Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

CONDOLENCES TO MRS LIZARRAGA.WHAT A TRAGIC WASTE OF SUCH A YOUNG LIFE.

March 9, 2004

Heros die like heros and cowards die like cowards...

Rest in peace.

March 9, 2004

Sometimes I sit here with the keyboard under my fingers and try to put together a message that will somehow comfort the family, friends and fellow officers of another fallen Hero. Sometimes I think I succeeded, other times I am not so sure any message will help. I am grateful for this family not to have to sit in a courtroom and listen to a defense lawyer try to get sympathy for a coward who didn't have the guts to face a trial. Your hearts can find solace in the fact that Officer Lizarraga died doing what he was born to do, and fufilled his destiny as God designed. My prayers to all who loved him and will miss him until you meet at Heaven's Gate.

KY Peace Officer
Isaiah 40:31

March 8, 2004

From your brothers and sisters on the East Coast, we are very sorry to hear that we have yet lost another brother. We mourn your loss but you guard and protect Heaven's gates and we will continue to guard hell on hearth. We love you man.

Anonymous

March 6, 2004

Such a terrible tragedy for such a great officer. May you rest in peace. I will meet you on heavens beat some day brother in blue

Patrol Officer Chris J. Rohner
Licking Memorial Hospital Police Dept. Newark, Ohio

March 5, 2004

You are not here my friend, I miss you and our workouts at the gym. I wear the bracelet that was made in your honor and know that you're still giving me a spot when I think I can't push the weight. Your family are in my prayers and though you are not with us, you are not forgoten. One more thing brother, thanks for making those long academy days go by alot quicker.

CLASS 09/01
LAPD

March 4, 2004

Our hearts and prayers goes out to the Lizarraga family. In this time of great sorrow, may you find peace in knowing that he's with GODS army now.

LET US NEVER FORGET........................

K-9 OFCR. STAINE
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT

March 4, 2004

Rest in peace Brother, for you have served with dignity and courage, God speed.

Trooper Rich Mattson
New York State Police

March 4, 2004

Rest in peace Brother, for you have served with dignity and courage, God speed.

Trooper Rich Mattson
New York State Police

March 4, 2004

Liz,
You were a great cop, but you were an even better man. I'll always remember your easy smile and easy laugh. God called you home early. He wanted you to be with Him now. Rest easy. We miss you.

P2 Omar Davis
LAPD/Class 9-01

March 4, 2004

God Bless your family and fellow officers.

PO E. Falkowski
Syracuse Police Dept

March 4, 2004

REST IN PEACE BROTHER,ITS A SHAME THESE THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN. SEE/YA ON THE FLIP/FLOP.

SGT RON BUCHHOLZ (EX LASD LKD)
SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF RIO RANCHO NM.

March 3, 2004

You and your family are in our prayers.

Officer S.L. Coffman
CHP

March 2, 2004

My heart goes out to you. You will be in my prayers.

Virginia Beach Police - Wife

March 2, 2004

Mrs. Lizarraga,

I have been following this story and my heart breaks for you and your husband's family. I can not imagine what you are going through but I can certainly feel your pain and have been grieving with you. If you can, take a little comfort in knowing that the entire city mourns his loss and wish you the very best.

A LAPD Wife

February 29, 2004

My brother in blue,

Rest in peace. My prayers are with you, your family and friends.

Officer Paul Vang
UN International Police Mission - Liberia

February 29, 2004

"Duty," "honor," "country" -- those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you want to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.

PO Andrew
Chicago PD

February 29, 2004

On behalf of the Pasco County Florida Sheriff's office, we offer our deepest sympathy to family, friends and the entire L.A.P.D.

CORPORAL MARK MOE
PASCO COUNTY SHERIFF

February 28, 2004

Rest Easy my Fallen brother,We got it from here.My deepest condolences to the family and officers of the LAPD and Officer Lizarraga.

PO Andy Bershad
NYPD/Emergency service unit

February 28, 2004

To my brother in blue,

My prayers are with your family and the family at Newton. You have made the ultimate sacrifice with you life. You are in a better place now looking down upon us all. As we start each watch now, I know we will be riding three deep with you looking over us all.

GOD SPEED RICK

LAPD/SOUTHWEST DIV.

February 28, 2004

When the Lord was creating peace officers, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said,
"You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."
And the Lord said, "Have you read the spec on this order? A peace officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle his uniform.

"He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and testify in court the next day.

"He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And he has to have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands... no way."

"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord, "it's the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before he asks, "May I see what's in there, sir?" (When he already knows and wishes he'd taken
that accounting job.) "Another pair here in the side of his head for his partners' safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, 'You'll be all right ma'am, when he knows it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family of five on a civil service paycheck."

The angel circled the model of the peace officer very slowly, "Can it think?" she asked.

"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the elements of a hundred crimes;
recite Miranda warnings in its sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest
a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges to
debate the legality of the stop... and still it keeps its sense of humor.

This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with crime scenes painted in hell, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the daily paper how law enforcement isn't
sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the peace
officer. "There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model."

"That's not a leak," said the lord, "it's a tear."

"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for justice."

"You're a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," he said.

Anonymous

February 28, 2004

We offer our deepest sympathies for the family of Officer Lizarraga. It saddens us to learn another brother has paid the ultimate sacrifice for the citizens of his community.

Det. Jason Armstrong/Det. Toni Mazza
Albany Police Department (GA)

February 28, 2004

ANOTHER WARRIOR CALLED HOME TO SERVE GOD'S ARMY...OFFICER LIZARRAGA SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AND HIS COUNTRY WELL...REST IN PEACE BROTHER..MY PRAYERS GO TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS....REST EASY WE HAVE THE WATCH NOW

DEPUTY M.JABLONSKI
MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

February 28, 2004

I just want to say that I was at the scene that dark day and the one great thing that I saw was the outpouring of support from all of the agencies that came to lend any help that they could. This made me feel that none of us are ever alone out there. RIP brother Lizarraga

J. Fumarolo.. Police Officer
Los Angeles School Police

February 28, 2004

My prayers go out to Officer Lizarraga and his family. I pray for his wife and family to be strong and know that right now he is in a better place smiling and watching over you. I did not know him personally, but i saw him sometimes at the cleaners where I work. My heart goes out to all of you. Stay strong and remember that he will ALWAYS be with you!!!

Necha G.

February 27, 2004