Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE OFFICER CERIALE!

IT SADDENS ME TO THINK THAT WE LOSE SO MANY OFFICERS EVERY YEAR, AND FOR WHAT? I HAVE READ SO MANY OF THESE MEMORIALS AND IT SEEMS THAT MOST OF THE OFFICERS WERE KILLED FOR NOTHING BUT A SUBSTANCE!

WHAT HAS OUR WORLD COME TO WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE OVER DRUGS. THE WORST PART IS IS THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST "PEOPLE" OR "COPS", THEY ARE SOMEONES DAD, HUSBAND, FATHER OR SON.

I OFTEN WONDER WHAT IS GOING THROUGH A PERSONS MIND WHEN THEY MAKE THE DECISION TO TAKE ANOTHERS LIFE.

DO THEY THINK OF THE COSEQUENCES? DO THEY CONSIDER THAT SOMEONE LOVES THIS PERSON, RELIES ON THIS PERSON, DO THEY THINK AT ALL?

I HOPE THAT THESE KILLERS GET WHAT THEY DESREVE. THEY DONT DESERVE TO REMAIN LOCKED UP FOR THE REST OF THIER LIVES, WHAT THEY DESERVE IS TO HAVE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THESE OFFICERS FAMILIES AND CO WORKERS EXPERIENCE, THAT DEEP FEELING OF LOSS THAT CAN NEVER GOES AWAY.

THAT DULL ACHING PAIN IN THIER HEARTS. I WANT THEM TO KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FEEL THE PAIN AND FEAR THAT THE PEOPLE THEY CHOSE TO ELIMINATE HAD TO FEEL.

I DONT WANT IT TO BE OVER FOR THEM AS IT WAS FOR THE OFFICER, I WANT IT TO GO ON AND ON FOR THE REST OF THIER LIVES, NO RELIEF.

I GUESS THAT MY WISHES WILL NEVER COME TRUE BECAUSE MOST OF THESE KILLERS DONT HAVE HEARTS SO THEY COULD NOT EXPERIENCE THE LOVE AND PAIN OF LOSS, ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THEMSELVES, SO I GUESS DEATH AND HELL FOR THEM IS THE NEXT BEST THING.

I KNOW THAT GODS EXPECTS US TO FORGIVE THESE KILLERS, AND NOT HARBOR THE HATE IN OUR HEARTS, SOMETIMES THAT JUST SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE.

I PRAY FOR OFFICER CERIALES FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP EACH ONE OF YOU.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT HE DID NOT DIE IN VAIN. HE IS IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE NOW, AND VENGEANCE WILL COME FOR HIS KILLER.

Anonymous

I worked with Mike. He was a friend of mine. Going through dealing with his death was by far the hardest thing I have ever gone through in my life and hope ever will have to. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about Mike or the circumstances surrounding his death, and it's been 3 and a half years now since he died.It really taught me how real this job can be.

Police Officer Charles Artz
Chicagoe Police Dept.