Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Jim, I miss you so very much! I think about you everyday. Love you.

Mickey White
Sister of Sr. Agent Jim Matkin

March 2, 2023

Jim,
Today marks 17yrs since you left this earth. I still miss you so much! I think of you everyday and try my best to make you proud. I love you little brother.

Mickey White
Sister of Sr. Agent Jim Matkin

March 2, 2022

Jim,
Today you would have been your 47th birthday. I think about you and miss you every single day! I miss your great big hugs and sweet smile. You are gone but NEVER EVER forgotten. Happy Birthday in heaven little brother.

Mickey White
Sister of Sr. Agent Jim Matkin

July 12, 2021

Jim,
I miss you so very much! Rest in peace little brother.

Mickey White
Sister of Sr. Agent Jim Matkin

March 2, 2021

Was thinking about you tonight Big Jim...you were a kind gentle man. I was a freshman football player and you were a junior at the time, but you treated me like a brother. We became good friends. Love you man.

Rod Cantu
Football Teammate

August 19, 2020

Happy Birthday in heaven little brother! I love you & miss you every single day!

Mickey White
Your big sister

July 12, 2020

Rest in peace Senior Agent Matkin.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 11, 2019

Happy Birthday in heaven little brother. Today you would have been 44 years old. I love you and miss you so very much!
Your big sister,
Mickey

Mickey White
Sister of Sr. Agent Jim Matkin

July 12, 2018

He was a great freind. Always positive and helpful. I did not learn about his death until recently, I'm still a little in denial. The silver lining in this is that , he left this earth doing what he loved. Good bye Jimbo, I'll miss you.

Joseph "RED"Smith
Freind from high school

May 3, 2016

Happy 40th Birthday Jim, your friend George.

Former Senior Agent George Robinson
louisiana Department of wildlife and fisheries

July 13, 2015

No one gave better hugs or had a better personality than JimBo!!! I think of you often and remember you as a friend, someone that just felt "safe" and made me happy to be around.

I'm glad I chose to take Typing my freshmen year of HS (1992-3!) or I would have missed the honor of knowing you.

I know you are missed heavily by those who were closest to you...and even those not so close.

Enjoy the view...

Tracey Street Martin
friend from Pineville High School

October 28, 2013

Uncle Jim,

So many years have passed since you left us, but it still hurts like yesterday. I remember dad coming to tell me you were in a accident. I remember asking if you were ok and what hospital you were in. I can't even tell you how much my world changed when Dad just started crying and couldn't even answer me for a second. Ill never for get him saying "Danielle... Uncle Jim didnt make it, baby". My entire family's life was altered from that sentence.
You were such a huge part of our life. A huge part of anyone's life who knew you. We miss you so much. I pass by your grave every single day, twice a day and I think of you every time I do. Your were my giant. A big teddy bear with a bigger heart.
I still laugh everytime I hear "Hound dog" I can still remember you dancing around and singing like the Elvis superstar you were.

Thank you for everything you were. You will always live in my heart and you will never be forgotten. I swear that to you, Uncle Jimbo.

Your only niece,

Danielle

You are still my hero

Danielle Clark Dabbs
Neice

April 20, 2013

He taught me to drive a standard, in a beat up old, gray Toyota 4 wheel drive pickup truck, the first year we played football together at McNeese State University. He was a good person, a rare person that would give you the shirt off his own back if it was the only one he had. I still tell stories about my freind Jimbo....

LT Bignall, Brandin
United States Navy, Team mate at MSU

February 8, 2013

Thinking of you and your family on this seventh anniversary. Rest In Peace and continue to watch over your loved ones.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

March 2, 2012

Jim and I played football together at NLU in Monroe. He always had a smile on his face and was willing to teach a rookie new tricks. You will be missed Big Jim.

POIIIA John Medlin, Jr.
Teammate NLU-Monroe?UL-Lafayette Police Dept.

December 30, 2011

Jimbo buddy its been a long time and you are greatly missed. I keep the memories of us in fishing tournaments and hunting close and think about it often. You were a great man.

Paramedic Shane Kessler
Friend from school

September 28, 2010

Another year has passed and you are still admired and respectfully remembered in the hearts and minds of so many. My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones and friends on this anniversary of your EOW. You will never be forgotten.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

March 2, 2010

My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones, friends and fellow officers during this time of remembrance. Continue to keep watch over them and those still out on patrol watching over the Thin Blue Line. You will never be forgotten.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

March 3, 2009

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 4th anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

March 2, 2009

Rest in peace brother and thank you for your service. Keep watch over the rest of us as we protect our nations natural resources.

nc game warden

March 2, 2008

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

March 2, 2008

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

February 2, 2008

JIM,
you were one of the most important person's in my life my husband and i thought the world of you and we miss you dearly but you will always be in our hearts and souls, you were a good friend and man to all you met now it's been two years you've left us, but we have not forgotten and never will cause u will live in our heart's forever, JIM we love you always and miss you so. good-bye for now our friend we WILL see you again. gary and stacey simpson

STACEY SIMPSON
FRIENDS

March 5, 2007

Today marks the 2nd anniversary of your death and I know that the pain your family and friends felt then are still strong. You never get over losing a loved one!! But it helps to know that you are an ANGEL in HEAVEN and looking down on those who loves you. Rest in peace, Sir.

Shirley Roberts- Oakdale, La.
Aunt of Fallen Hero John Logan EOW-3-14-04

March 2, 2007

May you Rest in Peace and may Our Lord comfort and strengthen your loved ones.

March 2, 2007