Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Vivao,
Sir, I would just like to say thank you for your years of dedicated service and sacrifice for our Country-first when you served in the U.S. Army and secondly when you served as a LEO. And to your family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous

May 15, 2010

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"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 whose 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
2009-10-06

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

May 15, 2010

On behalf of all Missouri officers, dispatchers and the like, I extend our sincere sympathies to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Vivao. Rest in peace our fallen hero.

Scott Barthelmass, Founder/President
Missouri Law Enforcement Funeral Assistance Team

May 15, 2010

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE,

N.J. TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

May 15, 2010

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Police Officer Tauveve Vivao as well as to the United State Department of Defense, Marine Corp Base Hawaii POlice Department. R.I.P Sir!

Sgt Jean Paul Rochat
Swiss Army, MP-Service, Traffic Unit

May 15, 2010

Thank you for your service to our country, and later to the Corps. God bless you. Semper Fidelis.

Sgt. Frost
Lexington Va Police

May 15, 2010

RIP Brother...

Ptlm. M. Thomas
Foster Twp. Police (PA)

May 15, 2010

Police Officer Tauveve Vivao's Family, Friends and all that knew him are in my Prayers, thoughts and have my Heartfelt Sympathy. So sorry my Brother.
THANK YOU for Your Service to our Country.
God Bless You Sir.

Officer
Kentucky Retired

May 15, 2010

The 1199 Inc. Family would like to say how sorry we are to the family and friends of Officer Tauveve Vivao. Thank you Officer Vivao for your many years of service and dedication to your country and to law enforcement. We know your life touched many lives and you will be greatly missed. God's speed Officer Vivao.

Sgt. Jeff Caudill Imperial Valley
1199 Inc. For fallen officers

May 15, 2010

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

K-9 Officer Tom Summerville Jr
Eutaw Police Department

May 15, 2010

God Bless you sir.

Rick F.
Ret. CO

May 15, 2010

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.

Deputy J.D.Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

May 15, 2010

Rest in Peace.

Lt. Stephen A. Joy #980
Prince Georges County Maryland Police Department

May 15, 2010

Rest in peace brother, thank you for your service to our profession.

Officer
Henderson (NV) Police Department

May 14, 2010

Rest in peace. Thank you for your service to our Nation. May God Bless your family, friends and brother officers.

Sgt. G.T. Martin
Collier Co. S.O. (FL)

May 14, 2010

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

OFFICER BOB SWOPE #5609
OLMSTED FALLS POLICE DEPT.OHIO

May 14, 2010

RIP Brother Tauveve.

May God bless and be with your family, co-workers and friends at this very difficult time. Thank you for your police and military service to our country.

Ptlm D. Bevenour, USAF Ret
Gettysburg PD

May 14, 2010

MAY GOD BLESS ALL WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF OFFICER VIVAO. OFFICER VIVAO, YOU HAVE SERVED WELL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. A HERO FOR SURE. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,SC

May 14, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Officer Vivao. God Bless him for his service to the U.S. Military and the Base Hawaii Police Department. Rest in Peace sir, you will not be forgotten.

Sgt. Jim May (ret)
CMPD Charlotte, North Carolina

May 14, 2010

God has received another honorable and loving brother into His kingdom to serve along side all our brothers and sisters in the badge. His department has all of the elite from our profession, men and women who dedicate their lives tp protecting and serving His children in our communities. As You now are in the ideal police department wnd working full time for our Savior and Lord, know Your family will be cared for by those brothers and sisters left behind and they will keep your name and your honor in the memories and history of your community for years to come. In Christ.

Tom Bradley, Retired
Phoenix AZ PD, AZ State Chap. FOP

May 14, 2010

Officer Vivao was a good officer and a good man. His dedication to service was apparent first in his service to his country in the active duty Army, and later through his service as a Department of Defense Police Officer at MCBH. Officer Vivao's dedication to his country, his family, and his fellow officers was evident in his every action. He supported the government employee's union AFGE Local# 1209 to which he was a member and sought always to better things for his fellow officers. I knew Officer Vivao for his entire time with the department, though I never personally worked with him. On the lighter side, next to Officer Vivao's dedication to duty and his fellow officers was most prominently his sense of humor. Always ready with a joke and a smile, he kept myself and the other officers smiling anytime we came in contact with him. Go with God Officer Vivao, you will be missed.

Police Sergeant David Alexander
Marine Corps Base Hawaii Police Department

May 14, 2010

Rest In Peace, Police Officer Vivao.

Lt T Carr
NYPD

May 14, 2010

Rest in peace....

Patrolman
Pennsylvania

May 14, 2010

Off Vivao, may you rest in peace. You'll never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester Police Department

May 14, 2010

We would like to send our warmest regards and deepest condolences to the family, friends and department of Officer Vivao. You are all in our thoughts and prayers during this most difficult and sad time. Rest in Peace, Officer Vivao and thank you for your service.

Wives Behind The Badge, Inc
Members and Staff

May 14, 2010