Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF OFFICER CASILLAS, AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF OFFICER CASILLAS .OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
HIS SERVICE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HIS DEEDS NEVER FORGOTTEN.

Ret Officer David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Ontario Canada

March 12, 2018

R.I.P. Brother, I pray for peace and comfort for your family in blood and in uniform.

DEPUTY Richard Avery
Ontario County Sheriff's Office

March 12, 2018

Thank you for your dedicated service Officer Casillas.
My condolences go out to your family, friends and
the Pomona Police Department.
R.I.P Sir!

Wm Jean-Paul Rochat
Swiss Army, MP, Trafic & Escort Unit

March 12, 2018

Rest in peace brother. You are a true hero.

Jamie Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office

March 12, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother

Albuquerque Police Department Police Ser
Albuquerque Police Department

March 12, 2018

My deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to Officer Casillas wife and his two children. May God bless and protect his family. My condolences also extends to Officer Casillas brothers and sisters within the Pomona Police Department. Also, my prayers are with the second Police Officer who was also shot on this same incident; May God bless him and his family too.

First Sergeant Tom Webb, Retired
New York State Police

March 12, 2018

REST IN POWER WARRIOR

CADET BRYANT

March 12, 2018

"The Final Inspection"
The policeman stood and faced his God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining.
Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, policeman.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My church have you been true?"
The policeman squared his shoulders and said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't,
Because those of us who carry badges can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
Because the streets are awfully tough.
But I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep....
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fear.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't.....I'll understand.
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, policeman,
You've borne your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in hell."
Author Unknown

Sergeant Chad Miner
Powell Police department
Powell, Wyoming

March 12, 2018

Rest is peace brother. We've got the watch from here

Deputy Nick Piatt
Washtenaw county sheriff

March 12, 2018

Rest In Peace!

CST. David Wismer (ret)
Calgary Police Service (Canada)

March 11, 2018

Rest In Peace brother Casillas, May God bring comfort to your family. Thank you for your service. Although you were a young officer, you will not be forgotten. Your sacrifice displayed honor. Continued prayers to Pomona PD and all our brothers in blue

Detective Ed Ramirez
Retired Los Angeles Police Department/Riverside County DA

March 11, 2018

Officer Casillas, thank you for your dedicated, yet all too brief service. So long as those who know and love you best keep you forever in their hearts and minds, you will never truly be gone from them. They are in our prayers as they go through this horrible time.

God Bless and may you forever Rest in Peace, Brother.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Department

March 11, 2018

Rest In Peace brother Casillas, May God bring comfort to your family. Thank you for your service. Although you were a young officer, you will not be forgotten. Your sacrifice displayed honor. Continued prayers to Pomona PD and all our brothers in blue

Detective Ed Ramirez
Retired Los Angeles Police Department/Riverside County DA

March 11, 2018

Requiescat in Pacem

Police Officer Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

March 11, 2018

As I retired on January 10, 2018 with 50 years of Law Enforcement I have attended to many officers funerals over the years and now with ODOP keeping up with officers across the nation it seems a officer is dieing everyday.
I pray for this Officers family, friends and Department.
So many young men and women giving up their lives to protect a civilian population that some do not respect them.
Stay Safe my Brothers and Sisters in BLUE.

Lt Mike Bryant
Stone Mountain City Police department

March 11, 2018

Though it may be tough for some to come to terms with, you are in a better place, bro. May God watch over and protect your family. One love.

Dep. R. Gonzalez
LASD

March 11, 2018

I left a comment earlier but I thought one day his wife and two children will look upon this site of honor and pain. I wanted the wife and kids to know what an american hero their husband and dad was. Officer Casillas is an american hero. He served as a Police officer and showed loyalty and caring for his fellow man and that alone speaks volumes. That can't be taught but it can only come from the purest of hearts. A warriors heart. To the wife and children thank you for sharing such a hero for all the world to see. I read this quote somewhere but thinking about your husband and dad it feels right to say. In Valor there is hope. My prayers and respect to the Casillas family always. My family is always at your service.

Sgt. David Osborne Jr
Tennessee Highway Patrol

March 11, 2018

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

March 11, 2018

Thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and co-workers of this brave Officer. Rest in Peace!

Ptl. Bryan Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake OH PD

March 11, 2018

Rest in peace Brother.

DEPUTY Oscar Munoz
Sacramento county Sheriff's Department

March 11, 2018

Officer Greg Casillas, your time on the JOB was brief but you served the citizens of Pomona with honor and dignity, it is now your time to rest with all of the other heroes that have gone before you. We will carry on from here. To the family of Officer Greg Casillas you all are in our thoughts and prayers. The Law Enforcement family will stand beside you. To the men and women of the Pomona Police Department hold your heads high as you all carry on during these difficult times. Stay Safe. To Greg's partner stay strong. Fair Winds and Following Seas WARRIOR.

Detective Grade One Robert Jackson Ret.
Metropolitan Police Department/Homicide Branch

March 11, 2018

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF POMONA POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE OFFICER GREGORY CASILLAS I.D.#16.

My heart is filled with great sadness at learning of the lost of your loved one and fellow Police Officer.
We in the law enforcement community are a family, although our uniforms may be a different style and vary in color, a badge, shield or star may be pinned upon our chest. Our areas of enforcement may vary but our goals are the same, to Serve and Protect our communities.
We consist of many different agencies from across the nation, for we are: Municipal Police Officers, Sheriff’s Deputies, State Police Investigators, State Highway Patrol Troopers, Conservation Police Officers, College Campus Police Officers, Correctional Officers and Federal Agents just to name a few.
We patrol small towns, large cities, college campuses, county roads, state highways, state prisons, county jails, state parks and the United States Borders.
Whether active duty or retired, we are one family, a LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY, the thin blue line of protectors, brothers and sisters bonded together by HONOR, SERVICE and PRIDE.
Daily we honor our fallen brothers and sisters never forgetting their sacrifice and the sacrifices of their families.
Daily our position is clear that we will Serve and Protect our communities without faltering and with no hesitation.
Daily we show pride in our chosen profession LAW ENFORCEMENT, for we willingly walk the line of good over evil facing the unknown with courage keeping our trust and our faith in GOD.
We know that evil roam these streets and at any moment in the course of performing our duties the ultimate sacrifice might be required of us in the service to our community, for LAW ENFORCEMENT is not a job but a calling and only a few will make the decision to commit to that calling to serve for some will give all that they have.
ALL LIVES MATTER - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOULD BE RESPECTED - If we don’t respond to that call for help, or investigate that suspicious subject(s), or stop for that stranded motorist, or rush to that call of shots fired then who will?
OFFICER CASILLAS
You did not die in vain.
You sacrificed your life in the service to the citizens in the City of Pomona in the State of California with HONOR, PRIDE and DISTINCTION.
I’m proud to have worn the uniform of a law enforcement officer like you did.
I’m proud to have pinned the badge upon my chest like you.
I’m proud to have Served and Protected my community as you did.
I’m proud to call you my BROTHER!
I commend you my fallen brother for making the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of your duty.
For you left us doing what you chose to do.
Performing a job you were trained trained to do.
Upholding the oath you swore to do.
Most importantly doing what you loved to do.................. Serving and Protecting your community with Honor and Pride making a better and safer place for us all.
FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR IT, “LIFE HAS A FLAVOR THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW.”
FINAL CALL
Officer Casillas status...............Officer Casillas status...............Officer Casillas status................Attention All Units............Pomona Police Department, Police Officer Gregory Casillas I.D. #16 having served the citizens in the City of Pomona in the State of California with HONOR, PRIDE and DISTINCTION is now 10-42.
Rest In Peace my fallen BROTHER, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!

Senior Master Investigator Cardell L. Dobbins #188 (Ret.)
Illinois Secretary of State Department of Police District 01, Region 01

March 11, 2018

Rest in peace Officer Casillas!
You will not be forgotten!

Willie Bell Hopewell VA!
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!

March 11, 2018

Avenue of the Fallen

Standing at attention in their class “A“uniforms, badges gleaming and shoes like glass, are your brothers and sisters of Law Enforcement. All of whom have previously paid the ultimate price.
Today, like many others, they welcome you to this wonderful place.
As you march down the Avenue of the Fallen, all eyes focus on you as if to say “it’s OK, you’re with your eternal partners.”
A salute is followed and a tear can be seen on so many faces.
Welcome, you served well.
Now come join us in the ranks, another is coming home.
Officer Jim Weaver (#11452), Los Angeles Police Department retired
12-25-2010

Retired Office Jim Weaver
LAPD

March 11, 2018

May God welcome you with open arms. Thank you for your service.

Sgt David Osborne Jr
Tennessee Highway Patrol

March 11, 2018