Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Reality

Imagine how our world would be
If every police officer quit
Turned in their gun, turned in their badge,
Just finally had enough of it.

No respect, no loyalty,
No appreciation of all they do,
They’d give their lives for all of us,
These wonderful officers of “Blue”.

Kicked at, spit on,
Punched, stabbed and shot,
Everyday assaults on officers,
Done…without thinking a second thought!

Our laws are in favor of criminals,
There’s always some loophole in their case,
Out again to commit more crimes and murders
…creates pain, that we, the family and friends
…in time will never erase.

Why should they do it?
Why take the risk?
Why put their life on the line?
Subject their loved ones to endless suffering,
When their precious life is lost while fighting crime.

More murders, more kidnappings, more robberies and rapes,
Just to mention a few,
Please ask yourself how life would be,
If there were NO officers in Blue!

Would you do it? Could you do it?
And for how many…would YOU give it all?
Rewards are a 21 gun salute, a Medal of Honor,
And your name gets added to the Wall.

Think about it. Why are they here?
And why do some hate them so?
Because they enforce the laws that put convicts and murderers
In jail serving time, or on “Death Row”.

All give some and some give all,
It’s a risk they chose to take:
To put their heart and soul in it,
To put their lives at stake.

So, please take a moment,
Please give it deep thought,
Think of what “you can do”…

To help show respect,
To help follow the laws,
So we’d quit losing our Heroes in Blue!

Written by Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley
Sister of Fallen Officer Rodney F. Pocceschi EOW 6/23/03
Fallen Officers Remembered, Founder & President
www.fallenofficersremembered.com

Fallen Officers Remembered

December 11, 2006

Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.

Police Officer

December 11, 2006

Lieutenant McKinney, you will never be forgotten. R.I.P sir. We will keep your family and friends in our prayers.

Deputy
EPSO

December 11, 2006

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYER GO OUT TO LT MCKINNEY'S FAMILY AND THE WHITFIELD CO S.O. MAY THE LORD BLESS ALL WHO ARE IN SORROW. GOD BLESS YOU, BROTHER IN BLUE.

DETECTIVE RUTILO QUEZADA
SMITH COUNTY SHERIFF TYLER, TX

December 11, 2006

Brother,

You have not died in vain. Your shift is not yet over , you are stillo 10-8. One day in the future you will be called upon to finish out your shift. Like SA Rahoi and those who have gone before him. There will come a time when an Officer/Deputy/SA will be alone and in pain. They will be looking for someone to comfort them and show them the way home. That is when you will finish out your shift. Rest now brother, we will finish what you have started.

Det. Andrew Raphael
Hallandale Beach P.D.

December 11, 2006

YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY AND TODAY IS A GIFT.

LIEUTENANT McKINNEY, YOU REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND. I SALUTE YOU! MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU DID NOT LOSE YOUR LIFE, YOU GAVE IT IN SERVICE TO OTHERS. A TRUE HERO INDEED.

THOSE CLOSE TO THIS HERO, PLEASE TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS ACROSS THIS LAND, GRIEVE WITH YOU. KEEP HIM IN YOUR HEART, AND PASS HIS STORY ALONG. MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

JOB WELL DONE, LIEUTENANT.

JIM SWEENEY CIVILIAN NEW JERSEY
A FRIEND TO ALL PEACE OFFICERS

December 11, 2006

My deepest sympathies go out to the McKinney family, friends, and entire Whitfield County Sheriff's Office. Rest easy brother your fellow brothers will continue the fight, and watch over us as you patrol the streets of heaven. The thin blue line is another brother short.

R.I.P Lt. J.W McKinney Gods Speed
10-42(here on earth) 10-41(in heaven)
God Bless

Correctional Officer L.Maynard
WV Corrections

December 11, 2006