Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Cpl. Law,
On today, the 10th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just as a Law Enforcement Officer but for our Country as well when you served with the U.S. Armed Forces. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

February 17, 2024

Hey Brian it’s a new year and for the last several weeks you’ve been on my mind. So I thought I’d leave something here for you. Over here in East Texas earlier this month it’s been very cold. Was worried the pipes would freeze and they did but thankfully the next day it got above freezing and the pipes did not burst so I guess we dodged a bullet. I did however learn a couple of things about how to prevent the freeze. You know the pipes froze even though I applied the foam pipe insulation and spread the blown in insulation over the pipes. I guess during the spring I’ll get somebody to blow in some more insulation to help out with the freezing. You know ever since you’ve been gone I never had a dream about you until a couple of weeks ago. I don’t remember too much about it except that we were talking like we used to do every once in a while. Don’t remember what was said but it was almost like being with you in the past it just seemed so real. Now I think about you all the time. I haven’t been to see your sister for a while either. Things just haven’t worked out for me very well this year. I don’t know why but Carol won’t answer my calls or respond to my texts either. Her phone number changed and she never gave me the new number. I keep thinking it’s not fair that you’re not here. I don’t really know why it has to be this way. There is however some good news that would make you smile. And if you were here we could talk about how well the 49ers are doing. They drafted a QB in the 1st round a couple of years ago, his name is Trey Lance but they had to trade a crap load of draft picks to get him. This season he was supposed to start but then early in the season he suffered a season ending injury. Fortunately however we still had last season’s starter still on the roster. I don’t really know why there wasn’t a trade for him but good for us that he was still on the books. Truth be told I liked him better than Trey Lance. His name is Jimmy Garappolo. So bad luck cause Jimmy went down with a season ending injury as well. So I thought it was the end of the season for us. We started the 3rd string QB Brock Purdy and as luck would have it he turned out to be the very last pick of the draft this season Mr. Irrelevant. But holy smokes is this guy good. He doesn’t look like a rookie at all. He looks good in the pocket even when the pocket is collapsing around him. He stands in there makes the throw and takes his lumps. He’s good at moving around throwing on the move plus he looks like he knows how to read coverages and finding the open man. Plus we picked up a running back Christian McCaffery and that guy can run and catch. A must have for a 49er offense. We are looking good for the post season. I’m hoping for ring #6 I wish you were here so we could experience it together. Maybe we could watch it together at the Sports Book in Reno. I love you baby boy and I really do miss you.

Dennis Law
Dad

January 2, 2023

Hey there baby boy it's been over 2 years now since I left anything for you here. It's not like I've forgotten about you though I think about you every day. I do have some news for you that you may like. Brandon is turning 18 this year and graduating high school on the 27th. I am planning to go to his graduation. I'm looking forward to it. I'm hoping that he will take advantage of the free university education that you have provided for him but I don't really know. We don't really talk much. In that way it mirrors the relationship I had with my dad. But if there is one thing that I've learned it's that life is long (sometimes) and things change when you least expect it so I am hopeful that situation gets better. On the other hand summer is almost here and Sammi has expressed an interest in coming over for a week or 2 to visit. In fact she actually hand wrote a letter to us and I was incredibly happy to see it when I opened the mail box and saw it. You know that letter made the highlight reel for the year. I'm very hopeful this continues through out the rest of my lifetime. I'm certain you know that our family tree on my side of the family looks like that Christmas tree from Charlie Brown's Christmas. Very few branches and hardly any roots at all so any visits from her would be very welcome. She plays basketball in a school league and so we took a road trip last winter to go and watch her play she has progressed since the last time we watched her play soccer. At that time she was very tentative, not very aggressive at all but this time she had a much better attitude she really got in there and mixed it up.. Also you'll be glad to hear they actually kept score at her game. She is actually turning out to be a well rounded little girl at least from our point of view. I wonder what her mom would say. You know she may have a different perspective. Well baby boy I gotta go. I know I've said this before I love you baby boy.

Dennis Law TSgt
USAF (retired)

May 12, 2022

Rest in peace Brother.....My thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of your agency during this most difficult and tragic time.....

LT. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD

February 19, 2021

Rest in peace always knowing that your service and sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

February 17, 2021

To Brian Law’s family, friends and coworkers,

I just want to leave my most sincere respects. I served with Cpl. Law in the USMC at MCAS Miramar in San Diego, CA.
Brian was certainly one of the best coworkers I’ve ever had. He was extremely helpful, a selfless team player, who was always having lighthearted laughS throughout any given day.
My deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Thank you,
Matt Pierce

N/A - Civilian
Former coworker, USMC

April 30, 2020

Hey there baby boy, you would not believe what kinda stuff is going on these days. There is a plague that is circulating around the globe killing lots of people and making many more people sick. It's making the rounds throughout the United States, and scaring the crap out of so many people. People are being told not to go to work. Others are being told to stay at home and isolate them selves from their families and friends so as not to spread this plague even further. If you were to come back now I don't think you would recognize it as it is right now. The thing that is making things so much worse is that the common thread that you and I were used to, being on a team that represented all Americans with the stars and stripes as it's symbol. There is a segment that is actively trying to evict certain groups out form under the coverage of that flag. Debates are raging and in the past there was an expectation of the truth but those days are gone now. Fact checking is all the rage now and even then sometimes the facts are rewritten to shed a favorable light and not the light of truth. That light is harsh indeed. I have an expectation that you are living in a mansion that was prepared for you by Jesus Christ (John 14:2) and I can only imagine what it must be like. I'm just visualizing a place where the grass is always green and never needs to be cut. Where the termites never eat the wood frame of the house, where the plumbing never leaks and there is no galvanized piping. The water is always clean, clear, cool and lead free. I know you're taking care of Molly until I get there. I really love that dog she was my favorite. I sure miss you baby boy and I'm certainly looking forward to when we can take some time together and maybe we can barbecue some chicken together like we used to do in Clovis before you enlisted. I love you baby boy.

Dennis Law TSgt USAF Ret.
Father

March 29, 2020

My husband and I passed your memorial today as we drove through Kingsburg. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. You are remembered today.

Tina L Holtz
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, NY (Ret.)

Bill Makuch
NYSDOCCS (Ret.)

Deputy Tina L. Holtz
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office (Ret.)

March 10, 2020

Officer law , 6 years ago today you and your partner became gardian angels at the gates of heaven continue to Rest In Peace

Mark Mottola

February 17, 2020

Hey Brian it's been almost 2 years since I've been here to leave some of my thoughts. So I just thought I'd drop by to see whats up. From what I can see things are different at the Oakland office on Telegraph when I went to go visit the office earlier this year. I was told only 1 person was there from when you worked there, everybody else is doing something different. Which makes me wonder what you would be doing if you were still in Fresno. You'd be 11 years on the job, a veteran, an old timer. Imagine that! Also things are changing in Fresno as they've already changed in Vacaville. There really is nobody I knew from when I was there. They've all moved. Everybody from our family has left there. Time is marching on and your kids are getting much older. I'm really looking forward to when I can see you again. I certainly miss you very much.

TSgt Dennis Law (Retired)
Father

May 14, 2019

John 5:28, 29 - "Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out". I pray that everyone can find peace in knowing that we will see this officer as well as many others again in Paradise soon. Until then, please accept my condolences.

A.W. Montgomery
Concerned Citizen

September 11, 2018

I worked with Officer Law’s wife as an officer in Sacramento. His wife always spoke kindly of her husband and the relationship they had. Then I had the priveledge to meet him at a mutual friends wedding. Officer Law was charming and you could tell how much he loved his wife.

We will take it from here, my brother in Blue.

Officer Jenn Bland
Sacramento County Sheriff

February 17, 2018

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

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret)
Upland Police Dept. CA

February 17, 2018

Hey Brian, haven’t been here to see you in over a year now. It’s not really that I haven’t thought about you for that long, because I have. I think about you everyday. I think about when you were born, I think about watching the movie Roots when Kunta Kinte (Toby) lifts his first baby up to the sky to show God his brand new baby girl. I remember thinking what a great idea he had. So on that evening after I’d gotten done with my swing shift at GTE Lenkurt in San Carlos in 1978 I had a beer to relax after work then I picked you up to take you outside to show you to God. I lifted you high up over my head and looked up and noticed it was a full moon. I wanted to thank him for his magnificent gift that I truly did not deserve. To be honest when you first got here what a pain in the ass you were. As soon as I walked into the door from work I could hear you waking up, what a light sleeper you were. I’d try to run in there to pick you up change your diaper get your bottle ready burp you then put you back to bed. But that was not going to work. At first you would cry then I thought I’d let you cry till you fell asleep but that was a big mistake. Because then you woke up your sister and now I had two kids to take care of. It took a little while but I learned that if I just changed your diaper, got your bottle ready, got my beer ready then we could both settle in to watch Johnny Carson or the late night movies and relax together. Once I caught you out of the corner of my eye lifting your bottle to drink at exactly the same time I would raise my beer can up to sip. I waited about a minute and tried it again and you did the same thing as you were watching me. That is a memory that I’ve carried a very long time. You taught me we could spend time together just hanging around. Now after your gone those are the memories that are lasting a lifetime. God how I miss you baby boy.

TSgt Dennis Law (retired)
Father

July 16, 2017

Happy Birthday Brian. Was just watching NBC News this evening and they showed a little video of your boys/girls from the Oakland CHP office chasing a silver Hyundai north on 23rd st. right in front of Queenies Nail and Taqueria Respados jr. Made me think of your partner John and friend Jared. So I sent them a text message. Not really sure what they think of that. Curious isn't it that they would show video of your Oakland CHP officers chasing a Hyundai up 23rd st. on your birthday? I don't really know why that would happen. I'm pretty sure the video they showed wasn't video that happened just today, I'm thinking it was video that was sitting on a shelf that was filmed sometime ago. Who knows it might even have been you that was driving one of the 2 Ford Explorers they showed chasing that Hyundai. Probably no way of knowing that. It would be incredible though. So today on your birthday I'm having some old #7 and Pepsi thinking about my baby boy. Life is much more difficult to navigate through these days. You'll be happy to know that your sister and niece are doing well. Just got back from seeing them last week. We had a good visit. Barbecued some pork chops. I love you baby boy.

TSgt Dennis Law
USAF Ret.

July 3, 2016

Hey Brian it's been a little while since I was here to say a couple of words to you. So I thought I'd come back by and have a little chat with you. I do have some bad news although you might already know though. There was a CHP officer that was killed in the line of duty several days ago in the Sierras on I 80. He was from the Gold Run office. He had just under 6 years also which means he had to graduate sometime around 2010 and he was about 35 years old also. Kinda seems like a bad time for the 30 somethings in the CHP. On a happier note in the last 2 years I've been to see your sister more than at any other time in our lives. Things are going very well and Amelia is going to this little Japanese language school in Eugene OR. and she is very bright. Imagine that she is going to know more Japanese than me and she is not even Japanese. She's going to know how to read and write it too, now that is hard. Well I need to go baby boy. I sure do miss you.

TSgt Dennis Law
USAF Ret.

March 18, 2016

My deepest sympathy to to Officer Law's wife, children, family, friends, and colleagues of the California Highway Patrol. Ecclesiastes 9:11,12 says that "time and unexpected events overtake them all. For a man does not know his time." Jehovah God has outlined a wonderful hope for our loved ones who have fallen asleep in death recorded at John 5:28,29 "do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out." May the "God of Comfort" words bring comfort to Officer Law's wife and children.

L Toatley ECSII
Orlando Police Department

January 31, 2016

Tech Sergeant Law,

I happened across your son's memorial page this evening and was struck by your post - your grief, and honesty, really gave me pause. I can offer my condolences to you, yours, and the family of Officer Gonzalez as well; but the fact of the matter is my words mean very little in the face of what must be the most horrific event of your life.

The Public is a funny entity, as officers across this country put their lives on the line for them every day and receive very little, if anything tangible at all, in return. The Job is thankless, save for the brief moments a cop has that remind him or her why it is not only worth doing, but necessary. Those times are few and far between, but I am sure your son and his partner had them during the course of their careers. I dare not say that every civilian is an ingrate or dullard, because to paint the people of this great country with the broad brush of generalization would be an insult to their fundamental good and to the valor of the officers fallen to protect them.

I wish I had more to offer than a few words, but alas, I do not. Many sympathize with you, but only a select few can share your deep grief and pride in the form of empathy. I fall into the category of the former. I do not expect my brief correspondence with you through cyber space to have a lasting impact, but please remember this if nothing else: not everyone forgets service and sacrifice. May God Bless your son Brian, his partner Juan, and you and yours. "Lex Paciferat."

Danny

December 15, 2015

Hey Brian I just thought I'd leave a message for you today because the day reminded me of you. It was a beautiful day today, the sky was blue, it was cool outside and not a cloud in the sky. It rained yesterday the the rains cleared out and what was left for this morning was gorgeous. It was a carbon copy of a day on the 17th of February 2014. On the 16th of Feb. 2014 it rained and the rain cleared out and left a totally magnificent day for the 17th. A blue cloudless sky, I remember looking up at the sky and smiling. Then I get a call from Carolyn to come home, that it was important. When I get home then I get the bad news. It just doesn't seem fair to correlate a beautiful day with the passing of my only son. But I guess there is a reason for it but I cannot figure it out. So while I'm thinking about you I thought I'd leave you something here. By now it's about a year and 9 months most people have moved on from you so I figure this page is pretty anonymous now so i guess I can just come here and BS with you. I still miss you baby boy. Things haven't changed that much I still pray for you everyday.

TSgt Dennis Law
USAF (ret)

November 19, 2015

I work in Fresno County as an EMT. From January to May 2014 I worked every Tuesday on one of the ambulances in Selma, CA. I remember hearing about two CHP officers that had lost their life on the 99 from one of the crew members I relieved. It hit me hard. I was very disturbed by the news.

I want you to know that despite the fact that I didn't know you or your partner -Officer Juan Gonzalez-, I have tremendous respect for you both. I respond to many calls on the 99, 41, 168, and 180 and I can always count on your brothers to be there -always professional and ready to help. I admire that.

I know they keep you in their memory. I can almost bet they are a reflection of who you were and what you believed in. I salute you Officer Brian Law. I salute you and there isn't a time where I don't acknowledge the freeway sign with you and your partner's name on it and say a little prayer.

I read somewhere online from one of your fellow officers that you served in the military as a Marine. Thank you for serving. I read your father's reflections on ODMP and he recounted how you were a go-getter from an early age. I also read online some time ago that you were well liked in Oakland where you served. You were a great man I am sure. It would have been a privilege to meet you and Officer Gonzalez.

I want you to know that I want to be a sworn officer of the law someday. I might possibly be one pretty soon if my medical and psych evaluation go well. If they do I will be a recruit heading into an academy. If I pass that I will be sworn in as a Sheriff Deputy with the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. Whether if I serve with this agency or another I will reach my goal. When I do I will honor you by following your example and being calm, professional and kind for the benefit of my LE family, and those I serve.

I wish I could say more, but I will break with God Bless you, your family and your CHP family.

O. Rubio Nunez, EMT
American Ambulance, Fresno, CA

October 1, 2015

Hey there baby boy it's your birthday again. I think about you every day. So you would be 36 today. I sure have missed you since you've been gone. Life has really been difficult for me since you've been gone. I don't really have anybody to talk to where there is not a concern that there would be blowback of some kind. I'm not really certain you knew what kind of role that you filled and how important that was to me. I always thought that you would be there, I just never considered that you would leave me first. I just wanted to let you know Happy birthday, and that even though you are gone I still pray for you everyday just like I used to. You and your sister. The fact of the matter is I didn't really start praying for you, actually praying at all until you and your sister were taken away from me and it was uncertain if I would still be allowed to be in your life. It really is amazing how life unwinds. I just never knew what God had in store for me. I love you baby boy. Happy Birthday.

TSgt Dennis Law (USAFR) ret
father

July 2, 2015

Rest in Peace, fallen hero.

Supporter Jonah Hensley
Proud law enforcement supporter

March 19, 2015

Hey there baby boy, I just got back from your Highway Dedication in Selma, CA. You know there were a lot of people there. And a shit load of the Oakland CHP guy's were there. They must really care about you. It's at least a 3 hour drive from Oakland to Fresno, and if you double that for the trip back and then the gas money. Although gas has gone down considerably since the last time you drove. I do know that you would be surprised that at least 5 guys got tattoos in your honor and I don't think that they got drunk before they got them. You know Brian I never knew how many people there were that really liked you, that really cared about you. I don't know why I thought it was only me and your family that cared about you. I know that you probably don't know but I talked to the first CHP guy that arrived on the scene, he said he knew you. He told me what he saw when he arrived on the scene, he told me he knew it was bad before he even arrived. Anyway the ceremony was a very nice event except for the underlying reason why. You know Brian when you were growing up I knew you were different from me in that you had more courage than me. I could see that even when you were very young. You would act without having to think about it. I would have to perform calculations in my head and that would take time. Some would say that was impulsive but you know in some jobs that is exactly what is required. So it was really not a great surprise that you enlisted into the Marines and later joined the CHP. So now time is moving on and it's over a year since you've been gone, pretty soon it will be 5 years and as time passes on your memory will grow dim for most. But there will be a precious few that will remember you until nature has it's way with us with Alzheimer or some other terrible aging disease. But the good news is that when and if that happens it will mean that the time is drawing near that I will be able to see my baby boy again. Carol & you have been the source of my being able to step one foot in front of the other in that slow parade of life. That inspiration is the motivation that prevents one from just laying down and surrendering to the perils and dangers of life. So now that we are home from the freeway dedication event and the next and for me the last event (the CHP Memorial at the CHP Academy) in the end of the Brian Law chapter in the life of Dennis Law is drawing near in May of 2015. So now I am left to find your replacement as incentive to step one foot in front of the other in that slow parade of life. Oh by the way I found the courage to step up in front of the crowd at the freeway dedication and say what I told you many times when you were here. "This is my son in whom I am well pleased" Just so you know I'm not the first one that said that statement. God said that to the crowd on the occasion of the Baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist. I love you baby boy.

TSgt Dennis Law
USAF (Ret)

February 19, 2015

Thank You for the dedicated services you have provided to the State and Freeways. Again, my deepest condolences to your family at home and your CHP family.

Security Officer Nguyen
HealthCare Security Services

February 17, 2015

Rest in peace my brother

sergeant barton
garden city pd

February 2, 2015