Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

On behalf of the entire Lawn family I send my deepest sympathies. When I heard of Tom's death on the news, I cried because I knew the pain and heartbreak you were all feeling. I lost my husband and best friend. It is a pain no one can truly understand unless they have gone through it. Please help each other, comfort each other and tell Tom's daughter lots of stories of her father the hero. I know Tom will be with you to help you. You will feel him giving you strength. You will feel his love. Jennifer, my heart especially aches for you. As a mother of four I know the hardest thing to do is to tell your children that their father will not be coming home and then have to continually watch them in such pain and feeling so helpless. Your daughter will amaze you with her strength. You will thank God everyday that you have her, such a miraculous piece of your husband. I will be praying for you and your family everyday.

Lauren Lawn
wife of Richard Lawn EOW 7/28/03

March 11, 2005

My Thoughts are with you and your Family. My best wishes are also with you and your family.

March 11, 2005

Rest in peace. Godspeed

Officer Rodney Dorilus
Elizabeth Police Department,NJ

March 11, 2005

Patrolman McMeekin,
Thank You for your service to the community. You and your family are in our prayers. Rest Easy Brother!

Dep. P. Sperandeo, Off. A. Sperandeo
Jefferson PArish Sheriffs Office, Gretna Police Dept. LA

March 10, 2005

Deepest sympathy to P.O. Thomas McMeekin Jr.'s family.

Gordon Williams Int. Police Advisor
Retired Essex County P.D. / Dyncorp, Jalalabad, Afghanistan

March 10, 2005

Rest in peace sir. Thank you for your service.

Shannon
concerned citizen

March 10, 2005

I am still in the acedemy, but this really hits home. God bless the McMeekin family and all his friends.

Officer Gillespie
U.S. Park Police

March 10, 2005

Your memory will live on through the officers that were fortunate to work with and around you. Just know that you touched someone's life and made a positive difference. You have gone home to your receive your crown. May God bless and keep your family.

Detective Ben Lacaze
Oklahoma City Police Department

March 10, 2005

My thoughts and prayers are with your agency and family during this difficult step in your life. God speed.

PTL DOUGLAS F. LAW
NORTH CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA

March 10, 2005

OFFICER MCMEEKIN YOU LEAVE US AS A TRUE HERO. PLEASE WATCH OVER THOSE OF US THAT ARE STILL "DOWN HERE". MY SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS OF OFFICER MCMEEKIN. REST IN PEACE.

P.O. PAUL TILLOTSON
ELIZABETH,NJ P.D.

March 10, 2005

On behalf of Dover PD and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #15 our condolences to Ptlm. McMeekin's family and friends. May you Rest in peace brother and may your family find the stregnth to carry on from their loss. God Bless.

Sgt. Dan McKeown/ FOP President
Dover PD, Delaware

March 10, 2005

Know that your extended law enforcement family in California grieves with you over the loss of Patrolman McMeekin. Another brother lost to us, but added to God's force in heaven.

Detective Greg Yotsuya
Ceres PD

March 9, 2005

God bless, may you rest in peace. Your watch is over my brother officer. We will take it from here.

Detective Michael Graham
Atlantic City Police Department

March 9, 2005

Rest in peace brother. May God watch over your family, friends and colleagues.

Trooper
New Jersey State Police

March 9, 2005

You will not be forgotten. May God give your love ones the strength to get through these tough times.

Detective P. Di Pasqua
La Habra Police

March 9, 2005

On behalf of the men and women of Industry Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of Patrolman McKeekin. Having lost Deputy Michael Arruda this past year (EOW 06-15-04), we know all too well the pain and reality of losing one of our own. Take comfort from knowing your extended law enforcement family grieves with you.

Industry Sheriff's Station
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

March 9, 2005

Rest in peace brother. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. The Thin Blue Line looses a piece but we'll hold strong.

P/O Peter Jackson
New Jersey Transit Police

March 9, 2005

On behalf of the entire membership of the FBI Agents Association, I send my condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of PO McMeekin.

Special Agent Darin L. Paul
FBI Detroit

March 9, 2005

To the McMeekin family,
I am so very sorry for your loss, you are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Ptl. Courtney Heller
Princeton Borough PD

March 9, 2005

REST IN PEACE FROM YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM PBA LOCAL 89

ORANGE, NJ PBA LOCAL 89
CITY OF ORANGE, NJ POLICE

March 8, 2005

Rest in Peace Brother. You are with God and your Family now and forever.

State Trooper
New Jersey State Police

March 8, 2005

I also just arrived home from today's funeral. I couldn't believe the tremendous support shown from agencies around the state and from neighboring states. May you rest in peace, and god bless your family.

PTL. Chris Smith #373
BARNEGAT PD

March 8, 2005

My heart breaks for the family of Thomas McMeekin. Our family has been through a similar tragedy and we know the pain is great. To Patrolman McMeekin's family, friends and fellow officers, please know that we are thinking of you.

Denise L. Wise, widow of Michael H. Wise

March 8, 2005

My heart breaks for Patrolman Thomas McMeekin Jr's wife and daughter. Unfortunately, I know all to well your pain as I have lost my husband of only 5 months on February 5, 2004, NJ State Trooper Bertram Zimmerman. This officers death feels so close to home for me because Atlantic City is just 40 minutes from my home.

Jennifer, I wish I could take all your pain away. Please know he is no longer suffering and is in such a safe place...in God's hands with the angels. You will never hear me say to you "He is in a better place" because I know as surviving spouses we think the "much better place" is here on earth with us. But you have to keep your husband alive in your memories, in your thoughts, and in your heart...he is you and your daughters new guardian angel in heaven. He will watch over you both and protect you both while he is patrolling the highways of heaven. I know Bert will show him all around up there so he will not be alone. And Tom will let you know he loves you in any way he can. Listen and pay attention to those signs. They ARE there. You will find amazing strength you never knew you had. And it will all be with the help of him.

You are so lucky, you have a beautiful daughter that you can see a little piece of your husband in every day. You are so fortunate for that. God bless that little girl and yourself. You have been in my thoughts and prayers constantly.

Sincerely,
Denise Zimmerman
Surviving Spouse of NJ State Trooper Bertram Zimmerman III

Denise Zimmerman
Surviving Spouse of NJ State Trooper Bert Zimmerman 2-5-04

March 8, 2005

My thoughts and prayers are extended to the family, friends and colleagues of Officer McMeekin,Jr. Keep strong together knowing he represented his family, his agency and his profession with dignity and committment. Bless his memory forever.

Jack Smith, Public Information Officer I
Burlington Co. Prosecutor's Office

March 8, 2005