Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

On behalf of the men and women of the La Habra Police Department we send our thoughts and condolences to the Puerto Rico Police Department and the family of Agent Lizardo-Espada. It doesn't matter where we work, when one of our brothers or sisters fall, we all feel the pain and the loss. Rest in peace Agent Lizardo-Espada. You will never be forgotten.

Sergeant Jeff Baylos
La Habra PD, California

August 11, 2005

Una vida cortada tan joven.Gracias por tu servicio y por el sacrificio que has dado para salvar esta sociedad que tan perdida esta. que Dios te bendiga a ti y a tu familia.

Teresa Goss
Co-chair SHaDco Zone 4

August 11, 2005

God be with you and your family. You gave your life in an effort to make this a better world. Great officers do not "die" heros, they are people who live as heros who are taken away from us much too early.

Officer D. Burris
Evansville P.D.

August 11, 2005

God bless you and your family. You are a true hero for your service and sacrifice.

DE
St. Louis City Police

August 11, 2005

Rest in peace brother - may god watch over your family and give them strength - to your family - YOU ARE NOT ALONE

anonymous

August 11, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE
OFFICERS SEND OUR CONDOLENCES. OUR
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH AGENT
LIZARDO-ESADA, HIS FAMILY AND CO-
WORKERS.

GOD BLESS...

PO ERNEST G. PENN
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE BUFFALO, NEW YORK

August 11, 2005

My prayers and thoughts go out to your family and friends during this tragic time. Your service will not be forgotten.

August 11, 2005

MY BROTHER YOUR KILLERS WILL SERVE THEIR JUDGEMENT IF NOT HERE ON THAT FINAL JUDEMENT DAY. REST IN PEACE.

CO CHUCK HOUSTON
TDOC

August 11, 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

August 11, 2005

Jesus,
May God Bless your family and partners. You made a difference in the lives of many. Your service will NEVER be forgotten. Thank you.

Until we meet in person, God Speed Brother..

August 11, 2005

Agent Lizardo-Espada, you are gone but not forgotten.

Kelly M

August 11, 2005

My heart just aches as I read this story, may God bless you and your family. You have made a sacrifice so great you will never be forgotten. Thank you for everything you have done, rest now and please watch over the other officers.

an officers wife

August 11, 2005

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

Be at peace Brother.

Heartfelt sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Agent
Lizardo-Espada.

Scott Bachman
Baltimore County (MD) PD

August 11, 2005

"Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9

Thank you for your service Agent Lizardo-Espada, and may the Lord's comfort be with your family at this time.

Wife of a Deputy
SBSD-Morongo Station, CA

August 11, 2005

Rest in peace Sir. May God bless you and your family.

Kevin Cannon
Brother of Keith Cannon

August 11, 2005

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Agent Lizardo-Espada as well as to the Puerto Rico Police Department. Descansa en paz, Agen Lizardo-Espada, estas lejos per nunca seras olvidado...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

August 11, 2005

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Agent Jesus Lizardo-Espada, and the Puerto Rico P.D. 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. Agent Lizardo-Espada, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

August 11, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and the police department. God bless. Ours is not a chosen profession but a higher calling.
Matthew 5:9

Patrolman Ed Kraft
Grove Police Dept. Oklahoma

August 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

August 11, 2005

TO: The family; loved ones; friends and department members: A POLICE OFFICER’S PRAYER:--- O, gentle Lord ! Keep the day/night watch with me. As I begin my tour of duty, I ask your protection from all mental, physical and spiritual harm. Sustain me with the knowledge that I am doing your work, endeavoring to keep peace among your people. Help me to be just as I enforce the law without prejudice or favor to anyone. May I be courageous but not reckless in carrying out my duties. Let me respond to all calls with haste realizing that so many are dependent upon me for life and safety. Support me with your consoling power when I am tempted to think no one really cares and that I am taken for granted. Sustain in me the conviction that so many thousands do care and are grateful for my presence. Grant that I may be loyal to my partner and my fellow officers, and that I may back them up effectively when called upon for assistance. Lord, I ask that I may return safely, after my tour of duty, to my loved ones and those who love me. I pray that I may be a good and honorable police officer; and after my tour of duty is over here on earth, may I enjoy the peace and happiness of heaven that you have promised to those who serve you well. AMEN. *** REST IN PEACE ***

Chief ( retired ) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

August 11, 2005

Your “Tour of Duty” may have been brief however we all thank you for your time and dedication. Now rest easy. My prayers are with your family and department.

LT M. Bishop
Henry County Police Department

August 11, 2005

Agent Lizardo-Espada..you - your family - friends & co-workers are in my thoughts & prayers..please watch over them & your fellow brothers/sisters in blue..REST IN PEACE & WITH EASE..YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BLUE ANGEL!!!!

girlfriend of a leo

August 11, 2005

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Agent Jesús Lizardo-Espada and the Puerto Rico Police Department...our hearts and prayers are with you all...... Thank you for a job well done Jesús... rest in peace as you continue your watch from the heavens......your memory will never be forgotten...

God Bless....Be Safe..... and wear your vests...

Vin, Pook and all of us at beyond-the-blue

Vinman & Pooky- Site Owners
beyond-the-blue

August 11, 2005

Agent Lizardo-Espada...I did not know you personally but I know what you stood for. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace.

A. Whitney
Yuma County Sheriff's Office, AZ

August 11, 2005

Rest in peace, brother.

D. Taylor 7132
Phoenix PD

August 11, 2005