Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and coworkers of Officer Stevens. From all of the survivors of law enforcement line of duty death, we are thinking of you and crying with all of you. If you need anything, please call our hotline. We will be there for the family and the agency through this long journey we call grief.

Diane Philpot, President
Michigan Concerns of Police Survivors

Rest in peace brother in blue.
The watch is ours now.

God bless your family.

Trooper
Pennsylvania State Police

The policeman stood and faced his God,which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, policeman. How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?
The policeman squared his shoulders and said.
"No, I guess I ain't because those of us who carry a badge can't always be a Saint."
I've had to work most Sundays
and at times my talk is rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
because the streets are awfully tough.
But I never took a penny that wasn't mine to keep...
though I worked a lot of overtime when the bills got to steep.
And I never passed a cry for help
though at times I shook with fear,
and sometimes, God forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place among the people here.
They never wanted me around except to calm their fear.
If you've a place for me here, Lord, it needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much, but if you don't...I'll understand"
There was a silence all around the throne where the Saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly for the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, policeman.
You've borne you burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets.
You've done your time in Hell"
(Author Unknown)

G. Houston
South Carolina

My heart and prayers go out to the wife, family, friends and coworkers of this fine Officer. Rest in peace Officer Stevens and Thank you for a job well done.

Deb Azure
Mother of Deputy Renee Azure, EOW 08/06/02