Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Joe...
Time seems to drift on by and with it passing I am constantly reminded when I check on for work that there are others just like you that have gone on before me and paid the ultimate sacrifice. I am a better officer and person for having known you and spent 2 weeks in a DRE class with you. I will see ya when my watch is done.

Trooper Tyler Kotter
Utah Highway Patrol

May 23, 2004

Hi joe

I just thought about you. And I realize again how much I miss ya sometimes.But I know we'll have the opportunity to see eachother again. All I want is talk and talk and talk..... you were special

anonymus

May 10, 2004

I have heard folks say that it gets easier and easier to deal with a loved one's passing. I believe that you make peace with things, but I have to say that I miss you more and more all the time. I miss your straight-shooting, no bull outlook on things, and I miss coming to you for your opinion. There isn't a day that passes that I don't think about my little brother Joe with fond memories--sometimes making me laugh out loud, and sometimes making me tear-up--but always GOOD. with fishing season quickly approaching, I wish that you were going to be around to give me advice...I think that Zach and Josh probably get sick of having to walk me through everything themselves. All the brothers are doing well...we all miss you. Your wife is a great and very important person to me, and so is your handsome and smart as a whip little boy! I know that you are proud. Anyway, you know I have never been short on words (too bad, huh?)...but I love you and am grateful that you are always part of me.

Your big bro Chris

April 28, 2004

Joe, Were still missing you alot!! I miss the B.S. sessions on AOL and the times you would stop by the house to visit. I think about you all the time. I am very proud of Zach and the choice he made to follow in your footsteps at Lehi. Zach is very lucky to have brothers such as you and Josh who works with me at Orem. You and Josh are great examples of what an Officer should be. You were very blessed to have such a great family. They have set many great examples for me in my life and I know for many other people in dealing with your death. I feel it a great honor to know them. Thanks for the friendship and the great examples that you set to help me in my life and career. Take care Brother!! I will never forget you!!

Sgt. Steve Swenson
Orem P.D.

April 19, 2004

I MISS YOU BRO., AND THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY. I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

Z. ADAMS
LEHI POLICE

March 27, 2004

Officer Joe Adams, thanks for everything you have done for me. You can't even imagine how in so many ways you changed my life. Thanks a ton. I'm excited to have your brother working for our city. He takes good pride in his work and I'm proud to have him with us. Thanks, and miss ya.

Anonymous

March 23, 2004

Rest in peace blue angel ... you are not forgotten.

Anonymous

March 3, 2004

Happy Birthday Joe. I miss you very much and hope that everything is going well for you.

K. Rose
Lehi PD

January 6, 2004

WELL JOE ALOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME I LEFT YOU A MESSAGE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO. ! CADE IS GROWING UP SO FAST NOW AND IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES TO HERE HIM TALK ABOUT HIS DADDY. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY PROUD OF HIM. I AM ALL FINISHED WITH MY FTO PACKET AND NOW I AM ON MY OWN WORKING THE SAME STREETS THAT YOU DID. I WILL ADMIT IT IS NICE FEELING YOUR PRESENCE THERE WITH ME ON EVERY STOP THAT I MAKE. THANKS FOR THE COMFORT YOU BRING TO ME. I LOVE THE PEOPLE IN LEHI AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT I HAVE THE OPPERTUNITY TO WORK WITH. THEY ARE GREAT TO WORK WITH AND BE AROUND. WELL BROTHER I HOPE I'M DOING THE JOB HOW YOU WOULD WANT ME TO BE DOING IT. I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE YOU PROUD. I LOVE YOU MAN AND MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE ALWAYS WITH YOU. GOD SPEED BRO.

Z. ADAMS
LEHI POLICE

January 5, 2004

Joe Happy birthday brother, I sure do miss you. Love ya man.

J Elswood
Lehi Police Department

January 4, 2004

Joe, I miss you bad. Everyday I put my uniform and put my bracelet on I remember what you have done for me. I miss you, watch over us and keep us safe.

jelswood
LEHI POLICE

September 24, 2003

The FBI Agents Association salutes you and your service on this 4th Day of August, 2003--two years since your death.

May God grant peace and comfort to your family and may HE be a father to your child.

Rest in Peace

Romans 13:4

SA Darin L. Paul
FBI Agents Association

Today marks two years since you made the ultimate sacrifice for the citizens of Lehi and your fellow officers. We miss you greatly and not a day goes by that your name doesn't come up in conversation around the department. We are a different department now than we were, I am sure that you are just as happy as the rest of us in seeing the direction that we are going and the great support that we have in getting there. I miss you very much Joe, I reflect often on all that I learned from you as an Officer and the friendship that we had. I miss the BS'ing on the graves and I miss all the joking around. You were an outstanding Officer and a good friend. I hope that we are making you proud as a department. I will see you again my friend, until then look over us all and don't let us mess things up too bad.

K. Rose
Lehi PD

Its been almost two years now and I think about you every day. Im looking forward to working with your brother. He will be a outstanding Officer. God speed Joe, and I miss you.

S. Ferrell
Lehi Police Dept. Ut.

Remembering a very special son whose memories warm my heart on a daily basis. How blessed I am to be his mother.
His example and his memory will live on and on....

Joe's Mom

I've been thinking about you and all the other officers out there this 4th of July. I know it's for the army men and those out serving our country, but you also served a little part of the country.
I think about you a lot. I hope to become an officer someday and serve a city the way you and all the rest of LPD do. Thanks! love ya!

N. Giles
Lehi

I have been thinking about you Joe.

patrolman Birch
LEHI POLICE

Joe,

Though I didn't get to meet you I feel close to you through the guys in the dept. They talk about you often and share stories about your professionalism, your sense of humor and what an outstanding person you are.

One thing is for sure, you made an indellible mark on this community, one that will last forever and one that has changed many lives including my own.

The night you were murdered was the last night of my first academy block. I got off that exit after class and went home to change so I could go hang out with some of the guys from class. You weren't there when I got off, but by the time I got changed and left my house the sirens were screaming and the road was blocked off. I knew it was something bad and got the story when I reached the rest of my class mates. One had his scanner on and we listened sadly to the tragic news.

The next morning my wife found out and asked me if I was sure I wanted to to be in law enforcement and if your death changed my decision. I told her the only change was that I knew more than ever this was something I had to do.

Now I get to work with your brothers, my brothers also. They are an outstanding group of people. People I'm proud to be around. People I would walk through the flames of hell for. People I know would do the same for me.

Your legacy lives on and it's beautiful. The things you taught to others have been handed down again and benefit me every time I put that uniform on.

I look forward to meeting you some day, and to having an opportunity to work with your little brother.

God bless you Joe. You will always be remembered.

Anonymous

Joe

I think of you all the time, i really am thankful for the things you taught me as an FTO. I sure do miss ya.

jelswood
lehi police dept.

Been almost two years now since you were taken from us. Joe, you are still, and always will be, a huge influence on so many of us. You are missed every day.

K. Rose
Lehi PD

WELL JOE ITS BEEN AWHILE. WE MISS YOU BRO,THE P D IS DOING WELL. YOUR FAMILY IS WELL AND YOUR BRO WILL BE GOING THRU POST SHORTLY, YOUR DEATH WAS DEVESTATING TO THIS DEPARTMENT,BUT JOE YOU HAVE BROUGHT US SO CLOSE AS A DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE MADE ALOT OF GREAT CHANGES,I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING OVER US.WE APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP,AND DEDICATE THE DEPARTMENT TO YOU.

YOVE YA BRO
CHIEF SMITH

CHIEF CHAD SMITH
LEHI POLICE

I think about you every day. god speed.

S. Ferrell
Lehi Police Dept. Ut.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13

really miss ya man.

jelswood
lehi police dept.

JUST WANTED TO SAY HI JOE. I MISS YA BUDDY.

Z. Adams
Brother