Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

To Officer Seuis' family and fellow officers,
Please know that my family is thinking of all of you at this difficult time.

Richie Grant
Wife of Dave Grant, Tuolumne Co. Sheriff's Dept. EOW 5/31/04

July 23, 2004

May your Motor wings take you up to heaven and god bless your family and fellow officers.

Utah Highway Patrol Motor Troops.

Sgt.
UHP

July 23, 2004

God bless sir, we will not forget you. See you on the other side.

Deputy Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

July 23, 2004

My heartfelt condolence to the family and friends of Ofc. Seuis.

MOTOR OFFICER MARK SALVO
WEST SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT

July 23, 2004

"I saw the Heavens open up."
"The Earth shook with fear."
"For Evil, knew God's Fear."
"They were Heros, Men on the steel horses."
As a former motor officer, it is a breed unto itself. My thoughts and prayers are with all in Oakland. God Bless

Sgt Rocky Maze
Edmonton Police Service. Edm. Alta Canada

July 23, 2004

You will never be forgotten, Officer Seuis. Rest in peace.

Ashley Drury
Clare, Michigan

July 23, 2004

God bless the family and friends of this officer. May God be with you through this tradgey. RIP officer. Thank you for your service.

Officers Wife
St Petersburg, FL

July 23, 2004

On behalf of the Blue Knights Missouri Chapter VII, we send our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Officer Seuis. May God keep William and his family in his graces.

Rest in peace.

DE
MO VII Chapter President

Doug Eatherton
St. Louis City Police

July 23, 2004

May you rest in peace brother.
My condolences to the Seuis family.

Kevin
DHS

July 23, 2004

Rest in peace brother. You've done all that you could.. We'll take it from here. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

OFFICER DAN RAMIREZ
BELL GARDENS P.D.

July 23, 2004

Rest in Peace....

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

July 23, 2004

On behalf of the men and women who serve and work for the Georgia Perimeter College Police Department, our thoughts and prayers are with Officer William Seuis' family, friends, and co-workers with the Oakland Police Department.

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

Officer Johns
Georgia Perimeter College Police Department

July 23, 2004

Rest Easy Brother the William, 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

July 23, 2004

When will these sensless tragady's stop. I am so sorry for the loss of this fine officer just doing his job. May the lord be with the family and co-workers at this most difficult time. These acts continue across our nation as we have had this strike our area twice in one year. We will never give up the fight to keep these so called "professional drivers" off the highways. We may be a country apart but know our thoughts are with you.

Cpl Gary Mintz, Director Traffic Enforce
Henderson Co Sheriff's Office, NC

July 23, 2004

Rest in peace brother, and god bless you and your family.

Cpl. A. Calderon
Grossmont-Cuyamca Police

July 23, 2004

What a loss to the whole Nation. Our Heros are too often taken. My condolence to the family of Officer Seuis and to members of the Oakland Police Department.

Sr. Trooper Keith Miller (Ret)
Oregon State Police

July 23, 2004

Your family, friends and fellow officers are in our thoughts and prayers, as are you. Rest in peace.

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

July 23, 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

July 23, 2004

My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Seuis's wife, children, family, friends and co-workers. You will never be alone in your pain and grief. We are all here to lend a hand. Psalm 55:22

Denise Nichols - surviving spouse
Alabama State Trooper Brian Nichols EOW 2/17/2002

July 23, 2004

Officer Seuis, God bless and keep you motorman. You all are a special breed amoung our special profession . . . always exposing yourself to even more danger by the nature of your assignment.
I admire you, honor you, your name, your memory and mostly for the ultimate sacrifice you've made for all of us. Thank you for all you've done Bill . . thank you for being one of the chosen few to walk the path of the warrior to protect us all. We will not forget you.

With brotherly love and respect, Jim Crotty (Former Richmond, VA Police Officer.)

Jim Crotty, Special Agent (Ret.)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

July 23, 2004

Thank you Officer Seuis for keeping us safe from bad. God bless you.

Renny Kassel
California Citizen

July 23, 2004