Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

May the Lord bless you, your family, and your Agency. Our hearts and prayer go out to you our brother in blue. You done your service and now you will do your service for your Heavenly Father. God speed......

Steven Guibord (ret) Police Chief
Jackie Guibord (Provo Police Investigator) Utah Peace Officer's Memorial Board Member.......

Steven Guibord
Chief of Police (ret)

June 13, 2010

Thinking of your family. As I know that their lives have just been changed forever. May God bless them. May you always watch over them. Thank you for your service and sacrifice Officer Yazzie.

Holley Orr
Wife of Kevin Orr EOW 11-22-06 Utah

June 12, 2010

Rest In Peace, Police Officer Yazzie.

Lt T Carr
NYPD

June 12, 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

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

June 11, 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 Yazzie. Rest in peace our fallen hero.

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

June 11, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the brothers and sisters in uniform across this nation. We share your grief. May you always rest in the arms of the angels, Officer Yazzie. Thank you for your service, sir. We will not forget.

Peggy Parker
Fort Worth, TX

June 11, 2010

Rest in Peace Officer Yazzie

Lieutenant
NYPD

June 11, 2010

Thank you for your service Officer Yazzie

Rest in peace

J Clendening #407
Glades County Sheriff's Office (FL)

June 10, 2010

Officer Yazzie, you will not be forgotten! R.I.P.

Deputy Sheriff
Livingston County (Il) Sheriff's Ofc.

June 10, 2010

Rest in peace Officer Yazzie. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends. God bless all the fallen officers.

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

June 10, 2010

Thank you for your service. May God Bless you amd grant you eternal peace. May he also grant your family, friends, and co-workers the strength they will need during the rough times ahead.

PO James McPartland Jr
Mount Vernon PD NY

June 10, 2010

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.

N.J. TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

June 10, 2010

Rest in peace

Patrolman Jeff Tripp
Marion, Ma Police Dept

June 10, 2010

Your service and sacrifice will not be forgotten.

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

June 10, 2010

Rest in Peace my friend. My the Lord watch over you and your family.

RETIRED DETECTIVE FRANK DEMARCO
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

June 9, 2010

I grew up with Josh in the same neighborhood.. Watched him play with my little borther and even picked on him a time or two.. You grew up to be a good man and you will never be forgotten.. Thank you for serving and protecting our community..

Anonymous

June 9, 2010

Rest in Peace Sir.............

Offc. Thomas Wiederhold, Retired
Fort Worrth Texas PD

June 9, 2010

"Surely to goodness and mercy shall follow me
Each day of my life to eternity
As I long to hear Him say 'Well Done'
When I lay down my life, my badge, and my gun."

I'll always hold the memories of FLETC close to my heart, you were my big brother there. You'll be missed dearly.

You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

With love,
Randi Estes
"Cadet Conn"

Randi Estes
CN LPD

June 9, 2010

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

Cpl David Murphy
TX DPS

June 9, 2010

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Police Officer Joshua Yazzie as well as to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Law Enforcement. Rest in peace Officer Yazzie, you are gone but will not be forgotten...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

June 9, 2010

Officer Yazzie,

Rest in peace brother.

Detective Dave Howell
Plano,Texas Police Dept-Auto Theft

June 9, 2010

RIP Brother...

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

June 9, 2010

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

June 9, 2010

Rest in peace my brother. Thank you for your service.

Deputy Sheriff
Covinton County Sheriff's Dept. (Mississippi)

June 9, 2010

Officer Yazzie thank you for your service. May God Bless you and your family. Rest in peace. You will not be forgotten!

Lieutenant
Del Rio Police Department (Texas)

June 9, 2010