Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

" Tell myself, on the ride home. Getting tired. Hating all I've known...Holding on. Like it's all I have. Count me out, when its clear that I... find it hard to say and you find it hard to care. I wanted to see some thing that's different. Something you said will change in me. Wanted to be, anything different. Everything you would change in me. Got this way. God I'm wrong it's just the way I am, crashing down. To see inside of me and die.I don't know what to say, it's fine. This isn't hollywood."
-Different by, Acceptance

You did well sir... You shined.. Now Keep on Shining
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR MEMORY

Officer
Providence Place

September 27, 2006

Thank you for your service brother. Being a life long resident of the City of Providence, my family and I thank you for what you have done for us. My father (Ret. Providence Police Officer) served under the command of your father, and knew you personally. I was not able to meet you before your passing, but was honored to walk with you to your final resting place. I was only a reserve officer at the time, but felt like I lost a friend that day. Now that I'm a full- time sworn Police Officer, I understand the loss, and the effect it has on brother Police Officers, and most of all your family at home.

Det. Sergent James Allen, rest in peace brother. My wife and I pray for you and your family knowing the sacrifice's we make daily as Police Officers serveing the public as you have done for many years.

Ptlm. Thomas L. Jones
Central Falls Police Dept., Rhode Island

Patrolman Thomas L. Jones
Central Falls Police Dept., RI.

August 17, 2006

Detective Sergeant Allen, Thank you so much for the service you have provided, keeping our city streets safer. I am so sorry your life had to be cut short by this tragic circumstance. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones you left behind. May you rest in peace. Lori Stromberg Warwick, R.I.

June 28, 2006

Detective Sergeant Allen,
You served this city well. You will always be remembered. Rest easy brother, we will continue the watch from here. Godspeed. I will see you again...

Patrolman Matthew Pine
Providence Police Department

June 25, 2006

As we go through that horrible night over these few weeks, we never forget the dedication that you provided to the City of Providence. You are there, we know, to continue to protect us from a much better place. Your in our hearts and minds everyday. God Bless you and your family.....

Patrolman
North Providence PD

June 15, 2006

We will be in Washington with honor and respect to hear your name read.

Linda Rittenhouse, Matt's Mom
Matthew Rittenhouse EOW 9/16/04

Linda Rittenhouse

May 4, 2006

Our hearts go out to you on the anniversary of your tragic loss. Our son Brian Howard Jackson marched in the funeral procession representing Dallas PD. .. then months later was killed in the line of duty, and his brothers and sisters marched in his funeral procession. James and Brian now serve together on their eternal watch. Our prayers are with you, now and always.

John & Valerie Jackson

April 17, 2006

Rest in Peace Brother

Deputy Bennett
Henry County Sheriff's Dept. (Indiana)

April 17, 2006

Your dedication and sacrifice are appreciated and remembered as the first anniversary of your tragic death approaches. You will forever be remembered as a hero. Rest in peace, sir.

Linda Lamm - LEO wife and sister of
Jay Balchunas EOW 11.05.04

April 16, 2006

My deepest sympathy to your family on the first anniversary of your passing. I know it has been a long and rough road for them this past year and they have many more to come. I know how your father feels as I am also retired from law enforcement and lost a son in the line of duty. Never in a million years did we ever think we would see our son's names on a memorial wall. The only advice I can give to your Dad and other family members is to take one day at a time and keep your memory alive. I know your Dad, if he could, would trade places with you in a heart beat as I would do for my son. You are a true hero and will never be forgotten.

Bob Gordon, retired Asst. Chief, father of fallen officer Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

Bob Gordon

April 15, 2006

May you rest in peace and know you you will live in the hearts of many people forever as witnessed by these pages of reflections. I am honored that I get to ride in the Police Unity Tour 2006 in your name and wearing your bracelet. We will be arriving in Washington on May 12, 2006 and I hope to be able to deliver the bracelet to your family members. Please have them contact me. My prayers are with you and your family. God bless them.

Officer Ian M Dubac
Passaic P.D. - NJ

April 6, 2006

DET.SGT ALLEN THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DAY THAT HAS GONE BY YOUR NOT THOUGHT OF.AS ONE YEAR FROM THIS TRAGIC MEMORY APPROACHES WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE HERO THAT YOU ARE MAY YOU KEEP US SAFE AND OUT OF ARMS WAY FOR ALL OF ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WEAR THE BADGE GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

ANTHONY BISESI
WOONSOCKET POLICE DEPARTMENT

March 22, 2006

Dsgt. Allen;
I keep you with me everyday in my thoughts and prayers. jimmy i did not know you well, but just know that we will pull through and your family will be taken care of by us....Godspeed brother...I will see you there someday...

Ptlm. R Ramirez
Providence PD

January 20, 2006

God bless you and your family.The Providence Police Department has lost one of it's finest.

Semper Fi,

Officer William D. Mosher
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

January 15, 2006

ANY BAD SUSPECT,WITH A PISTOL OR HANDGUN, THINK THAY CAN RULE THE WORLD,WITH MURDER,BUT IT HURTS SO BAD WHEN, BAD PEOPLE WITH GUN/FIRE ARMS FIRE LOUD GUN SHOTS AT POLICE OFFICERS,IN ORDER TO GET AWAY FROM POLICE WHO WANT TO ARREST AND LOCK UP THE BAD SUSPECTS,BUT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FIRE BACK AT SUSPECTS,WHO WANTS TO CAUSE A BLOOD BATH,AND KILL POLICE OR OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS DEADLY ACT,ITS SO PAINFUL FOR OTHER PEOPLE ANYWHERE.

ALLEN SHINN
PROVIDENCE,RI

January 10, 2006

ITS BEEN ALMOST A PAINFUL EXHAUSTING YEAR SINCE PROVIDENCE POLICE DETECTIVE SARGEANT JAMES ALLEN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF POLICE DUTY,ON APRIL 17,2006,WILL BE A REMBERING DAY,SINCE JAMES ALLEN DIED,DOING HIS JOB AS A POLICE DETECTIVE SERGEANT AT,PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ALLEN SHINN
PROVIDENCE,RI

January 10, 2006

On 09/01/05 Boston Police Academy RTG 42-05 remembered Detective Sergeant James Allen and dedicated our training day to him.

You are not forgotten.

Boston Police Academy RTG 42-05
BPD

November 22, 2005

DET SGT ALLEN YOU FOUGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HELP AND FOR THAT YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH HEAVY HEART AND RESPECT. GOD SPEED SIR.AND GODBLESS MRS.ALLEN AND YOU CHILDREN.THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU BROUGHT TO THE PROVIDNCE POLICE DEPT

COMMUNITY OFFICER RICHARD HOPKINS
WEST WARWICK POLICE DEPT

November 21, 2005

Another good man lost. My prayers go out to Det. Allen's family, and his partners.

Let's be safe out there!

Senior Patrol Agent WJ Granger, Jr.
US Border Patrol

November 14, 2005

I KNEW DET. ALLEN BRIEFLY HE WILL BE MISSED DEEPLY IT'S ALWAY'S A SAD DAY WHEN WE A GOOD COP IS LAID TO REST HOWEVER HE WILL ALWAY'S BE IN OUR HEART'S & MIND'S AND TO THE ALLEN FAMILY AND P.P.D ALWAY'S REMEMBER THE GOOD TIME'S WITH JIMMY MEMORIES LAST A LIFETIME. REST IN PEACE BROTHER YOU SERVED YOURE CITY WITH PRIDE/INTEGRITY/AND GUTS AND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

SGT.ADAM J. ZUCKERMAN
SPECIAL POLICE CONSTABLE IN R.I.

September 30, 2005

To the family and friends of Detective Sgt. James Allen and his fellow officers with the Providence Police Department:

On behalf of our entire family, I wanted to extend our sincerest condolences on the grievous loss you suffered when Detective Sgt. Allen was so brutally murdered. It is so infuriating to read of yet another murder by a criminal who would rather kill to evade arrest than pay the consequence for the criminal conduct he chose to commit. This was such a senseless and cowardly act, and to have it committed in the station itself is even more shocking. I am glad that the perpetrator was caught and hope justice is rendered in this case.

May you continue to find comfort in the warm embrace of support and love from your law enforcement community. Undergoing a devastating experience like this forges bonds between blood families and police families that can never be broken.

Our family lost our beloved Larry Lasater of the Pittsburg Police Department when he was fatally shot on April 23rd during a foot pursuit of two bank robbers. Larry left a loving wife and his son, born 2 1/2 months after Larry's murder, as well as all his extended family and friends who loved him so much. It is so heartbreaking that all these children are being deprived of their parents. My heart goes out to your family, but I know that God and James are watching over James' loved ones. I know that Heaven has another hero, but how I wish this horrific crime had not happened to your James.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the many years of service James gave to his community and the citizens of the state of Rhode Island, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on April 17, 2005.

Phyllis Loya, mother of fallen officer
Larry Lasater, Pittsburg, CA PD eow 4/24/05

September 11, 2005

On behalf of the members of the Dighton Police Department, our heartfelt condolences go out to your friends and family. May you rest in peace.

Sgt.
Dighton PD

August 30, 2005

I was working the desk when the broadcast of your death came on the local radio. It sent chills down my spine.

Rest in Peace, Det. Allen. We wil take it from here my friend.

Police Officer
Metro-Boston, Massachusetts

August 23, 2005

Jimmy, May you rest in peace. I pray for you and your family everyday.

Patrolman Joel P. Mulligan
North Kingstown

July 28, 2005

Thank You Detective Sergeant James Allen for serving and protecting. You will never be forgotten. My prayers are with you and your family. God Bless

Pereira Family

June 22, 2005