Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Our prayers go out to your family in their time of sorrow. May God Bless and Rest in Peace Brother!

Trooper II David Murphy
TX DPS

October 29, 2007

May God Bless you.

Rick Weikle
Federal Bureau of Prisons (retired)

October 29, 2007

I had the honor at being at Tate's graduation from the academy. I also had the honor of working with him for his first few years as an officer with the Holbrook Police Department. What a wonderful young man he was. He was always so cheerful and was ready to have a good time with banter and fun. He and I had a running joke about "blankies" and I always referred to him as "Tootie". He was such fun. His smile and laugh will always be remembered. To see all of the commendations and distinctions he received during his time with CGPD was heart warming.

To all of Tate's family, I am so sorry for the loss you have suffered. Tate will be fondly remembered. May God be with you all, I can only imagine how difficult this time is for you all. You are in the thoughts of myself and my family.

Ret. Sgt. Ken McCormick, HPD, Badge 690

Sgt. Ken McCormick, Ret.
Holbrook PD, Holbrook AZ

October 29, 2007

Such a tragedy --- thank you for your dedication and service there in Arizona.

PSO CW Edwards
North Augusta Dept. of Public Safety (SC)

October 29, 2007

May God Bless you Brother

Deputy Constable LC Downing
Wharton County Texas Pct 2

October 29, 2007

Sgt Tate, I feel like I know you through reading these reflections. Your wife and children are in my family's prayers tonight as we wait for our husband and father to return from his shift. God bless you and peace to yours.

KDK
Ohio Officer's Wife

October 29, 2007

"IT IS NOT HOW HE DIED, BUT HOW HE LIVED THAT MAKES HIM A HERO" May God Bless your family and friends. May your children always know that their daddy was a hero and we are thankful to him for protecting US. GODSPEED.

Lisa
GEORGIA CIVILIAN

October 29, 2007

Rest In Peace Brother

Ofc Underwood
Wichita Falls TX PD

October 29, 2007

My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of Sergeant Lynch. May he rest in peace in the loving arms of the One who created him and loves him for eternity. He will not be forgotten; heroes live forever.

Mary Kay Balchunas
Mother of Special Agent Jay Balchunas, EOW 11/5/04

October 29, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with Sgt Lynch, his family,friends and fellow officers during this time filled with sadness. Please know that we mourn with you..........

Sgt Al Whitney
Yuma County SO (AZ)

October 29, 2007

God Speed, Brother.

P.O.K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

October 29, 2007

Thank you for your bravery, dedication and sacrifice. May your family, friends, and fellow officers take some comfort in the fact that you will FOREVER be a hero and will NEVER be forgotten!

DET SGT, Retired
AR

October 29, 2007

Rest in peace brother. We've got the watch from here. May God bless your family, friends and fellow officers who all mourn the loss of yet another hero.

Motor Officer Dominick Marraccini
Easton Police Department, Easton, PA

October 29, 2007

I have had the privilege and honor of working with Tate's dad Gary for the last eight years. Gary is such a good, gentle, Godly, and decent man that he is loved by everyone who knows him. I've referred to him more than once as "Mr Rogers with a badge" because of his genuinely kind and thoughtful way of dealing with the public. Even the "bad guys" see it, and respect him for it. What would Jesus do if he was a cop? = Just look at Gary, and you'll know.

Regrettably I didn't get to meet Sgt Tate Lynch, but I'm told that in Tate's case "the acorn didn't fall far from the tree" - that he was every bit the honorable, wonderful man his father is. Recently a nationally published police magazine had an editorial in it that said, "The difference between being a good cop, and a GREAT cop - is compassion." I am sure Sgt Tate Lynch was a GREAT cop!

To those you left behind, I remind them gently - Maranatha. You will see each other again, in Paradise. Until then, hold on to all the good memories of this kind and holy man - and thank Him who made us that we all had the good fortune of having Sgt Lynch among us, guarding the city of men. Now he is on watch in the garden of the LORD, protecting all of us from above. Rest easy Tate...

CSO Mike Huber
Tucson PD

October 29, 2007

Sergeant Tate Lynch, may you rest in peace, you have given the ultimate sacrifice for your fellow Americans. May your family and friends find some peace or some comfort from the strong arms that will always be there to support them, they will get this strength from "The Thin Blue Line".

Ret. (Disabled) Det. Michael J. Saxe
NYPD

October 29, 2007

I didn't know you, but I knew about you. You were kinder than you needed to be sometimes, you were sometimes grateful when your kids begged for the newest toy (because they had a better life than the ones you saw today), you knew not to "bite when a bark would do", and even though some days it would have been easier to give in to the dark, you knew how to tune out the bad things long enough to appreciate the good things. It was hard, it didn't pay enough, and it was worth it.

You didn't see yourself as the hero, but you thought your wife and kids were. We will pray for their healing and comfort.

We are here for your family and friends. We do not forget.

Peace be with you.

KY LEO wife

October 29, 2007

Sergeant Tate looks like a fine young officer. You have our profound sympathy.

Captain Michael Becker
Genesee County Michigan, Sheriff's Office

October 29, 2007

May God provide comfort to the family and friends.

Captain David Peck
Orange Co. Sheriff's Office Orange,Texas

October 29, 2007

Rest in Peace Brother, you will not be forgotten. We will pray for your family, friends, and co-wokers at Casa Grande P.D.

Sgt. Jim May (ret)
C.M.P.D. Charlotte, NC

October 29, 2007

We will never forget you !

#433
Friend / Team mate

October 29, 2007

Rest in Peace my Brother, God Bless you, your family and your Dept.

OFFICER BOB SWOPE#5609
OLMSTED FALLS POLICE DEPT.OHIO

October 29, 2007

Your brothers with the Brunswick, Maine Special Response Team, send their thoughts and prayers to Sergeant Tate's family and his brothers on the Pinal County Tactical Team.

Sergeant Todd Ridlon
Brunswick Police Department SRT

October 29, 2007

Our deepest sympathy to your family, police family and friends. Sgt Lynch is a hero just based on profession he chose. His courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten

Pat Van Den Berghe, Manchester, NH
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH

October 29, 2007

May the Lord bless your family in this time of need. While training to protect us even better, you earned a much higher promotion now. Thank you for your service.

Celia Webb. Widow of SPA David Webb, EOW 11-03-06

Celia Webb

October 29, 2007

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded." -- Maya Angelou

Aloha Sergeant Tate Lynch,
Thank you for your service and dedication to your community and your country. You and all officers that continue to lay your lives on the line and pay the ultimate sacrifice to keep our communities and country safe, will NEVER be forgotten.

I believe in the ODMP and Police*Link that visionary and Founder Chris Cosgriff created. There is power in the written and spoken word, in prayer, in what is felt in the heart, and in the soul. Every tribute left in honor for a fallen officer, is a candle lit. Every candle lit, lights another.

Every light represents a reflection left by an individual in the form of a tribute which is and always will be, very personal and special to the fallen hero it was left to honor, and to thousands who will read it. Here we are able to come together and build a quilt for our fallen hero. A quilt built from people who share from their hearts in reflections; tributes.

Sergeant Tate Lynch,
I wish you, your loved ones, and your fellow officers peace and love beyond all understanding. Aloha.

**May all who read this tribute find comfort in this Hawaiian prayer left in this hero's honor. You will NEVER be forgotten. May God allow you to rest in His eternal peace.**

THE PEACE OF " I "
KA MALUHIA O KA "I"

Peace be with you, All My Peace,
O ka Maluhia no me oe, Ku'u Maluhia a pau loa,

The Peace that is " I ", the Peace that is "I am".
Ka Maluhia o ka "I", owau no ka Maluhia,

The Peace for always, now and forever and evermore.
Ka Maluhia no na wa a pau, no ke'ia wa a mau a mau loa aku.

My Peace " I " give to you, My Peace " I " leave with you,
Ha'awi aku wau I ku'u Maluhia ia oe, waiho aku wau I ku'u Maluhia me oe,

Not the world's Peace, but, only My Peace,
The Peace of " I ".

A'ole ka Maluhia o ke ao aka, ka'u Maluhia wale no,
Ka Maluhia o ka "I".

Moana V.C. Molale Private Citizen-Hawaii
Kahu La`a Kea (Keeper of the Sacred Light)

October 29, 2007