Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

R.I.P.

Ret. Det. 1. Vincent Sinnott

April 7, 2023

Sorry I haven't been on here to talk to you. I know that you were pretty excited when you got to see my mom on Aug 18, 2013 when she joined you and grandma and grandpa and other family members. Even though living without her is challenging for me I am glad to know that she has reunited with you guys. I love you and miss you and please tell my mom that I really miss her and lover her and still cry everyday but Im ok.

Susey Blue
Niece

January 7, 2015

I miss u Uncle!! I love you and wish you were here. Everyone is doing good except the fact that we miss u dearly. It seems like yesterday we lost you... still trying to cope.

Susey Blue
Niece

February 21, 2012

Steve, I still miss hearing you holler "Tina Renee" whenever you'd see me at the Fabulous Fox or the Czech Hall. You were such a larger than life personality and had a real zest for living which you tried to pass on to everyone you met. You are sorely missed!
Tina Renee

Tina / not a Police Officer
Lifelong friend through Czech Hall

February 21, 2012

Hi Uncle Steve I wanted you to know that I was thinking about you. The anniversary of your passing is coming up and I always get really sad because I miss you terribly. I love you and miss you sooooo much. I will be at the Memorial Mass that will be held for you on March 3 in your honor...Happens to be the SouthSide Indian Ball Club Dinner as well.. how Ironic uh I guess you will be busy showing your spirit in both places. I Love You!!! I always cry as I get on this page.

Susey Blue
Niece

February 18, 2012

First off I want to thank you for pulling off "the good weather request" It was suppose to rain all day but yet it didn't. We had another good golf tournament in your honor. I hope you felt the same. I love you and miss you. I will talk to you soon. The family isn't really hip to this page but thats OK. I like to think of it as "our time" ... Susey

Susey Blue
niece

September 24, 2011

IT'S BEEN 4 YEARS TODAY BUT YET SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY..AS I TAKE CARE OF MY PATIETS TODAY THAT HAVE MIRCLE STORIES, I ASK GOD.. WHY YOU? I GRIEVE TODAY IN YOUR HONOR. I MISS YOU AND WISH YOU WERE HERE. ALTHOUGH MY QUESTIONS ARE UNANSWERED, I BELIEVE IN AND TRUST IN GOD AND THAT HELPS EASE THE PAIN OF NOT HAVING YOU HERE ON EARTH, BUT, I KNOW YOU ARE SAFE AND NOT SUFFERING AND FOR THAT I CELEBRATE. I LOVE YOU UNCLE STEVE AND MISS YOU.

SUSEY

Anonymous

February 21, 2011

IT'S BEEN 4 YEARS TODAY BUT YET SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY..AS I TAKE CARE OF MY PATIETS TODAY THAT HAVE MIRCLE STORIES, I ASK GOD.. WHY YOU? I GRIEVE TODAY IN YOUR HONOR. I MISS YOU AND WISH YOU WERE HERE. ALTHOUGH MY QUESTIONS ARE UNANSWERED, I BELIEVE IN AND TRUST IN GOD AND THAT HELPS EASE THE PAIN OF NOT HAVING YOU HERE ON EARTH, BUT, I KNOW YOU ARE SAFE AND NOT SUFFERING AND FOR THAT I CELEBRATE. I LOVE YOU UNCLE STEVE AND MISS YOU.

SUSEY

Anonymous

February 21, 2011

Hi Uncle Steve! Well we had another successful golf tourney this year. I am so glad it turns out better and better each year. I wish you were here with us we all miss you very very much. I have ran into alot of police officers that miss you very much as well. I got a tattoo on my L arm that is a police badge with the black band through it in your honor. I hope you like it. I love you

Susey

Anonymous

October 18, 2010

You have not been forgotten. Thank you for your long and dedicated career to law enforcement in service to others.

Bob Gordon
Father of Chicago Officer: Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

February 21, 2010

Another year has passed and you are still admired and respectfully remembered in the hearts and minds of so many. My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones and friends on this day before the anniversary of your EOW. You will never be forgotten.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

February 20, 2010

To Officer Stephen Jerabek, his loved ones, and his fellow officers:

On this the second anniversary of your tragic death, please know that your memory is honored and revered today.

My heart is with all family members and friends who call you beloved. They are all in my thoughts and prayers today. I can see from the loving reflections left by your loyal family and friends that you were an amazing man who is loved and missed by all those whose lives you touched.

Rest in Peace, Stephen. I am so humbled by your valor and service.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the distinquished service Stephen gave to his community and the citizens of Missouri, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on February 21, 2007.

Phyllis Loya, mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05

Phyllis Loya

February 21, 2009

My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones and friends on this anniversary of your EOW. Continue to keep watch over them and those still out on patrol watching over the Thin Blue Line. You will never be forgotten.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

February 21, 2009

Steve, Rest in peace my friend.

Tim Tumbrink
SLMPD

January 21, 2009

My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family. I remember when Mr. Jerabek use to visit the place I worked, alongside his son, and like so many other officers I knew over the years, strengthened my desire to become a policeman. May God bless you and your family always.

Sergeant Tim Burger
Hazelwood Police Department, Missouri

July 30, 2008

Steve,
Just thinking about some of us old-timers today, about some of the good times we had in the 3rd District, and decided to visit you here. You were a good policeman and a good man. You are missed and will not be forgotten.
Mike Indelicato

Lt. Mike Indelicato (Retired)
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept.

June 27, 2008

To my uncle I miss you dearly

Susey Blue

June 20, 2008

Today on the 1st anniversary of your death, we pause and say prayer for those you left behind.
Rest in peace Sir, you are not forgotten.
Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Deborah Roelandts (911 retired)
Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Town of Oconomowoc

February 21, 2008

My thoughts are with all of your loved ones today. Keep watch over all of them and those still out on patrol. You have not been forgotten.

Bob Gordon
Father of Chicago Officer: Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

February 21, 2008

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR LONG AND DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE, YOU ARE A HERO JUST BY THE PROFESSION YOU CHOSE

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

February 12, 2008

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

December 11, 2007

"The Badge"
He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.
He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.
Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.
He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whos blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.
His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.
He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.
And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.
But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.
Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.
Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.
So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.
In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.
Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.
Written By:
David L. Bell
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

November 12, 2007

Officer Jerabek,

Our thoughts & prayers continue to go out to you, your family and fellow officers. I know you met some really great guys in heaven when you got there.

We wanted to let your family know that we are here for them if they need anything.

Say Hi to Nick for me and that we miss him and love him.

James, Kelly and Payton Brown
Family of Officer Nick Sloan EOW 1/30/04

Kelly Sloan-Brown
Nick Sloan's sister

November 11, 2007

Never forgotten~~Rest in peace. God Bless you.

September 16, 2007

I haven't spent a lot of time this year reading the memorials of the fallen officers, mainly because it saddens me that so many great men and women have fallen. It's a terrible thing that so many great lives were cut so short. As a fallen officer survivour, my heart goes out to all those that knew and loved Officer Jerabek. Know that you are not alone in this journey that you walk and that Stephen will not be forgotten here in Winnipeg.

Officer Jerabek, thank you for helping to make this world a safer place. If you run into my late fiance Dennis up there give him a hug for all of us down here. It's been just over four years and we still miss him terribly.

Wishing you brighter and better days,


Jocelyne
"Forever Loving & Missing 26-3"

Jocelyne Brar (Winnipeg, MB Canada)
Surviving Fiancee of Deputy Dennis R. McElderry (EOW: 01/03/03)

July 8, 2007