Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace, Trooper DeLaittre.

Lt T Carr
NYPD

January 3, 2011

A hero remembered never dies.

R.I.P

Rocky Geppert

January 3, 2011

"The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion"
Proverbs 28:1

Godspeed Trooper DeLaittre!

Joseph Swords # 245
Georgia State Patrol

January 3, 2011

Rest in peace Troop. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, your family, and the Montana Highway Patrol. Thank you for your service.

Trooper Ian Fenkel
New Jersey State Police

December 29, 2010

My heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family and fellow troopers of Trooper DeLaittre.

While no one who wears a badge wants to be put into such a situation, you put yourself into the line of fire to protect those whom you might not have even known despite the danger. While I did not have the privilege to have known him personally, I am certain that he has found a place in heaven.

Rest in peace my friend; those of us who remain will cover your post on the thin blue line.

Officer Ryan McNeil
Medicine Lodge (KS) Police Department

December 28, 2010

Rest in peace Trooper DeLaittre, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your service!

Shelly
Citizen

December 27, 2010

Semper Fi Fellow Highway Patrol Officer. It has been many years since I retired but I understand what and how you felt each and day you put the uniform on of the Montana Highway Patrol. You were proud and loved your position as a State Trooper. You Gave up your life for what we all do each and every day in the past, present and future....God Bless you Trooper DeLaittre and patrol the heavens until we all meet again...

State Traffic Officer #7185 Mike Becze
California Highway Patrol

December 25, 2010

Rest in peace and prayers are with your love ones.

Deputy Latour ( retired)
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

December 21, 2010

Yea though I walk through the valley…. I definitely feel the loss of Trooper DeLaittre. I was a young 21-year-old SC Patrolman and that Valley always loomed. Sir you fought the good fight, through your gallantry, bravery, and selfless contribution to your community and society as a whole, we can rest better. And now it’s time for you to rest easy, you are with our Good Shepherd who also laid down his life for all of us.

LT Richard S. Gates
ODOC

December 20, 2010

Rest in peace, Trooper DeLaittre. You've made the ultimate sacrifice and will never be forgotten.

Anonymous

December 16, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with you, your family, and the Montana Highway Patrol.

Trooper
Minnesota State Patrol

December 16, 2010

To the family of Trp. DeLaittre, I haven't the words. But I hope you find comfort in these words spoken long ago:

"I pray that our heavenly father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solomn pride that must be your's to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom."

Abraham Lincoln, 1865

Sergeant
North Carolina State Highway Patrol

December 16, 2010

Rest in peace Troop.

Trooper
Michigan State Police

December 15, 2010

This is a tragedy at any age but I feel especially connected to Trooper DeLaittre, having myself gone into law enforcement in my early 20's. Rest in peace Trooper. Your family and co-workers are in my prayers.

Special Agent
FBI

December 15, 2010

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

Officer Bob Swope #5609
Olmsted Falls Police Dept.Ohio

December 15, 2010

My thoughts and Prayers to the family. I also lost a son four years ago the same way and understand how tragic your loss is. God bless and god speed to Trooper David DeLaittre. I will keep your family in my prayers.
THP-TN-PARENT

Anonymous

December 14, 2010

Rest well my brother your work is done for now.Watch over the rest of us as we continue to patrol the streets and highways,you will never be forgotten.

Cpl J.McFALL
MS.HWY.SAFETY PATROL

December 14, 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

December 14, 2010

God speed and bless your family.Thank you for your dedication and service.Brother, we now have the watch.

Deputy R. L. Matthews
Father of Deputy C. Brian Matthews EOW 9-30-05

December 13, 2010

Brother David,

Please keep the gates of heaven open for the rest of us.

R.I.P. my Brother

Cpl. Robert L. Padgett ( ret )
Charles County Sheriff's Office, Md.

December 13, 2010

RIP

Det Doug Teachworth
Lynnwood, WA PD

December 13, 2010

Rest easy my Brother in Law, your watch on earth is now over. I pray God will look down on your family, and friends, and comfort them with His love, and grace for now and always.......

Sgt. John L. Gulledge (Ret.)
Escambia CO Sheriff's Office Pensacola FL.

December 13, 2010

REST IN PEACE, BROTHER THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

Provincial Constable Marty Lalonde
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

December 12, 2010

Rest in Peace Brother and may GOD look over your family and the MHP.

Trooper Archie Forsyth
Louisiana State Police (Troop A)

December 10, 2010

Rest in Peace!

Patrolman Jeff Tripp
Marion,Ma PoliceDept

December 10, 2010