Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

May you rest in peace after having served those around you. My thoughts are with you, your family, fellow officers and friends.

Reserve Officer Gary Krystof
Los Angeles Police Department

December 5, 2011

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. My condolences to your family, friends and coworkers of the Leadwood Police Department. May you rest in peace.

Off. William F. Shields
Federal Reserve Police/Philadelphia - Retired/Haverford Police

December 5, 2011

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 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 (Retired)
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

December 5, 2011

Rest in peace brother, we have the watch now. Thank you for you many years of service not only as an LEO but also for your Navy service. God bless the family and friends of Chief Hicks.

Donnie Meaders, Deputy Sheriff
Seminole County (OK) Sheriff's Office

December 5, 2011

Rest in peace Chief.
Respects to your family from Chief J.L. Bowden and the Officers in Texas.

Chief Jerry L. Bowden
Lexington Police Department

December 5, 2011

RIP Brother

Deputy Anita Price
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, San Antonio, Texas

December 5, 2011

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

Officer Thomas Wiederhold, Retired
Fort Worth Police Dept. Tx.

December 5, 2011

Rest in peace brother.

Deputy T. Luttrell
WCSD-TN

December 5, 2011

Our entire staff sends our prayers & thoughts to the family of Chief Hicks and to the LPD. Your service to this Country will always be honored. RIP brother Jerry.

Commander Griffin / OIG
MPS / DOPS Airport Protection Div.

December 5, 2011

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Leadwood Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Chief Steven Marshall
Washington, NH Police Department

December 5, 2011

My wife and I want you to know that our deepest thoughts and prayers are with Chief Hicks' family, friends, co-workers, and agency. Rest In Peace Chief Hicks for you were taken from us far too soon but we will carry on for you…

SGT Mike Allen (Retired)
California Highway Patrol

December 5, 2011

Thank you, Chief Hicks, for your bravery, service and ultimate sacrifice to your community. May you now watch over from above with your Heavenly Father. Sincere thoughts and prayer's to your famiy, blood as well as blue.

Rest in Peace Sir...You will not be forgotten.

Sheila Webber
Civilian / G-Grandaughter of Constable Bev Scott, EOW April 2, 1933

December 5, 2011

Chief Hicks, your family is in our prayers. We have a good man watching over follow brothers and sisters in blue now.

B.J. Smith, Patrol Officer
Hollister Police Department

December 5, 2011

Chief it was great serving at Leadwood Police Department with you. You served your time rest in peace brother.

JOSEPH LAFRANCE/ PATROLMAN
BYRNES MILL PD

December 5, 2011

Rest in Peace Brother - We have the watch from here! Your agency and family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Deputy Doug Parrow #15-A3
Butte County Sheriff's Office South Dakota

December 5, 2011

Rest In Peace Chief. Watch over your department as they continue on with the watch in your memory. My condolences to your Family and the Leadwood Police Department.

PO Fred Nordt
Lake Success PD, Long Island, NY

December 5, 2011

Chief Hicks and his family, at home and at work, are in our prayers. God keep you all in the knowledge that he can now rest from his labors.

Alan R Yates, Supervisor, (Ret)
NH Dept of Safety

December 5, 2011

MAY THE GOOD LORD BE WITH YOU CHIEF HICKS AND YOUR FAMILY AT THIS TIME OF LOSE. THANKS YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE SIR

Court Security Officer Richard Wishin
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS DOVER,DELAWARE

December 5, 2011

God Bless Chief Hicks, his family, friends, and fellow officers. "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 solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." Abraham Lincoln

Officer Jeffrey Blose
Lake Alfred Police Department FL

December 5, 2011

Rest in peace Chief Hicks, my sincere condolences to your family and to your department. Godspeed as you now patrol the streets of gold. Thanks for your service Terry F. Zech

OFC TERRY F. ZECH (ACT) USN (RET)
VETERAN AFFAIRS POLICE DEPT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN

December 5, 2011

rest in peace brother in blue

lt. j.p.
B.P.D

December 5, 2011

Jerry will be missed may god watch over all his family and friends.

Wife of Douglas Voyles Former Leadwood P

December 5, 2011

Prayers for his family and friends

Rusty Dane Lt II
NSFD

December 5, 2011

R.I.P. brother Jerry Hincks!!!

Husker Street Officer

December 5, 2011

Kindly Sir, you are a profession just by the profession you chose, God Bless you, your family, police family and friends.

Pat Van Den Berghe
Neighborhoods for a better Manchester, NH

December 5, 2011