Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

You made the ultimate sacrifice. May the memory of your service, heroism and sacrifice remain forever. May God bless you, your family and brother/sister officers in the Phoenix Police Department.

Trooper
Pennsylvania State Police

May 18, 2004

May God be with the family, friends and coworkers of Officer Schultz. My heart and prayers are with you all.

Deb Azure
Mother of Deputy Renee D. Azure
EOW 08/06/02

May 18, 2004

My heart breaks for the family & friends of Officer Schultz. I know the pain of losing someone you love in the line of duty but thank goodness I didn't have some of the decisions to make that you did. I pray that the Lord will wrap you in his loving arms and carry you through this as only he can. Know that there are many of us who care & will do anything to help you. God Bless You.

Denise
Survivor of Trooper Calvin E. Taylor NCSHP

May 18, 2004

Officer Schultz...thank for for your service and for paying the ultimate price in protecting your community. As you did here on earth, keep protecting your brothers from above. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Schultz family and the Phoenix Police Department.

Officer
Oklahoma City Police Department

May 18, 2004

Don, the ultimate sacrifice you paid for your fellow man and the honor in which you did it will not be forgotten. Our deepest condolences and prayers are with your family and friends. Rest in peace my brother.

Riverside County Sheriff's Department, CA

May 18, 2004

You are in my prayers.

Ofc. S.L. Coffman
California Highway Patrol

May 17, 2004

On behalf of the Gallup Police Department, Gallup, NM, we send our condolences to the family and co workers of Officer Schultz. May God comfort and strengthen you all.

Jen/Administration
Gallup Police Department

May 17, 2004

I was deeply saddened to hear of Officer Schultz's passing. He was truly a hero. My deepest condolences to his family, and to our family in blue at PPD. May God bless you all.

Former Officer, LEO Wife

May 17, 2004

I was deeply saddened to hear of Officer Schultz's passing. He was truly a hero. My deepest condolences to his family, and to our family in blue at PPD. May God bless you all.

Former Officer, LEO Wife

May 17, 2004

Schultz family and friends:

On behalf of those of us who keep those who Don helped to catch, please accept our heartfelt condolences for your loss. Don's loss will be felt in the AZ Law Enf. community for years to come.

I thank you for Don's sacrifice, which will never have been in vain. Stay strong.

Ofc. T.J.
Ariz. Dept. of Corrections

May 17, 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

May 17, 2004

With Sincere condolences to the family, friends and the Phoenix Police Department of Officer Don Schultz. Having experienced the devastation of the loss of my husband in 1990, my heart and prayers goes out to you all. Officer Schultz will always be remembered with pride and honor!

Jan Blaser-Upchurch
AZ Law Enforcement Survivor

May 16, 2004

A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but one.

May God be with Officer Shultz and his family in thier time of greif.

"I am my brothers keeper"

109th Cadet Class, Austin Police Department

May 16, 2004

Dear Schultz Family and Friends,

I am sorry to hear about your loss. 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

May 16, 2004

Rest in peace knowing that you have done a Job Well Done......

1942
PPD

May 16, 2004

Deepest condolences on the loss of Ofc Don Schultz.I'am thankful to God for the hero's who are called to protect freedom and especially to those who have fallen in the line of duty.In Valor there is Hope,because of Don's dedication,we are able to continue on.

Ofc John Sainz,Chaplain
Tucson Police Dept

May 16, 2004

It is with regret that we read of the passing of a fellow diver. We offer our condolences to Officer Schulz's friends, dive team buddies and family.

From all the divers of the Police Diving Unit, Cape Town, South Africa.

Dive Team Members
Police Dive Team, Cape Town, South Africs

May 16, 2004

Ofc. Schultz,

You truly are a hero. Your brothers in blue could only hope to be as strong as you. My prayers are with you and your family and all the members of the Phoenix Police Department. RIP.

Ofc. BM Damon
T/ Manlius PD, NY

May 16, 2004

Rest Easy Brother Don, the Watch is Ours Now and Yours was with Honor. Our Thoughts and Prayers are
with your Family, Friends and Co-Workers.

APD #128
Altoona Police Dept. Altoona, Pa

May 16, 2004

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

May 16, 2004

I stop by this website often after the death of two dear friends with the NCSHP (Troopers Calvin Taylor E.O.W. October 3, 2001 and Anthony Cogdill E.O.W. May 30, 2003).
Unfortunately, I had to add the name of another friend. Deputy Jeffrey Hewitt, Buncombe County (NC) Sheriff’s Department, E.O.W. April 4, 2004.

We all grieve over the lives lost in the line of duty. I hope you can find some comfort knowing that there are countless prayers that go out for your family.

These are senseless tragedies that never seem to stop. God Bless the men and women who continue to serve their communities in our great Nation.

...Gone, but never Forgotten....

Marti Ingle (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood County EMS (NC)

May 15, 2004

Please accept our deepest regrets for your untimely, and tragic, loss. We mourn with you and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Shultz's family, friends and fellow officers.

Sgt. Al Whitney
Yuma County Sheriff's Office, Yuma, AZ

May 15, 2004

Brother, may God bless you and your family. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Special Agent
FBI New York

May 15, 2004

Rest easy, brother.

PO Jim Orlando
Detroit Police

May 15, 2004

My condolences to the family and all of the other officers serving her in America and abroad..I have lost 2 good freinds in law enforcment who gallantly served in Arizona..and have others overseas now serving in this capacity for our country.
Thank you to his family for your sacrifice so that could serve us all.
May his family and friends be at peace knowing he was a hero and loves you still.

Diane Winkelman, Private Citizen

May 15, 2004