Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

My paryers go out to your suviving family members you were a great officer and a hero.may you rest in peace.
-John walthers
Former Suffolk police EXPLORER 5th PCT

John WalthersEFC& FMER Explorer
EFC Conway SC. FMER Explorer Suffolk NY

March 22, 2005

Thank You thank you for always being a wonderful man inside and out. You were a person that nobody can forget. We love and miss you so much. Everytime I see your card I cant even stop thinking about you. What a wonderful man that you were. I miss you just thinking that you are up in heaven .I miss your wife and your children .I wish that I can see them soon and just knowing that they will be or are happy . Nobody can forget you we love you always and forever EDWIN HERNANDEZ

Elisa Huertas

February 18, 2005

We miss you. You're forever our hero. Our days are long without you. "All the world is a stage, we are merely players, performers and portrayers, each anothers audience, beyond the guilded cage."
We think of you every day, every moment. We'll meet again my fine man.

January 19, 2005

You were a cousin that gave me just about 5 hugs in a lifetime but those hugs will last forever. I'm saddened by the way we never had the opportunity to share time together. I found out HOW very special YOU were to so many. I need to say I love you....so the world can know how much you meant to me too....say hello to Willie,Celia Cruz and Jesus for me...and prepare a chair for me for I will surely join you and boy will we hear a lot of SALSA together......REST in peace my dear cousin....Esther Hernandez

esther

January 4, 2005

edwin what a cousin, father, husband dedicated police officer and much much more you have such buatiful children and wife you have.....god bless you......rest in peace!! i love you.......isis you small cuz

isis

January 3, 2005

Merry Christmas Ed. You, having the inside of what Christmas really means. Selfish of we, thinking we know what it means. In time, we will all know what it truly means. Until then, go well our fine friend. Be our Angel.
Be well our brother, father, husband, son, collegue, and friend.

December 25, 2004

Christmas looms upon us you big doof. We will open a wrapped gift for you. It never gets easier Ed. It just doesn't.

December 22, 2004

EVERYTHING IS GOING BY SO QUICKLY.YOU LEFT SO SUDDENLY. THE HARDEST PART WAS THAT I HAD NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE YOU BEFORE YOU LEFT. I FELT LIKE I HAVE GOTTEN CLOSER TO YOUR CHILDREN AND WIFE. I WAS SO SAD THE DAY I HAD FOUND OUT THAT YOU HA DIED. YOU WILL NEVER BE REPLACED. NO MAN CAN BE THE MAN THAT YOU WERE. NO MAN WOULD GET UP EVERYDAY AND BE SO DEDICATED TO YOUR JOD AND BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. MY HEART BROKE WHEN I SAW YOUR WIFE AND CHILDREN. GOD HAD TAKEN A PERSON WHO WAS ALREADY AN ANGEL. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHY IT HAD TO BE YOU EDWIN HERNANDEZ

ELISA HUERTAS

December 9, 2004

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN BIG GUY! WE FINALLY GOT YOUR NEW 9 CAR, HOPE THESE NEW JACKS LEARN TO TAKE CARE OF IT HALF AS GOOD AS YOU DID. ITS ONLY BEEN THREE MONTHS BUT IT ALREADY FEELS LIKE AN ETERNITY. WE MISS YOU TERRIBLY............

ZEUS

November 1, 2004

I salute you for your service and honor you for your sacrifice.

A hero never dies.

Rest in peace, hero.

October 20, 2004

Think of you every day Big Guy. Wish you could wrap your big arms around me as we always did. Ray did a wonderful job of taking care of your family. The Command came through for Cora and your family. He's a good boy. I stole your "Cop of the year " picture from the 5th. It stands proudly on my livingroom wall. Rather have you here for dinner though. You'd love my pasta gravy. OK big man, come talk to me once in a while, will ya? We love you, always.

October 12, 2004

How are things in Gods Great Heaven? You taking care of things up there? Selfishly, I wish you were still here with us. Still, always miss your smile.

October 8, 2004

Show your new company around Ed. It's happened again. We still, always, miss you terribly.

September 15, 2004

Rest in Peace Hero!

Police Officer Matt Lyons
Oceanside California Police Department

September 14, 2004

Rest In Peace, your sacrifice will not be forgotten. God Bless.

Police Officer
Chicago Police Dept.

September 11, 2004

Thank you sir. For your courage, for your valiance, for your dedication to your community and family, and mostly, for your committment to your brothers in blue. You take with you a piece of our hearts , that we may only recover when we can stand with you and hold your hand. We will take care of yours, be assured Ed. Go well our fine friend.

September 4, 2004

We never met, Ed, but fate put me on top of the Dix Hills Road overpass 30 seconds after you hit the tree. I got to you in two minutes by tearing down a fence and crashing through the underbrush, using the headlight off of my bicycle to find you unconscious, still at the wheel. At least I can say that you never suffered. I did my best to get to you only to feel your pulse fade in my hands as I held your head by reaching through the shattered windshield. From all accounts, you were quite a guy. I guess that we were fated to meet one day. I can certainly promise that I will never forget you. See you on the other side.

John T. Chiarella
Dix Hills Resident

September 1, 2004

There has always been something special about being a member of the Highway Patrol. The uniform, the independance, but mostly, the self motivation. Ed, you had all these qualities. You filled the seat in Unit 909, were I too spent so many years in. The Interstate was well protected by your valiant efforts. I salute you, as a fellow member of the Highway Patrol, you shall remain in my prayers, may St. Michael the Arch Angel welcomed you to Our Lords force, may you hear those words "A JOB WELL DONE,My Loyal and Faithful servant." God Bless.

PO James K. McGarry 2429 Retired
Suffolk County Police Department Highway Patrol

August 26, 2004

Still we ride

August 25, 2004

Maybe we did not see eye to eye all the time Ed, but you were a good cop, a good friend, a true Highway Patrol Officer and will be deeply missed. God bless brother, say hi to Rick when you see him up there !

PO Richard P. Mullane
SCPD Highway Patrol

August 24, 2004

I MISS YOU EDWIN! EVEN THOUGH I HAVENT SEEN YOU IN YEARS YOU WERE LIKE A FATHER TO ME! THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU WAS ON PATCHOGUE HOLBROOK ROAD AND YOU WERE POINTING AND LAUGHING AT ME. YOU USED TO ALWAYS PICK ON ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE BUT IT WAS SO FUNNY. I WISH I NEVER SEPERATED FROM TANIA BUT STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS. I CANT BELIEVE YOUR GONE BUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS I LOVE YOU AS IF YOU WERE MY DAD AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU IN HEAVEN. RIP EDWIN HERNANDEZ ILL NEVER EVER FORGET YOU!!

August 19, 2004

TO: The family; loved ones; friends and department members: A POLICE OFFICER’S PRAYER : O, gentle Lord! Keep the day / night watch with me. As I begin my tour of duty, I ask your protection from all mental, physical and spiritual harm. Sustain me with the knowledge that I am doing your work, endeavoring to keep peace among your people. Help me to be just as I enforce the law without prejudice or favor to anyone. May I be courageous but not reckless in carrying out my duties. Let me respond to all calls with haste realizing that so many are dependent on me for life and safety. Support me with your consoling power when I am tempted to think that no one really cares and that I am taken for granted. Sustain in me the conviction that so many thousands do care and are grateful for my presence. Grant that I may be loyal to my partner and my fellow officers, and that I may back them up effectively when called upon for assistance. Lord, I ask that I may return safely, after my tour of duty, to my loved ones and those who love me. I pray that I may be a good and honorable police officer; and after my tour of duty is over here on earth, may I enjoy the peace and happiness of heaven that you have promised to those who serve you well. AMEN. ** REST IN PEACE** Sent to you by the father of Master Officer J.D.Koeppen, Capital City Raleigh NC; Trooper D.C. Koeppen, NJ State Police and Cadet Officer A.M. Koeppen Wilmington N.C.

Chief ( retired) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

August 17, 2004

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

911 DISPATCHER, ERICA TOLSON
LANCASTER/GARRARD 911

August 16, 2004

God bless the Hernandez family and the Suffolk County Police Department. Thank you Ed for over 19 years of service to the Long Island community. You may be gone but not forgotten.

PO Schrade
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Police

August 10, 2004

Eddie, you were always an uncle to me, now I write you from my PC to yours in Heaven. Does Heaven have Broadband? I bet it does! You told me I had to take the job in Federal Law Enforcement, I said it wasn't for me and you insisted that if I didn't take it, I was crazy! So here I am, a Senior Federal Officer and I owe so much to you. I could always pull into your driveway on my way home and you'd be their watering your lawn. "Louie!" you'd say "go inside and grab a couple of beers" and I would and then we'de talk about whatever came to mind. I guess I took those days for granted. I never knew how important you were to me until it was too late. So if you HOL (Heaven On Line) is up and running and you are reading this, I miss you and I want you to know that if Cora, Eddie or Tania need anything, I am an email away!

Senior Officer
Bureau of Customs & Border Protection, Dept of Homeland Security

August 9, 2004