Hawaii County Police Department, Hawaii
End of Watch Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Reflections for Police Officer II Bronson Kaimana Kaliloa
RIP SIR
MSGT. BRIAN DAIGLE (RETIRED)
LOUISIANA DOC
July 18, 2018
Rest in peace brother.
Officer Kyle Groose
Laramie PD, WY
July 18, 2018
Thank you for your long life of service and sacrifice. Our thoughts, prayers, and hearts go out to your family and friends. May God comfort and strengthen them all.
Darlene Newton
Friend of the Story County Sheriff's Office
July 18, 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…
This inspiring Poem is by Jim Weaver, retired LAPD Officer and former Idaho Sheriff. It is submitted with his approval, and we firmly feel such ceremonies actually occur in the Heavenly Realm. Visit… ImagineHeaven.net…and may we all gain comfort accordingly as Magnificent Reunions await…
Joe Lanier
A former Asst. Chief with the Jasper Texas PD
July 18, 2018
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9
Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service
July 18, 2018
Thoughts and prayers to your family and loved ones. May you rest in peace in the arms of GOD.
Dep Sheriff (RET) Glen Allison
Tarrant County Sheriff Dept. Ft Worth, Texas
July 18, 2018
Godspeed Bronson and God Bless your Family both Blood and Blue.
Det. Lt. Steven R. Marshall
Woburn Police Department Woburn, MA.
July 18, 2018
Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service. God's speed sir.
Lieutenant John C. Moore
Wisconsin State Conservation Warden
July 18, 2018
Final Salute Officer Kaliloa. Thank you for your service. You are a hero. Rest peacefully in the presence of God. We are praying for the family and fellow officers.
Former Patrol Sergeant
Johnny Allison
Wylie TX Police Dept
July 18, 2018
R.I.P. BROTHER Kaliloa!!!
Nebraska Police Officer
July 18, 2018
Thank you for your service. Prayers for your Family and your Department.
Detective Monica Veney
Baltimore City Police Department
July 18, 2018
Rest in peace Officer Kaliloa. Mahalo for your service and bravery to all Hawaiians.
Rabbi Lewis S. Davis
July 18, 2018
Rest in Peace my Brother. May God Bless and watch over your Family and friends that you have left behind. Rest assured that they will be taken care of by your Brothers and Sisters in Blue.
(Ret.) NYC Police Officer Richard Gray
NYCPD Highway Patrol
July 18, 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 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
July 18, 2018
God rest you brother, another Angel in blue now to watch over us.....My deepest condolences to the family both blood and blue.....
Mary E. Scheider (P.O. retired)
Jersey City Police Dept.
July 18, 2018
He was my cousin loved his job a Father and Husband he leaves a Wife with three beautiful children that they had adopted. Prayers to all my family in Kauai where he was raised in Eleele. A Officer who followed his Lord and kept him by his side. I’m lost for words today
Joe Char
Cousin
July 18, 2018
The true measure of a person
is not found in the
might of their arm,
their wealth
or their power –
it is found in the strength
of their character.
There is no greater testimony to
ones character, than ones
willingness to sacrifice all,
in the noble quest of
providing protection to all
whom they serve.
Javier Cornejo, Police Officer, Retired
City of Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee WI
July 18, 2018
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.
N.J. TROOPER (RETIRED)
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE
July 18, 2018
A great and terrible loss. May his family remember him as an honorable man who gave his life in the service to his community. We share their grief.
Stan Jefferson
Citizen of Arizona
July 18, 2018
May God watch over the family and fellow officers these heroes worked with. We can only imagine their pain. But we can sympathize with them and we must support them. This is what the Patriots and Heroes looks like folks. Running to the danger when all others run away from it. Selfless and fearless to the end. They now work heavens Beat. And are in God's hands forever. Ever watching down on us all.
B.J.Umbenhower
D.A.V. CHAPTER 11 Springfield, Missouri Color Guard.
Son of Chief of Police.Deceased
Their watch is over, now they patrol in Heaven.
July 18, 2018
R I P Brother
Herbie Buck Ret Officer
NYSDOCS
July 18, 2018
“Dear Lord, be with me on my beat this day and every day.Grant that each weary block I walk, may ease a brothers way. Let me be kind to the old and to the young, be strong. But let me triumph over those who’s acts are cruel and wrong. And if, according to your plan, I am to lose my life, please bless with your protecting hand, my family.” We, the Session 65 Recruits and Staff at the Zone 5 Law Enforcement Training Academy would like to express our deepest condolences.
Recruit Michael Martin
Zone 5 Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy
July 18, 2018
God Bless Officer Kaliloa and his family. He lost his live as a Sheepdog protecting the Flock. My heart bleeds over yet another tragic loss of a fine officer. Please protect the police officers who are hunting the individual who committed this murder. God Bless the men and women of the Hawaii Police Department.
Dan Hurley, Captain (retired)
New Jersey State Police
July 18, 2018
My deepest, heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Officer Kaliloa. May the peace of God comfort you through this most difficult time, and may His richest blessings rest upon you forever for the sacrifice of this valiant officer.
Oh, beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And [justice] more than life!
-- Katharine Lee Bates, America the Beautiful (1911), verse 3
David L. Breithaupt, Ph.D.
Corporal, #93
University of Utah Department of Public Safety (1990-1997)
July 18, 2018
Prayers of comfort for his family, friends and department. Rest in Heaven, sir. Job well done.
Margaret Scott
Shelby County Supports The Badge, Indiana
July 18, 2018
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