Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police Officer Tina Frances Zapata-Kerbrat

Los Angeles Police Department, California

End of Watch Monday, February 11, 1991

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Reflections for Police Officer Tina Frances Zapata-Kerbrat

Rest in Peace Officer Tina Frances Kerbrat. Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice.

I Pray for Peace for your Family, Friends and Co-Workers. I also Pray that the hounds of hell forever gnaw at the flesh of your murderer!

Amen

Senior Special Agent B.L. Sherwood
Port Terminal Railroad Police Houston,TX

February 11, 2016

You are often on my mind after all these years. Look at that smile! I worked with you prior to you becoming a Police Officer, I remember all the exciting steps day by day and you finally passed and your Dream came true. You were taken from all of us way too soon. Im sorry I cldnt attend your funeral as I was 9mo pregnant w/Felicia and my family thought it wld be too emotional for me, and it was after seeing the reports on TV. You were honored by the entire LAPD and Fire Dept frm your husband, but you were honored by the world. God bless your husband and children. I will never forget you, our friendship and your beautiful smile and I know your here with us in Spirit. RIP Tina, I know that beautiful smile is still shining down upon us. God Bless.

Darlene
Friend and Co-Worker prior to Police Dept.

April 16, 2014

Tina - I remember the day you were taken from us. Even though I worked in a different division (77th), I remember the circumstances around your death so vividly. Paying my respect by writing this note is still so difficult as your death had such an impact on me, the whole department, the city of Los Angeles, and the country for that matter. God bless you, RIP, and may the man upstairs continue to watch over your children and husband. You will never be forgotten.

P-III
LAPD - Retired

February 11, 2014

Tina, Yesterday was the twenty two year anniversary of your death. I remember it like it was yesterday. Everyday I work hard to be the woman, mother and friend you were too so many including me. I was the youngest and you were the oldest female. You provided so much support for the girls of our class and we all miss you.

Detective III Debbie Potter
Los Angeles Police Department classmate

February 12, 2013

I will never forget the day Officer Kerbrat died. I too was a young LAPD officer. To this day, it breaks my heart to think about the loss of her life. God bless Tina and her family.

Retired Lieutenant Ann Barrera
LAPD

February 11, 2013

Thinking of you and all of your loved ones today. So many future memories were destroyed by a violent act of one who cared about no one but himself. Thank you for your service to others and for being the hero that you are. You will never be forgotten.

Bob Gordon
Father of Chicago Fallen Officer: Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

February 11, 2013

God bless the Kerbrat family.

J. Jaynes
Canyon Country resident

January 17, 2013

Rest in Peace

Officer Sean Carmon
West Covina, California Police Department

December 25, 2012

Today, I thought of her, again. Still miss her smiling face, her friendship and her stories about her children. She loved being a mom...

Police Officer III
LAPD

June 26, 2012

Today (04/20/2012), while rummaging through my cluttered abode, preparing for an upcoming radio show, I came across a videotape that I have no idea where it came from.

I ended up watching it through its entirety. It turned out to be a complete video of Funeral Services for “My LAPD Little Sister.”

(May She Rest - In - Peace)

Michael B. Parlor

April 20, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the twenty-first 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 murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never dimishes respect.and your memory will always be honored and revered. I pray for the solace of all those who love and remember you for I know both the pain and pride are forever. Your family is in my heart's embrace. I thank your friends and fellow officers for sharing their devotion to you through their reflections.

Rest In Peace

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

February 11, 2012

21 years have past and yet the memories are still so vivid. You have never been forgotten. Many blessings to your family on this sad anniversary. You did not die in vain....

D3
LAPD

February 10, 2012

Rest in Peace, Officer Kerbrat. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

11169

January 14, 2012

Tina,

I came to visit you over the Thanksgiving Holiday and even though you are in the company of angels, it seems like yesterday when we laid you to rest. You are only a short walk from where my mom is buried. You are in good company. I still remember our times together at "Bob's Big Boy" and you telling me that you wanted to become a Police Officer too. May the Lord keep you safe in the palm of his hand until we see each other again.

Love ya,

Ed

Ed Wetta
LASD (Retired)

December 8, 2011

I “Tip My Cowboy Hat” To Those From Los Angeles To Las Vegas, Who Made It A Point Of Helping To “Keep LAPD’s Tina Kerbrat’s (RIP) Memory Alive.” (I Am Honored To Have Been Sought - Out For My Personal Insights Regarding Her Murder. She Is Most - Certainly NOT Forgotten.)

Semper Fi,
“Major Pain”

Michael B. Parlor

April 18, 2011

Tina,

It is so hard to believe it has been twenty years already. Whenever I have worked with a new partner fresh out of the acacemy I have always shared your story with them. I continue to pray for your family and pray God will richly bless them. Thank you for your sacrifice. You will never be forgotten.

Louis B. Lave, Deputy Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

April 17, 2011

It is Truly Difficult to believe that it has already been 20 Years since Tina Kerbrat Passed - On

(Rest - In Peace, Sis)

Michael B. Parlor

February 12, 2011

Dear tina Yesterday marked the 20th aneversary of your death AND even though we never met its still so hard to understand why you taken away from your family and friends so soon rest in peace angel in my heart you,ll forever be my hero

Anonymous

February 12, 2011

20 years has gone by in an instant. There is not a day that goes by where you are not thought of or remembered. To say you were taken too soon is simply an understatement. It should not have happened at all. God be with your family on this day. You will never be forgotten.

D3
LAPD

February 11, 2011

As the mother of a fallen LAPD Officer I know how important memorials are to the families and friends. Tomorrow the North Hollywood Division will be celebrating your life and mourning their loss. You are truly a legend and I know your husband and children are so proud of you. But I also know from personal experience that they would rather have you here on earth with them. It's only the body that's gone. Your soul and your memory will live on forever....God Bless your family and may you Rest in Peace for all Eternity.

Mother of Officer Steve Gajda-EOW 01-01-98

Christine Hester

February 10, 2011

dear tina on your 54th birthday i think of you and feel my heart getting heavy with the pain of knowing your kids will not have the oppertunity to hug their mom and say happy birthday mom or make you feel special on your birthday it makes me angry because no child should be mourning teir parent on thier birthday but i know in my heart that you are with them today as you always are happy birthday angel wherever you are in heaven you are for ever loved continue watching over them from above make them feel your loving presence today

detective leutenant marcus knight
arizona police dept

February 9, 2011

Tina went from being my babysitter to being my hero. She watched my brother and I while my parents worked during the summers and she never treated us any different than her own children. She was the most gentle and loving person. She would get more excited on the birthdays of the kids in the family than she would on her own!

Friday marks the 20th year since you gave the ultimate sacrifice. Yet, you never stopped making an impact and inspiring. As a grown woman and mother, myself, now, I try to follow the example of courage, dedication and compassion you set and I hope I have made you proud. I am so grateful to have had you in my life for the short time I did and so proud to call you my cousin.

Sara Barrett
Cousin

February 5, 2011

I still remember the day the Tina was killed. I'm so sorry for your loss.

John Harrell P2+6
Air Support Division/LAPD

February 4, 2011

dear officer kerbrat i know someone had to be first but everytime i think about it i wonder why it had to be you i know your family and friends would give anything to have you back you are forever loved and cherished r.i.p. hero

detective shawn morelli

January 22, 2011

dear tina every day as i pick up my gun and badge to start my shift i find my self thinking of you and that horrible day you were stolen from us you never got to live to see your children grow into the adults they now are but i know you live on in their hearts forever just like you do in mine you are forever missed angel continue to watch over us from above

det lt marcus knight

January 19, 2011

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