Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank You for your service.

Ofc. S.L. Coffman #15174
California Highway Patrol

July 14, 2005

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION. REST IN PEACE BROTHER.

J.CISNEROS
LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE

July 14, 2005

Rest in peace as you seat with your Lord.

P/O Scott
Leesville Police Department

July 13, 2005

May you rest in peace brother

Chaplain Mike Grinnals
Town of Camillus Police Department

July 13, 2005

When one agency mourn we all feel a sense of loss. May God be with you.

Deputy V. Arceneaux
Harris County Contables Houston TX

July 13, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers go out to This Officer, as well as the Family, Friends, Department and Community.

This is a loss that will never be forgotten. Hours will turn into days, days turn into weeks, weeks into months and months into years but, the difference that these officers have made will last forever.

We lost Our Deputy Morris Taylor on September 14, 2002. When he joined the other Angels in Blue.

God Bless Our Law Enforcement Officers and Those Who Love Them.

Jack & Tracy Van Dolah
Former LEO/U.S.M.C. & Wife in Sutherlin, Oregon

July 12, 2005

G-d Speed My Brother

UC
Ohio DPS Inv Unit

July 12, 2005

May GOD bless your family and friends. Thank you for serving and protecting, Sir. Rest in peace.

Shirley Roberts
Aunt of Fallen Officer John Logan EOW-3-14-04

July 12, 2005

Our deepest sympathy in the loss Senior Investigator Thomas o"Neill. A family lost a father, a wife lost a husband, a department lost a dedicated officer and America lost a protector. Rest in Peace

Ted Sjurseth
America's 9/11 Foundation

July 12, 2005

Rest in Peace, Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Matthew 5:9

Patrolman Ed Kraft
Grove Police Dept. Oklahoma

July 12, 2005

I would like to extend my condolences and deepest sympathy to Senior Investigator O'Neill Family, Friends, and the New York State Police. My thoughts and prays are with you all. Thanks Investigator O'Neill for your many years of service, you are a true hero; I salute you. May your soul rest in peace.

Patrol Officer
Prince George's County, Maryland

July 11, 2005

On behalf of the men and women of the Camillus Police Department, our deepest sympathys to the family, friends and co-workers of Senior Investigator Thomas M. O'Neill. May you rest in Peace Brother, we now have the Watch.

PBA
Town of Camillus Police Department, CNY

July 11, 2005

May you rest in peace,and God Bless You and your Family.When an Officer dies a piece of all law enforcement Officers Die also.May you watch over and guide your family and the Law Enforcement Community.

RetPaState Narcotics Agent II DiMiceli
Pa Office Of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigations

July 11, 2005

I pray your family and friends will find strength and comfort in the reflections left by your extended and fraternal family. May your spirit have a joyous homecoming and enjoy your new post, “High on the mountain”

D/Sgt. Vencent Woods
State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

July 11, 2005

Investigator O'Neill,
Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. 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

July 11, 2005

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Investigator Thomas O'Neill, and the New York State Police. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of great sadness. Please take comfort in knowing that your extended law enforcement family grieves with you. Investigator O'Neill, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

July 11, 2005

May you rest in Heaven in Jesus's patrol. Thank you for your dedication. May God bless you and your family.

Kevin Cannon
Brother of Keith Cannon EOW 5/4/05

July 11, 2005

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and the Police Officers of the New York State Police Department. Rest in Peace...you are a hero!

Wife of an Indianapolis Police Officer

July 11, 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

July 11, 2005

Once a police officer always a police officer. Rest in peace.

Lt. Stephen A. Joy
Prince George's County Police Department

July 11, 2005

Rest in peace, brother. Until we meet on the other side, watch over the rest of us.

Trooper Speed
TX Highway Patrol

July 11, 2005

We mourn the loss of our Brother, Senior Investigator Thomas M. O'Neill. May God help his family and friends to be strong and to remember that Tom will always watch over us. ". . . And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your Heavenly Force, where we will be as proud to guard the throne of God as we have been to guard the city of men."

Trooper Kevin F. McMahon
New York State Police

July 10, 2005

Investigator O'Neill,
I would like to say thank you for your service to the citizens of the state of New York.

R.I.P.
Anonymous

July 10, 2005

You've serve well now it's time for us to take over the watch. Our thoughts and many prayers are with you and your family!

Sergeant Garey Bostick
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July 10, 2005

Thank you sir for protecting the citizens of NY as I still have family there. Enjoy the special place Jesus has prepared for the true hero's of this world.

Officer J. O'Toole
Louisville Metro Police Kentucky

July 10, 2005