Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace, brother.

Officer R. Law
Rocklin Police Department

June 22, 2008

God Speed, Brother.

P.O.K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

June 22, 2008

Rest in peace

LEO wife

June 22, 2008

Rest in peace bro', we'll take it from here.

PO JA Bottillo
Troy NY PD

June 22, 2008

Sincere condolences to the family, friends, and department of Police Officer Nicholas Heine. May he rest in eternal peace, and may God bless and keep you all.

Leo J. Kennerson #2814
RETIRED TROOPER, NYSP

June 22, 2008

I came here to remember my fallen collegue and friend, who gave his life upholding the law on the same day two years ago. I don't know you, but I want you to know that my heart goes out to your family and friends. Our lives are never the same and you will always be honored and remembered for the courage and strengh you lived by.

Andrea
DOJ-OIG Special Agent

June 22, 2008

It is with heartfelt sadness that the life of Officer Nicholas Heine was taken suddenly from the love of his family and friends. Sir, thank you for your serice and may you rest in eternal peace with those who have gone before you and now safe eternally in the arms of a gracious Father who called you home according to His purpose. May your family and friends rest in the assurance that they will see you again becausse of trusting in God's promises of eternal hope through the finished work on the cross of Calvary. God Bless.

Margaret Hood
Citizens Watch

June 22, 2008

OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH OFFICER HEINE'S FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE PUEBLO PD.

GOD BLESS YOU, BROTHER IN BLUE

DEPUTY RUTILO QUEZADA
SNITH COUNTY SHERIFF - TYLER, TX

June 22, 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

Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

June 22, 2008

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

June 22, 2008

God has received another special brother into his kingdom joining in our ranks of heroic law enforcement team. As you meet all of them and get to talk to Jesus know you will never be forgotten by your brothers and sisters left behind. All your exemplary service to His children in your community will long be noted and your dedication to protection and service will serve as a model to those coming into our ranks. Rest in peace brother.
In Christ, Tom Bradley

Tom Bradley, retired
Phoenix AZ PD

June 22, 2008

Rest in Peace Officer Heine, your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Diane Dodge
Polk County Sheriff's Office ~ FL

June 22, 2008

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

June 22, 2008

My deepest sympathy and prayers go out to your family, friends, and entire department. May God comfort them all. I know that Angels carried you high into the heavens above, where you rest in peace, in the loving arms of God. God Bless!

Dispatcher Sara Singleton
Howard County,MD 911 Center

June 22, 2008

Rest in Peace...

Detective
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

June 22, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Heine. Rest in peace our brother.

The Patrol Men and Women of
Sylvania Township PD (OH)

June 22, 2008

OFFICER NICHOLAS HEINE,

MAY THE ANGELS LEAD YOU IN. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.PEACE BE WITH YOU.

AUNT OF TROOPER CRAIG TODESCHINI E/O/W 04/23/06

June 22, 2008

REST IN PEACE.

CHIEF E.J. MORRIS
RANDOLPH MO P.D.

June 22, 2008

On behalf of the men and women of the Camillus Police Department, our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and co-workers of Police Officer Nicholas Heine. Rest in Peace Brother, We now have the Watch.

PBA
Town of Camillus Police Department, Central New York

June 22, 2008

Rest, brother.

Cpl Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

June 22, 2008

Rest in peace brother and thank you for your service.

Gordon Hobbs

June 22, 2008

I wish to extend my prayers and sincere sympathies to Nicholas' family. Pueblo PD is in my prayers.

Sandra MacKinney
Citizen

June 22, 2008

Nick & I were hired on Pueblo Police Department together, with about 6 other officers on January 8th, 2001.

We worked our first year on the streets as Watch III Officers in the Belmont & East Side Areas of Pueblo.

During that period, my experiences with Nick were nothing short of positive. In fact, they were a blast!

Nick always did what was asked of him & then some - all without any griping about it. He was always there to lend a hand, most times, when that hand was most welcome.

My wife, Melissa, also a veteran Pueblo P.D. Officer, & I have spoken about this tragedy nearly non-stop since we were notified of his death, and she simply, yet appropriately, described Nick as guy who became a cop because he WANTED to be a cop.

He wasn't some middle-aged person looking for a change, nor was he a young kid looking for direction. Nick didn't become a police officer for the pay. Nor did he seek the "Glory" or the Accolades, he often yet modestly received. Nick became a cop to help the very community in which he grew up.

Nick & I spent what little "down-time" we had on graveyards talking about the job, our spouses, & our kids. And it certainly goes without saying that Nick was a very doting father & devoted husband. My wife & I attended his Wedding, and enjoyed watching his daughter Nichole turn 1.

Leaving the Graveyard shift was bittersweet for me, as I left fellow officers like Nick to work different assignments. We'd still occasionally see each other in passing, and either wave or yell out a greeting of some kind.

Nick will be missed by those of us at the P.P.D. at a level that can't even be measured.

The citizens of Pueblo will miss Nick's tireless & relentless pursuit to do what's right, to make things right.

Most importantly, and yet most sadly, Nick's "Little Girls" will miss their daddy and have to learn to grow up without their father who loved them very much! Nick's wife Melissa will never get to grow old with Nick, and his mother Pat will no longer be able to watch her son make her proud to know that she raised one hell of a son.

Rest in Peace My Friend, Those of us who truly knew you will never forget you! The "Thin Bue Line" has just become come a lot thinner.

On behalf of my wife & family our Sincerest, Heartfelt Condolences Go Out To The Entire Heine Family.

David

Officer David Jacober
Pueblo P.D. - Fellow Officer

June 22, 2008

Officer Heine your work on this Earth as we know it is done . You are in God's Hands now brother. May you rest in peace.

SGT. Daryl Brewer
Clarksville Police Dept. Clarksville, Tennessee

June 22, 2008

Godspeed brother.

Sergeant
Sheridan PD

June 22, 2008