers and good people but the extra two sets of eyes at the scene could have made a difference.

But I choose not to go and I live with that guilt every day. Pat I miss you and think of you everyday. I visit your grave often and wonder if you can ever forgive me for not being there. I am so sorry.

I while back friend of mine that I work with told me that he met your daughter, Ashley, at a restaurant that she works at. When he told me I wanted to go and see her but I don’t even know what I could/would say or how she would receive me. Yesterday I finally got the courage to go to the restaurant that she woks at however she was not working. I hope that when I do have the opportunity to talk with your daughter(s) that they can forgive me, although I probably will never forgive my self.


Until I see you again, always in my thoughts,

Mark Barr

Officer Mark Barr
Friend/former co-worker

May 26, 2008

I just wanted to take a minute to recognize you. As I sit here reading the reflections of your loved ones, I must say you have touched me. I am looking to become a Law enforcement officer, and I am giving a speech about how officers have families that love them dearly and we need to remember they have a job to do, and it is heros like you that allow us to live. I know I don't know you, or anyone that knew you, but the powerful words of your family speek of pride, joy, and honor. I don't doubt that you were an amazing man, and one I will respect in my years to come in being an officer. Thank you for your gift, as you are a hero in my heart. Thank you!

Brad De Lange
Bend, OR

May 24, 2008

May you rest in peace and may the civilian who saw you that night be at peace now.

Renee Lee Greco
Stop & Frisk! Police Memorial

February 15, 2008

You did not know me. We've never met. I passed you by that tragic night. Very close to when it happened. I know, only hindsight is 20/20. But if I could turn back time. I would have turned my steering wheel hard to the right, and rammed that sob.

Sorry, I'm not a very good poet. My thoughts and prayers have been with you, your family, friends and colleagues for over 12 years.

Without people like you, where would the rest of us be?

Rest in Peace Officer Prohm.

James
Warren resident

February 15, 2008

WOW...it has been 12 years!! As written in my past reflection my uncle was Pats Lt at the time of his death. He recently retired from duty with the DPD after 35 years on the job. I still think about Pat offten as the story of that tradgic night has never left my mind. I offten think about if they moved your picture from the # 7 station house to the new building when # 7 closed.

Nephew of Pat's Lt at DPD

January 19, 2008

Our squad took a moment to remember you and your sacrifice in our shift briefing tonight. Thank you for your service, may you rest in peace.

Charlie Squad
University of Central Florida Police Department

January 10, 2008

Dear Pat in Heaven.
Tomorrow is the 12th year anniversary of your passing. I just want to let you know that I have never forgotten you or your entire family. I still have a couple of the spent shell casings from the 21 gun salute you were given on the day you were laid to rest. I hope to pass these casings on to one of your children or one of your siblings one day so that they can place them in their memorial of you. It was a high honor and privlege for me to give one of the eulogies in St. Judes church on the day of your funeral. I have a copy of what I said that day on my desk at work. People who read it are often moved to tears and ask me about you. I tell them how great of a friend and family man you were and that giving your eulogy was the most emotional thing I ever did in my life. I will always remember the beautiful service from that day especially the thousands that attended.
I read some of the reflections from your two daughters and I realize that your children are now all grown up and that you are a Grandfather! Wow! What a great title to have. I'm sure your grandchildren will know how great of a person you were and will grow up to be very loving and devoted individuals like you.
I know you are looking down over all of us and keeping us safe. Tomorrow, I will say a prayer for you and your family and hope to see them sometime soon. May God continue to keep you in everlasting peace. Amen.
Sincerely,
Allan J. Dib

Allan Dib
Friend From Old Neighborhood

January 8, 2008

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

January 2, 2008