Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

In September it will be 40 years since your death. I was always told it would be easier as time passes but that's wrong. I never really got the chance to know you, so I can only go by what people tell me. You would have been so happy with all of your 21 grandchildren. I love you and miss you more with each passing day.
kathleen

P.S. To all who have tried to help right the wrong(evil) I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

daughter

August 27, 2006

I will never forget that night Billy, I think about you often, your brother in blue.

Lt Joe Broking
Cliffside Park Police

August 8, 2006

To all the people who have written such wonderful thoughts and words about my father.....a huge heartfelt Thank You!! A special thanks to Officer Edward Kelly and all the officers of the Boston Housing Authority Police. My family and I cannot thank you enough for all the work you have done to attempt to put the man who killed my father back in jail where he belongs. It is a travesty that he is still free and continues to speak so proudly of his past.

To my Dad....not a day goes by where I wish I knew you.

Kelly Latorre
His daughter

November 13, 2005

The murderer of Police Officer William T. Birch has violated the terms and conditions of his lifetime parole on 1-30-2005 and is now temporarially serving 60 days in the MCI Concord Prison here in Massachusetts pending a hearing. He attempted to sell a gun to a Safety Officer in the lobby of an elderly building in Boston, but was not arrested since he is in much pain due to a M/V accident suffered several years ago. He is confined to a scooter and is on many pain medications. If it were up to me, he would have been placed into custody & booked on this weapons posessions charge that morning but due to circumstances beyond our control, he was not arrested. We did notify his Parole Officer & he was swiftly apprehended within 4 hours of the phone call. He will be summonsed to Roxbury Court on 2-23-2005 for the gun and ammunition charges. Also underway is the eviction process from public housing which has been cheered by the residents of the building.
While speaking with this murderer that morning, he matter of factly told us that he had been a criminal since 1944 and had served time in federal prison and in correctional institiutions in KY, TX and in NJ for murdering a Police Officer. We thought these were the ramblings of an old man who was trying to inflate his stature in our eyes. When we ran a counrtywide background check and researched this site & found out what he had done was in fact the truth, we knew we had to act quickly to remove this menace from society.
The Massachusetts Parole Board will hold a hearing to determine which, if any state (Texas or New Jersey) would like to revoke his lifetime parole and surrender him to one, or both of those states. The Boston Housing Police has notified the Fort Lee NJ Police and their PBA President about his apprehension and possible subsequent incarceration for violation of his parole. I hope he spends the remainder of his pathetic life behind bars where he belongs.
To the Birch family, I hope this brings a bit of solace & comfort to your lives. I have 3 children of my own under 5 years old and his actions and statements that morning only solidified my resolve to do something to right the injustice this man has inflicted upon your family. Again, I speak for all members of my department when I say you are in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you.
Patrolman Edward Kelly
Boston Housing Police

Edward Kelly
Boston Housing Authority Police

February 1, 2005

1966- Death sentence, 1972 - Life in Prison, 1982 - Parole???? Where is the justice in that for P/O Birch and his Family? Something has to change for us in Blue. Prayers for William's family.

Detective
Newark NJ Police Dept

October 16, 2004

Always in my thoughts Billy, always.

Peter Birch

May 18, 2004

Rest in peace brother and God Bless your family.

Police Officer
Burlington Township PD

May 11, 2004

God Bless.

Det. Pedro Morey
Fort Lee Police

February 11, 2004

Although we never met, I feel as though we did and thought of you often.

Lt. William P. Stump (ret)
Fort Lee Police

November 28, 2003

God Bless Your Family

Detective Rich Stanley
Fort Lee Police Department

October 16, 2003

Happy Birthday, Dad. We all wish you were still with us. You would have been 63 today and Kathleen and Frank, and Kelly and John, and Rich and I along with your 20 grandchildren(along with 14 nieces and nephews) would have loved to celebrate this day with you. We will always miss you. Although my time with you was short, you were the best Dad. Love, Judy

Judith Birch Brennan
His daughter

September 26, 2003

Rest in peace Officer Birch. May GOD BLESS, the Birch family and the Fort Lee Police Department with the loss of a true American HERO.

Recruit Don Reichhardt
60th Basic Police Academy
Crater Criminal Justice Academy

Officer Don Reichhardt
Virginia State University Police Department