Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

You made the ultimate sacrifice. May the memory of your service, heroism and sacrifice remain forever. We are proud of you and thankful for all of your service. May God bless you and your family.
Rest in Peace Brother............. AC

Trooper
Pennsylvania State Police

April 1, 2004

GOD BLESS YOU! YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE IN MY PRAYERS - REST IN PEACE

DET. TOM WIBER
CRAWFORD CO.MO. S.D.

April 1, 2004

Please know, Ofc. LeClaire, that you and your family are in the hearts and prayers of every one in public safety. God bless you.

Firefighter/EMT Cowan
P.C.F.D.

March 30, 2004

To all Family, Friends, and Co Workers of this Officer:

On Behalf of myself, and the Family of Police Officer Daniel Starks (Ft Myers Fl, E/O/W 10-25-03) we want you to know that you are all in our prayers! The Lord will sustain you as you go through this difficult, and trying time, but just remember your loved one is being cared for in Heaven, and is now eternally safe. We hope that you all remain as strong as possible, and know that we are all thinking of you. No words are quite ever adequate, but Police Officers make the ultimate sacrifice everyday, and our hope, and prayer is that they will always be remembered for their heroic efforts, and kind hearts.
Blessings Always,
Jessica Ruhl (Daniel’s Fiancée) & the Family of Officer Daniel Starks

March 30, 2004

On behalf of the Pittsfield Police Department, we extend our condolences to the family and friends of Warrant Officer LeClaire. God Bless.

Officer Rodney Minoty
Pittsfield Police Dept. ME

March 29, 2004

Rest in peace brother in blue , We have the watch from here.

Patrolmen
Lakeland Police Department , Ga

March 29, 2004

Rest in peace. We've got it from here.

Officer
Posen P.D. , Il

March 27, 2004

Joe, you were my hero, and you will never be far from my family, I know this. I all that I have achieved in my 14 years in the Navy I owe to you. I'll never forget the words you said to me when I graduated bootcamp " There are 2 types of people in this country, those who live here, and those who defend it, never forget which one you are." I never have and I never will.

I love you Joe.

IC1(SW/AW) Smith, William
Stepson

March 27, 2004

To Warrant Officer LeClaire, Family,Friends and Co-workers, My heart and prayers are with you. May your love one rest in peace and May God bless you all.

Mother of Officer Ron Jones
PPD, EOW 12/26/01

March 26, 2004

I was at our NYSPIN terminal when the sad news of this incident came off the printer.
We are truly saddened at Joe's loss.
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We all recall you gave your best.
You did your job, now you can rest.
Your comrades now can cover your post
as you take your place with the Heavenly Host.

God Bless Our Fallen Brothers & Sisters.
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Our prayers will be with you, your family, and co-workers!

Ptlm. P.K. Harding
Binghamton (NY) P.D.

March 26, 2004

Officer LeClaire, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace brother...you will be missed. I will pray for your family and the department.

Romans 13:1-4

P.O. Kowalik
Harper Woods PD, MI

March 26, 2004

Semper Fi Marine, my heart is missing another part. Ill see you at the gate sir.


From your Marine brother

sgt J.E. Blanco USMC 1982-1986

Trooper JE. Blanco FHP ret. Disabled in the line of duty.
1986-1996

Trooper J.E.BLANCO RET.
FHP

March 25, 2004

May God bless Officer LeClaire,his family and his brothers in blue.My thoughts and prayers are with you all.I feel your pain.Rest in peace brother.

Texas Peace Officer
University of Houston Downtown Law Enforcement Academy Class 89

March 25, 2004

May god bless and keep you my brother.

Boone County Sheriff's Dept. (Indiana)

March 25, 2004

Rest in peace my brother,,SEMPER FI

Dep Creaser
Pinellas County S.O.

March 25, 2004

Rest easy brother, we will stand your post and cover your watch....thank you for your dedication to our never ending fight for the safelt of our nation.
You will be in my heart and my prayers as well as your family and Police Dept.
WE LOVE YOU MY BROTHER IN BLUE !!!!

PTLM Dennis Miller
Westlake P.D. LA.

March 24, 2004

RIP brother, my prayers are with your family and fellow officers.

Ofc. Christopher Kelly 1092
Camden City, NJ PD

March 24, 2004

You are all in our prayers. Stay strong for eachother. God Bless

LEO Wife
Howell, NJ

March 24, 2004

To the Wife and Children of Warrant Officer Leclaire,

I am truly sorry for your loss. I do understand your loss and the pain; my dad was taken from me in the line of duty, too. Please know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers. And, I pray that you keep the memories of his love in your heart to comfort you in these very difficult days ahead.

Valarie Bell Wright
Daughter of Ptl. William B. Bell
Summerville PD, Summerville, SC
EOW 11-19-02

My dad was also a Marine. Semper Fi.

Valarie Bell Wright
Daughter of Ptl. William B. Bell

March 24, 2004

As a Marine and Police Officer brother I offer heartwarmed feelings of sorrow to your family and other warrant officers. May you rest in eternal peace. Semper FI!

Major Jerome L. Ezell
Indiana State Police

March 24, 2004

Thank you, sir, for your dedication, your service, and, above all else, your willingness to go through the door.

Gabriel L. Nathan

March 24, 2004

“When God made Peace Officers….”

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 their uniform.

They have 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.

They have to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half- eaten meals. And they have 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 the 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 they already know and wishes they had taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of their head for their partners’ safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, “ You’ll be alright ma’am, when they know it isn’t so.”

“Lord,” said the angel, touching his sleeve,” rest and work 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 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 elements of a hundred crimes, recite Miranda warnings in it’s sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five judges to debate the legality of the stop…and still it keeps it’s sense of humor.

This officer also has phenomenal personal control. They 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, and for justice.”

“You’re a genius,” said the angel.

The Lord looked sober. “I didn’t put it there,” he said.


Anonymous

Senior Instructor
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

March 24, 2004

I never in a million years ever thought we would get a call summoning my husband out the door in the middle of the night, as three co-workers were shot, one fatally. I am not a wife that sits by the phone waiting for “the call”, it’s part of the job. Now after seeing one of them killed in the line of duty, I sit here and think to myself, now do I worry? The answer is I can’t because you don’t get to pick your time or how you will go. I can either sit and worry my life away, or make the best of the life we have together, with our children and with our friends. Life is too short to worry when “the time” will be, nor can you control your destiny. To the guys at the Warrant Unit that think they could have changed Joe’s destiny, it was not your call to make. There is a plan for each of us in life and thereafter. Grieve for your comrade and move forward, as he would want it to be. Kiss your spouses and children and say I love you every day and know that when you say goodbye, it’s not forever. My thoughts are with the entire Warrant Unit during their time of sorrow.

Anonymous

March 23, 2004

My thoughts are with your Family Friends and Fellow Officers. May you rest in Peace.

Officer Julie Schmidt
Louisville Metro Police Dept. Louisville, KY

March 23, 2004

To the family and friends of Warrant Officer Joseph LeClaire Jr., May God bless you and strengthen you in this time of loss. Rest in peace my brother, we will carry on from here. May we all be as brave as you.

Senior Special Agent B. Sherwood
Port Terminal Railroad Police Dept.

March 23, 2004