Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

To PO Dan Picagli

Thank you for your dedicated service. You will be missed by your family, friends, and all members of the police department family. No words I can say can easy your family's pain as I have found. We are praying for you and your family.

Brother of PO Jeremy Chambers 101
E.O.W. 04-24-2006

PO Chris Chambers
St Louis County Police Dept Mo

October 22, 2006

Rest in Peace...

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

October 22, 2006

Dan, this place won't be the same without you. You had our backs down here and I know you'll have our backs from up there. Miss you man.

Detective Anthony Zona
New Haven Police Department

October 22, 2006

“REMEMBER ME”
Law enforcement officers are, indeed, a special breed of people. Ask anyone on the street and they will tell you that they would not have our jobs for anything in the world. It takes something special to do what we do and at the same time be able to even contemplate retirement. We try to be optimists. Unfortunately, there are a few of us who will never make that date with retirement. By the very nature of our job, we are at risk everyday of losing our lives, either at the hand of some deranged individual or in some other situation that we, by virtue of our occupation, may be unable to avoid. Some people have recognized the hazardous duties we involve ourselves in, the risks we take, and the pride we take in accomplishing that job. There is National Law Enforcement Week, dedicated to us who gladly accept the responsibility of protecting the citizens in our respective jurisdictions. National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Day is dedicated to those who gave their lives in the line of duty. These are but two examples of remembrances specifically for law enforcement personnel. Remembrances that come but once a year. We should remind fellow officers of another type of remembrance, one that will last a lifetime. Sooner or later, a doctor will pronounce us dead. It is inevitable. Regardless of whatever happens, death is the end we will all have to face.
“IT IS IN DEATH THAT WE CAN LIVE FOREVER”
Author Unknown

Jim Moore
New Orleans P.D., Retired

October 22, 2006

My thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of Officer Dan Picagli,and also to my Brother and Sisters officers Of the New Haven Police Department. Officer Picagli your a true warrior. Rest in Peace Brother God Speed.
Woodbridge A-Squad Officers will dedicate its shift tonight 10-21-06 in your memory.

OFC.Bruce Lovallo
A-Squad Woodbridge CT

October 22, 2006

You will not be forgotten Ofc Picagli. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.

Nicholas Palladino
LAPD

October 22, 2006

Officer Dan Picagli thank you for your commitment to duty and years of service to the citizens of New Haven. You have touched the lives of so many and will be remembered for all you have done. To the family, friends and coworkers of Officer Dan Picagli my thoughts and prayers go out to each and every one of you. Rest Easy Brother

Detective Thomas Tully
Southampton Town Police, Long Island, N.Y.

October 22, 2006

Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.

Police Officer

October 22, 2006

Danny, I'm going to miss you and your smile especially on the golf course. P-300 gone but will never be forgotten.Fum #24

officer fumiatti
new haven police department

October 22, 2006

My thoughts and prayers are with the Picagli family and with the Officers of the New Haven P.D.

M.P.O. DiChiara
Newington P.D. CT

October 22, 2006

Dan,
I am so happy that I had the opportunity to work with you and to get to know you. When we were SRO's together, I really looked up to you and admired the way you treated people. You have impacted so many lives....most police officers feel they've done their job if they can impact only one. We should all aspire to be the type of police officer you were because you knew what was important at work and in life, something that someone so young usually doesn't acquire until later in life. We will always be so proud of you and all your accomplishments and know that you are watching over your family at home and your family at the PD. May you rest in peace.
Until we meet again,
Renee

Det. Renee Luneau
New Haven Police Department

October 22, 2006

Rest in peace my brother in blue. Now you can walk Heaven's beat. Your family, friends, and co-workers with the New Haven Police Department, are in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless

Sr. Officer D. Johns
Sandy Springs Police, GA

October 22, 2006

My thoughts and prayers to Officer Picagli's Family. Rest now ...

A Cops Wife

October 22, 2006

On behalf of the Third Watch and Special Weapons and Tactics Team of the Meriden Police Department, I offer our sincere condolences and sympathies to the family, friends, and fellow officers of Officer Picagli. Fidelis Ad Mortem Rest in Peace Brother

Lieutenant Lawrence M> Guidobono
Meriden Police Department

October 22, 2006

Peace be with you Brother. Your fellow CT officers will be there for your family.

J.P.

Ofc. J.P.
Stratford Police Department

October 22, 2006

To the family and friends of Officer Dan Picagli and to his fellow officers of the New Haven Police Department:

I was so saddened to learn of the tragic death of this young dedicated officer. On behalf of our entire family, I extend our sincerest condolences on the grievous loss you sustained when Deputy Picagli was tragically killed in the line of duty.

May you be comforted and supported by the warm embrace of your law enforcement family, and by other police survivors who share your painful journey.

My heart goes out to this young family. In reading the reflections abouth Dan, it is obvious that he profoundly touched the lives of many people and that he was an amazing husband, father, family member, friend and peer. That is a wonderful legacy to leave to all those who cared for him.


This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the service Officer Picagli gave to his community and the citizens of Connecticut, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on October 21, 2006.

Phyllis Loya, mother of Pittsburg PD Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05

October 22, 2006

Dan,

You will forever live in our hearts. I just finally realize how valuable life is to all. I remember talking with you briefly earlier this week and just to turn and see that you are gone is really hard to understand. All I do know is that your memory will live on with many in the law enforcemnt community in New Haven and you will not be forgotton because the finest live forever. Rest in Peace Brother.

C.S. Vega
Yale University Dept. of Security

October 22, 2006

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

October 22, 2006

You and your family are in my prayers.

Officer rich Dziekan
Hamden Police Department Ct

October 22, 2006

She will never walk alone Dan, I promise.

Kim Dingwall
Widow of Ct Sgt. Dingwall
EOW 1/28/00

Kim Dingwall
An Officer's Widow

October 22, 2006

My prayers are with the family and friends of Ofc.Picagli. Thank you for your service, you will never be forgotten.

Ofc. Cuellar
Miami Beach Police Deparment

October 22, 2006

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

October 22, 2006

You did your time in hell, now go patrol the streets of Heaven. Rest in Peace brother in blue, we will not forget you. I think of you and all the other officers that have given the greatest sacrafice, everyday I put the badge on.

Officer TJ Hennessey
Hopkinton NH Police Dept

October 22, 2006

To the family, loved ones, friends and all who wear the badge of law enforcement, we send our heart felt prayers and condolences at the time of so much sorrow and loss.
We have lost too many of our law enforcement officers this year. What a loss to the community and to all who knew Officer Picagli.
"When God Made Peace Officers"
Unknown Author
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 his uniform."

He has 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."

He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And he has 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 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 the bulge in a pocket before he asks, 'May I see what's in there sir?' (When he already knows and wishes he'd taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of the head for his partner's safety. And another pair of eyes here in the front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say. 'You'll be all right ma'am.' When he knows it isn't so."
"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this 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 a civil service pay check."
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 the elements of a hundred crime scenes; recite Miranda warnings in his sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop...and still keeps its sense of humor."
"This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He 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 fingers across the cheek of the peace officer. "There's a leak." She pronounced. "I told you that you are trying to put to much in 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 metal called his badge; for justice."
"You're a genius." said the angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there." he said.
God Bless You All
Marilyn Robinson aka MamaWolf
Canon City Internet Radio
Canon City, Colorado

Marilyn Robinson aka MamaWolf
The Canon City Internet Radio

October 22, 2006

Dan, You will be sadly missed by the many people who's lives you have touched and inspired, though you will live on in our hearts. Rest in peace brother. To Dan's family, my thoughts and prayers are with you. God bless you all!

Officer Jonathan Young
New Haven Police Department, CT

October 22, 2006