Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Jim,
It's been almost a year since you were taken from from your family, friends and team. I know you watch over all of us. I called the defense this year and looked up for your help on many occassions. I know you were there with us. I will be the Defensive Coordinator next season and we will "get after it" with 11 athletes that will attack and punish our opponents in true "Coach T" fashion. I know you will smile when you hear me call the monster "T" blitz.
Matt played tackle football this year and he did great. He wore your initials on his wristbands every game. You would be proud how he plays the game. Our little business, FCT, Inc., is entering it's second season and we are doing well. There are so many things in day-to-day life that remind me of you and all that you stood for. You could never imagine the impact that you made. Tonight as I wrote this, I stopped for a moment to tuck-in Matt and when I looked down at his right wrist, there was one of the well worn wristbands with your initials on it. I know your are with us.

I miss you coach.

Bob Alvarado

January 19, 2006

Deputy Tutino, I just want to say thank you for your help in keeping Los Angeles safe for all of us. God Bless you and your family. I can tell you really raised your boys well. Look after them and us all. Rest in peace my brother. Sincerely, Brett

P-2
LAPD

December 24, 2005

HOLIDAY:

We think of you and your family during these holidays, and offer thoughts and prayers as you celebrate without your loved one. Cherish the memories of the past and be open to new ones with your loved ones and friends. Your loved one will never be forgotten and always honored for their sacrifice.

Alissa Scott
Widow of Wayne Scott
E.O.W. 09-10-02

Lisa Schultz
Widow of Don Schultz
E.O.W. 05-12-03

Co-Founders of Survivor Help Network
www.survivorhelpnetwork.org

November 29, 2005

Hi My Son--We all miss you very much.The Steelers are winning-but you probably know that..It is hard for us to know that you aren't with us here.Nicholas and James have been here
a few times and we have looked at all your stuff from when you were a boy and I have shared with them,and tried to answer their Questions about you...We really miss your smile..watch over us all and keep us safe..especially Tony
in his law enforcement work.We love you
always... Mom

Maureen Tutino
Mom

October 14, 2005

Hey Dad! Well Ive just been thinking about you a whole lot lately, so i thought i would just write to tell you that I miss you and love you just as much. Dad, Please watch over our family and help me succeed into a wonderful man such as yourself. Thank you for being my angel from heaven. Well dad, ill let you go back to rest. May God always be with you. I love you soooo much.

Nick Tutino~ Son

October 5, 2005

Thank you Officer Stevenson for keeping us safe from bad. God bless you.

Renny Kassel
California Citizen

September 4, 2005

Jim - I still miss you and think of you everyday. As I take my daughter off to college today, I think about the all the wonderful things that you did for her when she was young. You were the first person to come see her after she was born, you were there when she was baptisted, you taught her to ride a horse, take care of animals, and speak her mind. She followed after you (and Tony) as she just completed her internship as a Cadet Service Officer. She will now complete her education and then go back to enter the academy. Please keep her safe with your spirtual guidance and look over her as she heads out on her own. We all love you and miss you. I know you are still doing good work, just from another world.

Love Jill, Carrie, Kelsey and Tiana

Jill Kurz - sister

August 18, 2005

Rest in peace my brother. You will never be forgotten.

Deputy Sheriff
Los Angles County Sheriff's Department

July 28, 2005

To My Smakdady,
Oh baby, I miss you terribly. It has been 5 months and it hurts as tho it were yesterday. Sometimes it feels like I can't go on. But I have a lot of support, my family & Los Angeles Sheriff Dept. You would be proud, they have taken good care of me. I still wonder why you were taken so soon, but God has a plan for you and I know I will see you again. I cherish every second we had together. I love and miss you . I wish I could hold you in my arms one last time, I would never let go. So until the time when we are together again, rest easy my sweet love. You are and always will be my "Smakdady". Your Loving Wife "Atiryak"
Police Officers are the "Angels" of the earth, God be with and protect them all.

Rita Tutino
Wife

June 26, 2005

My fiancé, Dennis McElderry, was the first law enforcement casualty of 2003. Dennis was a Deputy Sheriff with the Davis County Sheriff's Office in SE Iowa. Dennis died doing a job he loved, just as I'm sure James did. It saddens me to know that Dennis was not the first to die in the line of duty, nor will he and James be the last to die this way.

Having gone through the pain of losing Dennis I can truly understand and feel the pain that Deputy Tutino's family, friends, and co-workers must be feeling. My heart goes out to you all. No one can truly understand the pain of our loss until they've walked in our shoes. I wish I could give you a few words of wisdom to help you through these tough times, but there isn't anything I can really say or do to make the situation better. Just know that my thoughts are with you and that you are not alone in your "journey". Should you ever need anything please do not hesitate to contact me. (Dennis' department will also always know how to reach me.)

As a fallen officer "survivor" and a friend, please accept my condolences on behalf of myself and the McElderry family. I never got the opportunity to know James but,I am certain James was well respected and well loved. He will live on in the hearts of all the lives he touched. You were lucky to have had him be a part of your lives, even for a short time. I pray that James will continue to watch over us all as only he can.

Thank you Deputy Tutino for a job well done and for helping to make this world a safer place for us all. Please say "hello" to my fiancé Dennis for me.

Wishing you brighter and better days,

Jocelyne :)

Jocelyne Brar (Winnipeg, MB Canada)
Fiancée of Deputy Sheriff Dennis Ray McElderry (EOW: 01/03/03)

June 26, 2005

To the family of Jim Tutino:
I read your heartfelt messages to your beloved Jim and wanted to send my prayers and thoughts to you. I lost my youngest son, Officer Larry Lasater, two months ago in Pittsburg, Ca. Our family is experiencing the same awful grief that yours is enduring. I am proud of all those brave men and women who gave their lives protecting their community. Heaven has a lot of heroes in these brave individuals who gave all. I hope to meet you all someday, but until then you will be in my prayers. With the utmost sympathy and respect, Phyllis Loya, mother of Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg P.D.

Phyllis Loya, Mother of fallen officer

June 22, 2005

Jim, my heart broke to have to attend your funeral (even though it was a beautiful tribute). I never knew you as the officer, only the son, brother, husband and father, but I know you excelled in everything that you undertook. I pray that your family finds the peace that I know you have and that they see you in each ray of sunshine and every butterfly that flys free. Here's to a beautiful set of wings!

Valerie Fox
Oceanside PD-Traffic

May 30, 2005

To My Son
I miss your grin and your phone calls saying what's up Mom ?I can't understand why God takes the good ones. For those of you who read this-Jim loved his job ,his family,Mustangs running,Harleys,kids of all ages & the Pittsburgh Steelers.He was a passionate and compassionate man.I'm sure he knows we are giving away scholarships in June to some of those kids.Six weeks before Jim was killed, he was with me when I read this at my Mom's funeral and then at his.
May the Road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the rain fall softly on your fields
May the sun shine warm upon your face
Until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand
Our whole family misses you.You left a hole that will never be filled up.We love you,We honor you.We think of you every day.You are our Blue Butterfly flying in the sky...
Mom

Maureen Tutino
Mom

May 30, 2005

To my Brother jim,
There are no words that I can express how much I miss you. Everyday I go to work, I look at the picture you and I took together in our uniforms so we could present that to our mom at Christmas. It makes me feel safe during my shift.
I am who I am today, because of you. I followed you into law enforcement, and I will now carry on that torch until your son can make it into our brotherhood of police officers.
I will never understand why god took you from us so early. But one day I will see you again. For now, I will try and help your son's through life like I was their father. Please watch over our family and keep us safe bro.
I love you and miss you forever,
Tony Tutino

Deputy Tony Tutino
Ventura County Sheriff's Dept

May 28, 2005

Not a day goes by that I don't think about you. This was a big year for you as a father. I was soon going to become your daughter-in-law and hopefully soon you would have a grandchild. James and I will make sure we tell our children what a wonderful man you were and how you cared for so many people. I know you won't miss these special events. You will just be up watching with GOD instead of down here with the rest of us.

We miss you Jim, you are now safe and in peace. You are now with GOD and all of the angels. Rest in peace.

Marie McClure(Tutino)
Future daughter-in-law

May 27, 2005

Dad there are no words to express how much you have changed my life and how much i miss you. You gave me life and you gave me love. I am lost trying to find the reason for all of this. Everyone always says things happen for a reason, but i am yet to find the reason for your life to be taken. You will never know how many people loved you and how many people you touched. My promise to you is to always take care of my brother, Nick, and most of all to live a life of respect and passion as you did. You are truly my hero and will be lived on forever. I will see you again and until then, I love you!!!!!!!

James Tutino Jr. - Jim's Son

May 27, 2005

May God bless you dad. I am sorry that you had to go through what you did, i only wish i could have taken your place. Thank you for showing me how to be in life. I will never forget the times we spent together and all the laughter we had. I cry only because i feel bad that such a great man has been taken from this world. I promise you that i will always live up to your standards.. Never Forgotten JPT. I love you dad and I miss you every single second. I just want my best friend back, but i know that you are with me. Now i know that i really do have a guardian angel. So just watch over me from heaven and always smile upon my life.

Nick Tutino- Jims Son

May 26, 2005

As a former classmate and peace officer I salute you in eternity. From your dedication to the public, the inmates, the football players, your family and friends. I didn't have the chance to know you as well as I would have liked in school, but always knew of you as "one of the nice guys". Some things just get better with age.

I've gotten to know your family since you were so unkindly taken from this earth and I know now where you came by your faith, dignity, compassion and humor. They are a model of strength and kindness. I promise to be there at any time that they need me.

Sleep softly my brother, know that we will take care of the rest. Shift is over, your new commander calls and we are left to remember not only in sadness but with the memories of that sense of humor and the grin that you had mastered so well.

Be in peace.

Former Investigator Kristy Saranpa Scott
Formely with Nevada Attorney General

May 26, 2005

I am Jim's sister - and not a day goes by that I don't think of him and how this tragic event affected our family. I hope that Jim will be remembered not only for his service to his community as a respected member of the law enforcement brotherhood, but also as the passionate, caring man that he was.

Jill

Jill Tutino Kurz
none

May 26, 2005

Jim, I did not have the opportunity to know you, but you are one of my brothers. I got to meet your lovely wife Rita during the preliminary hearing for your murderer.....Rest in peace and know that our family here will take care of your family any way we can.....God bless you brother

SGT. T. CROW
LASD

May 16, 2005

my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

police officer drew miller
phoenix pd phoenix,az

May 16, 2005

Rest in Peace...

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

May 14, 2005

Rest in Peace Brother. Thank you for your service and dedication to duty. You are forever one of our Thin Blue Line and we are proud you are so. Know that your loved ones are never alone for we are but a phone call away.

Bob Johnson VA-VI

Bob Johnson U.S. Marshal's (Ret'd)
Blue Knights International Police Assn.

May 13, 2005

rest easy brother...........we got it from here................

Officer
Kentucky PD

May 13, 2005

Rest in peace sir. Thank you for your service. God Bless.

shannon
Collns Fire Dept.

May 12, 2005