Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thinking of Matt and his wonderful family. He will always be a hero and I hope his parents know that he is remembered everyday at any given time by all of those of us who admired him so very much!

Mother and mother in law of officers in the Bay Area.

Anonymous

December 25, 2009

Hey Matt, just thinking about you today, we sure miss your smile and friendship around the PD. Went to your site saturday night and reflected on better times. Will stop in to talk to you soon,

Mike

Ofc. Gandy
RPD

December 2, 2009

Matt was definitely one of the good guys. I had the great pleasure of graduating with Matt from the Butte Police Academy. 107 PRIDE!!! His photograph says it all. The guy was always smiling! I still can't believe he is gone. We'll meet again in a better place.

Anonymous

November 24, 2009

Not a day goes by that I don't miss you. You will never be replaced. Love you always..

Anonymous

November 15, 2009

Your heroism and service is honored today, the fourth anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer. I have met your family as you and Larry were both robbed of your lives in 2005. They are in my thoughts and prayers on this anniversary day.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya

Anonymous

October 9, 2009

I cannot believe it has been 4 years. Our hearts broke that day and will never be the same. We miss you so much! We think of you everyday! Love you!

Anonymous

October 9, 2009

Matt --
Another anniversary of the day you were taken from us. It's one of those days that is forever etched in our minds -- we can all tell you exactly where we were, what we were doing and who we were with when we heard the tragic news. Your legacy continues to live on in many people, a reflection of how many lives you touched. We miss you and think of you often. Rest in peace.

Richard, Laura, & Justin Raphael
Friends

October 9, 2009

To Officer Matthew Redding, his family and his fellow officers with the Rocklin Police Department:

Our heartfelt thoughts are with you on the anniversary of Officer Redding’s tragic death and we honor him for his valor and sacrifice to the community. Rest in Peace, Officer Redding and thank you for your service.

Wives Behind The Badge, Inc
Members and Staff

October 9, 2009

Rest in peace Matt Redding. Just know you will never be forgotten.

Sgt. Ray Winick
Orange PD

October 9, 2009

It's been 4 years. It seems like yesterday to me (and many others).

I will never forget that morning.

On behalf of the Placer County AMR crews...Thank you for all that you did for this community. You are missed, and will always be missed.

To your family, friends, and co-workers...we are truly sorry for your loss. You are in our prayers and thoughts.

K. McClintock
AMR- Placer County

October 9, 2009

I will always remember Matt...so many times I think of what a wonderful role model he was or so many people. My heart and prayers go out to his family. Matt was just unforgettable.

Mom of Sheriff in Bay Area

Anonymous

October 2, 2009

Not a day goes by that I dont think of you. I sure miss you with all my heart! Can't wait to see you again =)

Anonymous

August 11, 2009

Happy Birthday Matt! Wish you were here so we could
give you a big hug on your special day!! Not a day goes
by that we don't think about you! Our family will never
be the same without you!

love you Matt! Have a beautiful day in Heaven!

Anonymous

August 4, 2009

Thinking of Matt and the wonderful person and police officer he was while he walked amongst us. God bless the family of this fine young man.

Anonymous

June 9, 2009

Matt,

The legacy of a man is the effect he carries even after he is gone from the physical form. You have touched me today and made me realize that I have been slipping as a person, a police officer, a husband, and unfortunately as a Dad. Just as you did when we worked together, I look at you and see what I want my son to be. You have an unbelievable presence Matt. God bless you and I miss you.

Anonymous

April 10, 2009

April 1, 2009...The appeals court has given its decision that the penalty that Matt's murderer got is justified!
Not that it changes anything, our beloved Matt is gone forever, but at least we know that we can take some comfort to know that justice has been served. So many people loved Matt and we will forever love and miss him.


Mother of Cop

Anonymous

April 7, 2009

Matty, Just thinking of you today on this beautiful Spring day. Thinking about the natural beauty here that is only a slight relfection of the beauty of Heaven. Although you are greatly missed it is good to know that every day for you is a great day! I love knowing that you are with the Lord and I can only imagen what your new life is like now. Bless your family today! Zep 3:17

Anonymous

March 28, 2009

I went to visit you today Matt... To this day it is still hard knowing you are no longer with us. I Love & Miss you so much!

Tasha
Friend

March 20, 2009

Spring is Coming

Just a few days ago I was reading the obituary and I saw that an old acquaintance of mine had died at the age of 82. Even though I hadn’t seen in him in some thirty years I was struck at how old he looked in the picture that was in the paper. My memory of him was that of a younger man with dark hair and so much still in his youth. So, when I saw the picture and that he had died, I was saddened and some what shocked to see his picture. It brought over me nostalgia, and I sunk in my easy chair and looked out my front living room window.

There outside my window is a Japanese maple tree that was barren of leaves. My mind went into reverse and I began to recall the early months of autumn when the wind blowing through the trees began to shake down the leaves.

Its funny how falling leaves, as they float through the air and nestle onto the ground, remind me of people whose lives have come to end; each leaf representing a life. But every year, I do the same thing and stop to watch the leaves, and think the same thought.

I realize it is now the dead of winter, and when I say dead I mean dead, but as I was looking out my window at my leafless tree, it reminded of my friend’s passing, I stopped to consider life and my life, and what it means.

The speed at which life passes is shocking. Thirty years ago I was talking with a vibrant man. Now it almost seems surreal to think that he grew old and died. In my mind there remains the image of this same man who now, in the newspaper, I could scarcely recognize.

It doesn’t seem the same for me, people dying around me, but I’m still here. I feel like I am not aging. I’m the same person. But the truth is after working out last week I strained a ligament in my knee when I only used maybe 20 lbs of weight. In my younger years, I used to lift in the hundreds of lbs, but 20 lbs strained my ligament.

The reality is we are all struck with this incurable disease called aging, but the good news is that we, like the cycles of winter spring summer fall, are just cycling through.

All of creation is like a song that in its design plays like a revelation. What in the winter seems like a sadness, and a melancholy tone because it is the end of the cycle and intones like death, is followed by spring which plays the tune of happiness, because new life springs forth, and so on through the entire yearly cycle.

So even in death which claims us all there is joy, because we know that the next phase of the cycle is coming and in the physical creation (which is a metaphor of the spiritual) of summer fall winter spring, the spring follows the winter. Life follows death. This life ends in death but spring is coming. Praise God for the physical creation that speaks to us if we will only open our ears and listen. Spring is coming.

The Kingdom of Heaven is within

Ken Klein

Anonymous

March 11, 2009

The days turn into weeks, then to months, then years. Nothing has really changed with me. I think of Matt sometimes during the day..I don't know why..it just happens..and then I get that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, just as if it had happened yesterday.I can't help it ..it just happens, the stingy eyes turn to tears. It is always the same feeling and lack of accepting reality.
I don't want to ever stop feeling as I do. I feel it connects me in some strange way to Matt. I hope no one ever forgets this wonderful person and his family. I will never forget him.

Anonymous

February 28, 2009

3 years and some change. i remember we i found out i couldn't stop crying. even though it had been years. you haven't seen me since i was maybe 15! john and marilyn....my heart is with you. you were my parents best frieds. i remember always looking at the pictures of you guys skiing. i know you are home with god now. and he welcomed you whole heartedly, but you are still missed and loved. we love you matt......always

Melissa Silva-mike and sherrys youngest
friend of the family

February 17, 2009

Gonna wrap my arms around my daddy's neck
Tell him that I've missed him
Tell him all about the man I became and hoped it pleased him.
So much I want to say, so much I want you to know-
when you finally make it home, when you finally make it home.

When I gazed upon the throne of the King.
Frozen in my steps,
all the questions I swore I would ask,
words just don't come yet.
So amazed at what I see,
so much more than this mind can hold.

The sweetest sounds I've yet to hear -
the voices of the angels

When I finally made it home,

Anonymous

January 23, 2009

As this new year begins I think of Matt and what a wonderful person he was while he was with us. God bless the Redding Family.

Anonymous

January 8, 2009

matt, I can't believe that this is the third Christmas without you. Yet, those of us that are left behind, still continue to live better lives because you once lived here. Thank you for sharing your life with us and continuing to shine your light. Love ya buddy!

Anonymous

December 26, 2008

Thinking of Matt and all he meant to so many people. I pray for the Redding Family and the way they have chosen to honor their wonderful son with their foundation to help others. Always thinking of others...a Redding tradition.

Anonymous

December 13, 2008