Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Simons,
On today, the 25th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Long Beach. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

October 13, 2021

Rest in peace Officer Simons.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 26, 2020

I have driven that stretch of freeway that claimed your life on earth several times during my career. You have risen to infinite heights to watch over all of us who drive through the area. You are always remembered.

Deputy Sheriff Los Angeles
County Sheriff

October 13, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother. We honor you on the 21st anniversary of your E.O.W. You are not forgotten.

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

October 13, 2017

Never forgotten.

Brian
Citizen

October 13, 2011

It has been almost fifteen years since you died Officer Simons, but you will never be forgotten sir. God Bless you for your service.

Sgt. Jim May (ret)
CMPD Charlotte, North Carolina

April 26, 2011

Thank you for your service to others, you will never be forgotten:
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." by Albert Pike

Bob Gordon
Father of Chicago Officer: Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

October 13, 2010

Karl,
Unfortunately, I never got to meet you in the early morning hours of Sunday, October 13, 1996. I was asleep in my bed. My parents called 911 reaching Long Beach Police Dispatch in the wee hours of the morning as they had noticed my father's vehicle being stolen from in front of our home in Long Beach. You, along with others, had responded to the call to apprehend the criminals that were on our property. Unfortunately, you never made it that night. When other Long Beach Police units did arrive on scene, there was something that had visibly shaken them. And then they told my parents. For a very long time, my parents, especially my mother, had blamed themselves for your death by calling 911 for the GTA in progress. In reality, we know that it was the fault of the criminals that caused this. I believe my mother spoke to your widow, and cried with her. Here I stand now, the same age as you at your time of passing, wearing a similar uniform working the Long Beach area. You were the one person, the sole police officer, the one I never met, that truly inspired me to become a police officer. As timing would have it, I narrowly escaped the clutches of Long Beach PD and joined the California Highway Patrol instead. But I worked the beat of the very freeway you died on for several years. The pictures of your traffic collision are shown at every Long Beach Police and California Highway Patrol Academy class. They are posted up at our station briefing rooms not in vain, lest we forget. Not one drive on that freeway goes by, on or off duty, that I am not reminded of you. I wish I could have known you. I wish I could have attended your funeral, met your family. Your name was the first I had ever stenciled at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. It brought tears to my eyes, brother. Your sacrifice protected the lives of my family. For that, I am eternally grateful. Every day I work, I carry on your legacy by trying to catch car thieves and common criminals. Rest in Peace, Brother and may God eternally comfort your family.

Jeremy

J. Tolen, #17998
CHP-Santa Fe Springs

June 12, 2010

Rest in Peace, Officer Simons. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

October 23, 2009

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 13th 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

Anonymous

October 13, 2009

God bless your family

Compton School Police Officers Assn.
Compton School Police

May 19, 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

November 28, 2007

Sleep safe with Our Lord.

October 13, 2006

Being a residence of Long Beach Ca., I want to say THANK YOU for your service. Long Beach PD is a great police department with fine men and women providing service and protection to the citizens of Long Beach. THANK YOU Karl. SIR YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

Detective Lionel Garrett
Inglewood Police Dept. Ca.

May 17, 2005

Even though I didn't know you as I left the department in 1975, I commend you for being a hero and police officer. Rest in Peace. You will never be forgotten.

Retired-Larry Carter
Long Beach Ca. Police Dept

December 7, 2004

On the anniversary of your death, I salute you for your service and honor you for your sacrifice.

God bless. Rest in peace

October 13, 2004

Remembering and thinking of Officer Simons today, the 8 year anniversary of his death in the line of duty. You lived and died a hero. God's peace be with you. The circumstances surrounding your death are tragic and horrific. Rest in peace and thank you for your service.

Michigan

October 13, 2004

You are in a much better place now brother. God Bless you and your family. Watch over the rest of us.

Sgt. Gary Benton
Jackson, TN Police

October 8, 2004

Officer Simons,

Although I never knew you, I hope my Brother you are at Peace. You will never be forgotten...

Officer
NC

September 18, 2004

Vacancy

The silence, now, is deafening
where once his laughter fell.

The beat is empty of the one
who knew its streets so well.

The squad room has a vacancy
no one else can occupy.

and so we stand, salute and grieve
again we say 'good-bye'.

God Bless you and keep you, Karl. Rest well. Know that your family will be well cared for and that you shall not be forgotten.

J. Greet

Sergeant John Greet
Long Beach PD