Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

It is so hard to believe today marks 7 years that you were taken. You are thought of often. Miss you alot..

Anonymous

May 19, 2010

Wow hard to belive today marks 7years since your death. Just sitting here looking out the window and its sunny warm day. Wish you were still around to enjoy it.

Ashlie
friend

May 19, 2010

Always in my memories, forever in my heart...missing you today dear friend!

Anonymous

May 18, 2010

Hey Jim got to thinking about you today; I was responding to a fire call in my PV; I had my blue light on and this older lady in front of me just stopped in the middle of the road, I had to pass her on the right side to avoid rear ending her. It reminded me of the time we were going code 1 on 29 and the cars in both of the South bound lanes just stopped instead of pulling over and we had to go into the grass median at like 65mph to avoid hitting them. I will never forget how right as you turned to avoid them you yelled damn and then once we got back on the road you just said in the most calm and mono-tone voice "well that was interesting" lol. Also im testing for IDOC here soon so hopefully you will be with me to lend a hand, I will need all the help I can get. Well rest easy my friend and keep us all safe.

Kevin Peterson Jr
Friend/former explorer

February 26, 2010

Hi Jim:
Another holiday season has past, without you and your boys.
Hopefully we will see the boys, as the court is nearing a decision on visitation. A couple months ago we got some bad news. The Vet. diagnosed Czar with cancer. She gave him from 6 weeks to 6 months. Well the day after Christmas we had to have him put to sleep. I'm sure he is up there with you now. We had Christmas at Joey and Marys, with
Louise and Marys family. Mom and I miss you so much, we can't believe it is going on 7 yrs. We love you, and hope to see your boys soon.

Joseph & Rita Mulay
MOM AND DAD

January 5, 2010

happy birthday mulay.....

Anonymous

August 17, 2009

hard to belive today marks the 6yr anniversery of your death. it still feels like it just happened. i still think of you most days. im so glad to have many great memories of you. i know someday we will meet again. rest in peace my friend.

Anonymous

May 19, 2009

Well Jim its been 6 years today since you were taken from us and not a day goes by that I dont think about you or wonder why fate intervined and spared me. I miss you more than words can describe, you were a great friend and mentor. Rest easy Jim and save some nachos up there for me.

Kevin Peterson Jr
Friend/Former Explorer.

May 19, 2009

Thinking of you alot lately. Put some summer flowers at your grave today. Miss ya

Anonymous

May 16, 2009

Jim,
I ran in the Illinois COPS run in memory of you and your sacrifice. Your father did a wonderful job organizing the event and the turn out was great. Rest easy brother.

Fellow L.E.O.

May 14, 2009

Jim went to the Gas station the other day and got some nachos(no peppers, lol). Drove past the firehouse in Lake of the Woods and couldnt help but think of all the times during work we would have a nacho and play station break there instead of taking a lunch. Was talking to Jon Blevins the other day after a fire call and we were laughing and talking about the time we were practicing traffic stops in the parking lot and we had you handcuffed and you were pretending to resist arrest and that lady drove by and her eyes got big and she looked at us like why are those kids handcuffing a cop. Anyway Jim rest easy and keep us all safe.

Kevin Peterson Jr.
Friend

March 10, 2009

Happy New Year Jim, rest easy.

Kevin Peterson
Friend

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year Jim!

Anonymous

December 31, 2008

Just wanted to stop in and say Merry Christmas; and thanks for watching over all of us.

Kevin Peterson
Friend

December 26, 2008

Just wanted to stop in and say Merry Christmas Jim and Happy New Year. I still miss you every day and will never have a friend quite as special as you. I miss seeing you in that dorkie hat in the winter. You could ALWAYS make me laugh!!! Miss you more than words can ever say.

Anonymous

December 20, 2008

HI JIM:
ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE WRITTEN AND WITH CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR HERE WE WANT TO SAY HELLO AGAIN. JACOB JUST TURNED 6 ON THE 11th AND OUR CHRISTMAS BOY JOEY V WILL BE 9 ON CHRISTMAS DAY. TIME IS FLEETING BY SO FAST AND WE MISS YOU AND THE BOYS SO MUCH. WE THINK OF YOU AND THEM EVERY DAY. PLEASE WATCH OVER JOEY AND JACOB AS WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM. I'M SORRY I'M UNABLE TO KEEP MY PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN YOUR ABSENCE. BUT WE HOPE THE DAY WILL COME WHEN WE SEE THEM AGAIN. WE MEET PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THAT RELATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. AND WE ARE PROUD TO HEAR THEIR STORIES. WELL SON, MOM AND I SEND YOU ALL OUR LOVE THESE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. WE MISS YOU MORE EACH DAY.
MOM AND DAD

JOSEPH J. MULAY
FATHER

December 17, 2008

A Dedication to the Fallen Officer:
A million times we've missed you, A million times we've cried. If love could have saved you, You never would have died. Things we feel most deeply, Are the hardest things to say. Our dearest one, we have loved you In a very special way. We often sit and think of you And think of how you died. To think we couldn't say good-bye Before you closed your eyes. No one can know our loneliness And no one can see us weeping, All our tears from aching hearts While others are still sleeping. If we had one lifetime wish, A dream that could come true, We'd pray to God with all our hearts For yesterday and you.

~author unknown~

Anonymous

October 5, 2008

HAPPY B-DAY JIM. WE ALL MISS YOU. JOEY AND I WERE STOPPED BY A WOMAN THE OTHER MORNING AFTER YOUR MEMORIAL MASS, AND SHE SAID YOU HAD STOPPED BY JUST A MONTH BEFORE YOU WERE KILLED TO LET THEM KNOW THEIR MAIL BOX HAD BEEN BASHED IN. SHE SAID YOU WERE SO NICE AND VISITED FOR FIVE MIN BEFORE HEADING ON YOUR WAY. THEY STILL THINK OF YOU, AND ARE SADDENED BY THE LOSS. IT IS REALLY NICE TO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL REMEMBER YOUR PRESENCE WHILE ON EARTH. WATCH OVER JOEY & JACOB. KEEP THEM HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SAFE. PLEASE, PASS ON TO THEM OUR LOVE AND WE HOPE TO SEE THEM SOON.
PEACE AND LOVE.

Anonymous

August 16, 2008

Well Jim five yrs have come and gone now but it still seems like yesterday. I will never forget what you have done for me and hope you are up there watching over all of us. We miss you buddy....Things will never be the same.

May 21, 2008

i cant belive its been 5 years already. the pain is still here. still find myself at times cying that your gone but then think of all the good memories i have of you. wish you were still here to see my lil guy you would of loved him. i know you up above watching over us.

friend

May 14, 2008

Well Jim just thought Id drop in and say hi its been awhile since I checked in. Well I passed my EMT test so im a registered EMT-B now. Anyway everything else down here is going good we really miss you and thank you for looking after us all from above.

s/o Peterson
Friend

April 18, 2008

Jim, as winter turns into spring I can't believe it will be 5 yrs soon since you have been gone. So many things have changed and not all for the better. I miss you every day and think about you often. No one will ever be like you. We miss you dear friend

March 12, 2008

Missing you so very much right now Jim....I think of you every day.

January 10, 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
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and may not be duplicated without permission

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

January 8, 2008

Merry Christmas Jim.

S/O Peterson

December 24, 2007