Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

TO ALL MY FELLOW POLICE OFFICERS WORLDWIDE. . .WE ARE NOT INDESTRUCTABLE. . .PLEASE WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS. . .THEY SAVE LIVES!

ANONYMOUS
CPD

August 11, 2004

My prayers and deepest sympathy go out to Officer Michael Gordon's family. May God's Angels watch over them and keep them safe.

I only knew Officer Gordon very briefly as a customer in one of the Chgo PD uniform stores where I work. He always came in with a smile and had a warm and kind way about him.

He will truely be missed.

Rest in Peace.

Karen

Karen
Civilian

August 11, 2004

Flash, I couldn't believe it when I got the call Sunday, for I had sat next to you at roll call recently, then another day you had told my parnter and I that "there was still time" to get a pinch at 0630 when we were off at 0700. Little did we know then, that time, was something we were running out of. You got a good spot to watch from now. Your work ethic, enthusiasm, and spirit will be sorely missed. I was on furlough, came to see you in the hospital. The heroic super human efforts displayed by the officers on the scene, as told to me, would leave you bursting with pride to work on the first watch, to work in the 11th district, and to work as a Chicago Policeman. For I am proud to have served with you. I am proud to serve with the men and women of the first watch in the 11th district and I am proud to be a Chicago Policeman. We got it from here.

Timothy J OBrien #17651
Chicago Police Department

August 11, 2004

I watched you grow up, hit you ground balls with your Dad in Little League. I watched you make it to Eagle Scout...your family so proud...I watched you join the Military, 82nd Airborne/Military Police...watched you go to Korea and Bosnia...all that you saw there...watched as you came home, your family so proud and grateful...but you still wanted to be the Police...watched as you made it to Riverside Police...watched as you excelled here but it wasn't enough...you had a higher calling...I watched as you applied for the Chicago Police Department...I watched you at graduation...your family very proud...I watched and listened as you came back to Riverside and told me stories of "getting the bad guy" Telling me "Sarge, I did what you taught me!"...and all the time "what I taught you" I learned from your Dad...the wheel goes 'round...I watched as you found Guin...the love of your life...Mike...it wasn't supposed to be like this...if nothing else, you EARNED better...but...you touched a lot of lives in such a positive way...You made a difference...I will miss you "little brother."
Rest easy, Mike, your tour is over. Your "Family" will miss you.

Sergeant William Legg
Riverside, Illinois Police

August 10, 2004

As a former Chicago resident I am saddened to see another fine Chicago Officer loose his life due to the senselessness of another person that choose to drive drunk. Your service and dedication to your profession is appreciated and will not be forgotten. Rest now and watch over your other brothers and sisters walking the thin blue line.

Officer David Tedrow
Furman University Police Dept.

August 10, 2004

God Bless you and your family Officer Gordon. Thank you for helping to make this world a better place. I will say a prayer for you tonight, which I know you'll hear from Heaven. You are a hero! God Bless!

Supervisory Special Agent
US Treasury Dept.

August 10, 2004

It was honor to have had the opportunity to work with you I will always share the memories we had. Next time we meet I'll bring a bag of sunflower seeds. I just wish I could have done more to help you that morning.

AIRBORNE!

G. Perez #19697
C.P.D. 11th District - 1st Watch

August 10, 2004

I have lost yet another brother in the line of duty. I pray that you will be the last.

Officer Robert Dworak
Chicago Police Unit 213

August 10, 2004

God Bless you Michael.

Deputy Chief Sandra Day
Chicago Police Department

August 10, 2004

Gods Speed Brother, your tour here is done, now you can sit back and relax. My thoughts and prayers to the family.

Cpl. D. S. Lapides- DUI Task Force
Fulton County Police Department (Atlanta, GA)

August 10, 2004

I would like to extend my condolences to Officer Gordon's family and friends, and to the men and women of the Chicago Police Department. My thoughts and prayers are with you all during this time of tragedy. Rest in peace Officer Gordon, your duty here is done.

Deputy Sheriff
Butte County Sheriff's Office

August 10, 2004

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Michael. It is never easy when a police officer is killed but to be killed by a drunk driver is more hurtfull. I pray for Mike's partner who was also injuried. My Michael's soul and all of the souls of the faithfully departed police officers rest in peace.

Charles Salvatore Ret.Sgt.
Chciago Police Department 8th Dist

August 10, 2004

On behalf of the men and women of the La Habra Police Department we send our thoughts and prayers to the Chicago Police Department and the family of Officer Gordon. It doesn't matter where we work, when one of our brothers or sisters fall, we all feel the loss. Rest in Peace.

Sergeant Jeff Baylos
La Habra PD, California

August 10, 2004

I'm so sorry to hear about this tragic accident.Also i would like to extend my deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Gordon. May your pain be eased by the prayers of others; and may your memories be filled with happy-times.

Teresa Goss
ShaDco, Jacksonville, Fl

August 10, 2004

I am saddened and angered by the loss of another Officer taken from us. My thoughts and prayers are and will be with the police family and family of Officer Gordon. I am so very sorry all of you have to go through this. Peace be with you Officer Gordon we will take over from here.

Grand Prairie PD, Tx

August 10, 2004

Our prayers are with this fallen officer and we will continue to remember and pray for his family.To lose a fellow officer is traggic enough, but to lose an officer at this young age and so much to offer his fellow man is beyond words. Officer Gordon, rest in peace.

John R. Kulik- Retired
Chicago Police-008 Dist. Tactical Unit

August 10, 2004

We would like to extend our heartfelt sorrow to the family and friends of Officer Gordon.

PO S.HARRIS
CICERO PD GANG/TACTICAL UNIT

August 10, 2004

All of our Officers, both Civilian and Military, share in the sadness, for the loss of Officer Michael Gordon.

Detective Division
Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, SC

August 10, 2004

My most sincere condolence to the famil & friends of Officer Gordon and to the members of the Chicago Police Department.

Sr. Trooper Keith Miller (Ret)
Oregon State Police

August 10, 2004

My sincere condolences to the family of Michael Gordon. God bless Michael and his family.

Richard Harrison-Detective
CPD

August 10, 2004

My Condolences and Prayers for the family of this Officer.
Just last week we traveled to Texas to attend the funeral of a fellow Officer(Nathan Laurie) that worked with our Son. Such tragedies are hard to understand.
Prayers also for his fellow Officers..you will never forget the ones you lose...

Brenda /Mother of Texas Officer Jason Be
Crowder,Okla

August 10, 2004

Rest in peace brother

Ofc. P.C. Eddings
Okeechobee Police Dept.

August 10, 2004

To the family, friends and fellow officers of Officer Gordon,
Please know that we are thinking of you and hold you close in our hearts as you go through this difficult time.

The family of Dave Grant/ EOW 5/31/04
Tuolumne Co. Sheriff's Dept.

August 10, 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

August 10, 2004

To the Gordan family, Your loss and sorrow is felt deeply by all of us. Mike you gave the ultimate. Michael, we'll see you at roll call in heven.

Police Officer Edward L. Legenza
Cook County Sheriff's Police Department

August 10, 2004