Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service and dedication. To your family, you will be in my prayers. Rest in peace my brother.

Deputy Gregory W. Howden/K-9
Douglas County Sheriff's Office

May 9, 2005

Detective Young,
You and your family are in our prayers. Rest Easy Brother !

Dep. Paul Sperandeo, Off. Amy Sperandeo
Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office, Gretna Police Dept. LA

May 9, 2005

On behalf of my family I wish to extend our heart felt prayers and sympathy to Det. Young and the Denver Police Dept. My family knows first hand the pain that you are feeling right now. Just know that your husband and father will be forever honored and never forgotton.

As a wife of a LEO it is my nightly prayer that all our LEO's stay safe.

Peggy Maher- Dreher
Sister of Patrick Maher EOW 8-2-03

May 9, 2005

Thankyou, Rest in Peace my fellow brother....

Deputy Bruce Hofer
Morgan County S.O. Colorado

May 9, 2005

REST IN PEACE BROTHER....GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY!

PO MARK PAUL
COLUMBUS POLICE, COLUMBUS, OH

May 9, 2005

He walked life’s lonely path with honor, Lord,
Protecting those you sent his way…
Until, at last, with task well done,
Your call is heard today.
We hear you saying:
“Come, my friend, with me apart…from years of service rest.
You’ve helped the poor, protected all, you’ve passed Life’s every test.
You did not falter, did not fail though weary was your soul
I saw your tears, I felt your fears…I helped you toward your goal.
Beneath that badge there beat a heart, strong, courageous, true…
When duty called, you answered, my hero dressed in blue!
Come, my friend, your reward awaits: the law you did obey.
Faithful through life’s endless storms you showed my people the way.
Your beat is ended; roll call’s done! Now, rest on Heaven’s shore.
The good you did so willingly will remain forever more.”
Thank you; Father, for your great love as we cherish his memory dear
We offer this brave soul to you…be with him ever near.
And when, at last, we hear your call may we each take our place
On Heaven’s shore, eternal home, beneath your kindly gaze.
By: Sister Ann Stamm
Livonia Police Chaplin

REST IN PEACE

Federal Police Officer
Treasury/US Mint Denver

May 9, 2005

REST IN PEACE, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

TROOPER J.R. FLEMING
NC STATE HIGHWAY PATROL

May 9, 2005

Detective Young's murder is a loss to all of his brothers and sisters in blue as well as to our community. It saddens me to think of all the service he had yet to give that was stolen from everyone. My prayers and sympathy go out to his loved ones.

Police Officer
Boulder PD

May 9, 2005

What a senseless and cowardly act! My heart goes out to the members of the Denver Police Department and to Detective Young's wife and children. Detective Young your watch is over and we'll take it from here. God speed brother.

Detective
SPD, CO

May 9, 2005

Rest in peace brother, your work is done. May God bless your family and watch over them during this difficult time. The sacrifice you have made does not go unnoticed, nor will you be forgotten.

USAF Security Forces

May 9, 2005

The men and women of the Larned P.D. wish to express our deepest sympathies. May Detective Young rest in peace. He and all those who survive are in our daily prayers. We dedicate today to his memory.
We pray the coward who committed this heinous act will be brought to justice.

Chief of Police Charles R. Orth
Larned, Kansas Police Department

May 9, 2005

On behalf of the men and women of this department, our deepest sympathy to the family and co-workers of Detective Donald R. Young. Rest in peace brother, we now have the watch.

PBA
Town of Camillus Police Department, NY

May 9, 2005

May God bless you and your family at this time of sorrow. You will never be forgotten.

DE
St. Louis City Police

May 9, 2005

My thoughts and prayers go out to your family, friends and the Denver Police Department. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace.

Deputy Sheriff
Mesa County Sheriff's Office

May 9, 2005

Rest in peace brother, my thoughts are with your wife and family during this difficult time. You are a hero in the eyes of so many, your memory will not be forgotten.

Officer Wickham
Bartlesville Police Dept

May 9, 2005

Rest in peace my brother.

Police Officer
Burlington Township PD NJ

May 9, 2005

“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

May 9, 2005

Thanks for your service. Now you can go and patrol the streets of Heaven. Its taken care of here. RIP.

May 9, 2005

GOD BLESS YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR POLICE FAMILY FOR THE SACRAFICE YOU MADE. KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN YOUR EXTENDED POLICE FAMILY'S THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS EVERY DAY.

DAVID JEWELL, DEPUTY CHIEF RETIRED
JEFFERSON COUNTY(LOUISVILLE) KENTUCKY POLICE DEPARTMENT

May 9, 2005

Rest in peace brother...

Deputy John O'Sullivan
Eagle County Sheriff

May 9, 2005

This heartless taking of a mans life derserves justice for the family that he left behind. May you rest in peace and let your fellow brothers walk the beat and find the killer who did this awful thing. My heart goes out to the family, friends, and co-workers as well as the citizens of Denver, CO. A great person who was only trying to do what was right.

ex-police officer

May 9, 2005

Family, friends, co workers of Detective Young, Denver Police Department, you are in my prayers and my thoughts at this terrible time. You will face difficult days but there are a lot of us who have stood where you are today. You need only reach out and we will be there to help you.

Maxine Clifford, mother
Deputy Josh Rutherford EOW 5/29/03

May 9, 2005

On behalf of the men and women of the Lawrence Police Department our deepest condolences go to the family and fellow officers of the Denver Police Department. Such a senseless loss.

K9 Sgt. Tracy Easterday
Lawrence Police Department - Indiana

May 9, 2005

fly high brother...its our watch now

M.E. Rooney
Federal Air Marshal Service

May 9, 2005

rest easy officer, its on us now

Officer
Kentucky PD

May 9, 2005