Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I worked with Mike for a little over a year at the CHP Indio office. We went skiing a few times and played racket ball often. He was a very competitive guy and I'd yell at him when he would smack me with the ball. Had lunch together all the time. Real nice guy. Fairly serious at first but later started kidding around. All around good guy who really loved his two twin daughters and his wife. God Bless you Mike

GLEN RUSSELL
CHP, Dixon PD, Solano Sheriff, Mtn View PD

August 29, 2023

Mike was a good guy in every way.

Mr. R Christman-McCarty
Brother in-Law

January 5, 2021

Rest easy

Mark Mottola

April 6, 2020

It's hard to breathe on this 32nd Anniversary of your death. You are so missed Mike, especially today! But April 6, 2019, fellow CHP Officer and a personal childhood friend of mine, Sgt. Steve Licon was killed. I know you were there to greet him with open arms and that huge smile! Rest well gentlemen and Thank You. Will always remember Steve and you are never forgotten Michael! ~MD <4

Maria Brame
CHP wife and friend

April 9, 2019

Semper Fi Brother in Blue. You are not forgotten. God bless you and your family. Thank you for making us proud to have worn the same uniform. Blue and Gold all the way.

State Traffic Officer 7185 Mike Becze
CHP South LA

April 8, 2019

Rest In Peace Brother LEO. Thank you and your family for your sacrifice and service.

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret)
Upland Police Dept. CA

April 6, 2018

"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.”

Euripides

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

September 24, 2015

Uncle Mike, you are missed so much...it doesn't mattered how many years have passed it still feels like it was just yesterday that the Lord called you home! You will always be my most favorite person in the world! You were an officer and a gentleman! I love you,always!

Megan Barnes Schmidt
niece

June 6, 2011

Another year has passed and you are still admired and respectfully remembered in the hearts and minds of so many. My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones and friends on this anniversary of your EOW. You will never be forgotten.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

April 6, 2010

Rest in Peace, Officer Brandt. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

October 22, 2009

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 22nd anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

April 6, 2009

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

Pat Van Den Berghe
MANCHESTER, NH

April 7, 2008

Rest in peace knowing we're carrying your legacy on each and every day we put on the tans. God bless you and your family. Watch over us, Officer Brandt.

Officer K. Brock #18129
CHP

March 5, 2008

Rest in peace knowing we're carrying your legacy on each and every day we put on the tans. God bless you and your family. Watch over us, Officer Brandt.

Officer K. Brock #18129
CHP

March 5, 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
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

November 21, 2007

At the beginning of every shift I supervise, myself and the other officers on shift dedicate the day to the memory of a fallen officer.

Today, April 6, 2006 we dedicated the shift to the memory of Officer Michael Allen Brandt who died in the line of duty on this date 19 years ago.

When one law enforcement officer falls, we all stumble for a while, but we will carry on.

Officer Brandt’s sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Sgt. Paul Bissonnette
Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Surrey, BC

April 6, 2006

On the anniversary of your death, I thank you for your service and honor you for your sacrifice.

April 6, 2005

I stop by this website often after the death of two dear friends with the NCSHP (Troopers Calvin Taylor E.O.W. October 3, 2001 and Anthony Cogdill E.O.W. May 30, 2003).

We all grieve over the lives lost in the line of duty. I hope you can find some comfort knowing that there are countless prayers that go out for your family.

Officer Brandt, you are remembered on this date of your death and always.

These are senseless tragedies that never seem to stop. God Bless the men and women who continue to serve their communities in our great Nation.

...Gone, but never Forgotten....

Marti (EMT-Paramedic)
Haywood Co EMS (NC)

April 6, 2004

Dear Officer Brandt,
Thank you for trying to make this world a safer place for us. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

The daughter of a slain police officer

Anonymous

August 31, 2003