Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in Peace Special Agent Holland. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, coworkers and friends.

Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department

August 20, 2021

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

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

August 20, 2021

Rest in peace brother

Douglas J. Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Central Macomb Lodge #187 Macomb County MI.

August 20, 2021

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow coworkers of Special Agent Gregory Cleveland Holland during this difficult time. May they find comfort and support from those around them. May happy moments from the past bring forth precious memories to cherish for a lifetime. May God help heal their aching hearts. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace Special Agent Gregory Cleveland Holland.

Gail. M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit P.O. Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

August 20, 2021

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

August 20, 2021

Greg was a great man and a true friend who always tried to help us see the positives in our darkest moments. I will forever be grateful for his friendship and the influence he had on so many Officers in the VA.

Patrol Lieutenant Lacey Bolander
Department of Veterans Affairs Police

August 20, 2021

Rest In Peace Special Agent Gregory Cleveland Holland. May God look after you, your family and the men and women of The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police Service during this difficult time.

Brian Jacobsen, Reserve Deputy
Mahaska County Iowa Sheriff’s Office

August 20, 2021

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired

August 20, 2021

Rest in peace.

J.R.

August 20, 2021

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

August 20, 2021

God bless you Special Agent Gregory Cleveland Holland, for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Department of Veteran Affairs Police Service. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

August 20, 2021

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. I went through Basic Training with Greg and later on served in 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 24th Infantry Div (M) on Kelly Hill with him.

I will never forget our road trip from Pine Bluff to Fort Benning following Basic Training. Rest in Peace my Brother!

Sergeant Gildardo Guevara
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

August 20, 2021

Rest in peace.
Thank you for your serice.

Chief R. A. McCann
Armour College Law Enforcement/Department of Public Safety

August 20, 2021

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

August 20, 2021

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers during this difficult time. Your service and ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Thomas H. Kelly Jr.
Assistant Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (ASAC)
New York Field Office
Federal Air Marshal Service

August 20, 2021

DIOS LE BRINDE DESCANSO ETERNO.

Civil Retired Jenny Fernandez Cartagen
Puerto Rico PD

August 20, 2021

Special Agent Gregory Cleveland Holland, thank you for serving your community. Rest in peace brother.

(Ret) Sgt Thomas McCarthy
NYPD

August 20, 2021

Rest in Peace Special Agent Holland. Thank you for your service. My son are with the Holland Family and the US Department of Veterans Affairs Police Services.

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office New Jersey

August 20, 2021

My long time friend and a true peacemaker. He will be missed RIL brother we have the watch.

Robert Reed

August 20, 2021

I had a moment the other day after you left for Heaven when I had a question that only you could answer. I nearly turned around to ask you when I realized you weren’t there; that I’d never see you again. But, that’s not true. You are with Jesus and I will see you again. Thank you for praying with and for me. Thank you for sharing laughs with me and always helping me without hesitation. You will always be missed and never be forgotten. Rest in Heavenly peace.

Special Agent Christopher Di Leonardo
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

August 20, 2021

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 Veterans Affairs Police Services. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

August 20, 2021

RIP Special Agent Holland. Thank you for your service to the Country and the citizens of the United States

Sergeant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police

August 20, 2021