Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace brother.

Police Officer
Burlington Township PD NJ

April 22, 2004

rest in peace brother. Stay strong CHP!

your brothers and sisters in blue
dallas police dept. tx

April 22, 2004

I am devastated by this senseless act of violence. I pray that your killer will be caught soon and that justice will be served.

My most heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Officer Steiner. May God bless you with His grace, mercy, peace and love and may He give you the strength you will all need to go on.

God bless you, Officer Steiner, rest in peace.

Rosa Waters
Mother of Michael Waters
EOW: September 11, 2003

April 22, 2004

Dear Steiner Family and Friends,

I am sorry to hear about your loss. Only a coward would shoot a police officer. I hope to read soon about their capture and justice being served. Please take some comfort in two verses from the Bible: "Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted." Matt.5:4 and "Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the Children of God." Matt. 5:9. God Bless.

Ofc. Mike Snyder
Coral Springs PD, Florida

April 22, 2004

Officer Steiner,

Rest in Peace my Brother.........Know that justice will be served, I have faith that your killer will be found. Even though this make me extremely angry, I have some peace knowing God will handle it. To your family and the California Highway Patrol, I am sorry and will keep you in my prayers. We will take it from here Officer Steiner, know that you died doing the right thing, please watch over and guide us from above.

Officer
NC

April 22, 2004

The Wayne County Detectives Association offers its heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and law enforcement colleagues of Officer Steiner. His untimely loss is a tragedy not only for his own family and department, but for his much larger California and U.S. law enforcement families. God bless!

Charlie Newsome, Executive Board
Wayne County Detectives Association (MI)

April 22, 2004

What a senseless act! I hope and pray that when the perp is arrested, he gets his due and just reward. My prayers goes out to the family of Officer Steiner and the California Highway Patrol.

Anonymous

April 22, 2004

Thank you for your service. Rest in peace.

Ofc. Michael Walker
Tallahassee Police Dept.

April 22, 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

April 22, 2004