Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you all for all the 'reflections' you have left. As I read through them here, in 2024, I realize that after all these years, they are still such a gift to our family!

Obvioulsy, our lives were forever changed April 20th of 1992. The anguish was grueling. However, I cannot overstate the incredible support seeing so many police departments represented on the days of Mike's viewing and funeral. Seeing each vehicle and each officer gave a supportive comfort that I cannot express. We saw you. We heard you. We needed you and you were there. Thank you.

Thank you to all who have served and who are serving so faithfully each day to protect your neighborhoods. Mike was proud to be a part of this herioic and sacrificial community and we are so proud of him.

Bonnie Peterson (Browning)
Sister

September 17, 2024

I think about you all time Mike as I was there, arriving late. I later served at your funeral Mike, never forgetting your mom stroking your hair. We had just met maybe three weeks prior on a stop, and I knew immediately what a great kid you were and a good cop you would become. To friends and family he truly is remembered.

Dan Lay
Warrenville PD

May 8, 2023

I will always remember Mike, bright young kid who worked in the town next to mine. I was on duty that night and will never forget Don Reever’s call for help. ( Mikes partner that night on the call) Of course we went and the pain and hurt they were all feeling. We were all on the same frequency and we’re all friends. It will be a day I will never forget. RIP Mike

gretchen fehling
Gilberts Police

April 18, 2022

God bless

Ann c sunde

September 10, 2021

Rest in peace Patrolman Browning.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 9, 2020

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

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

June 4, 2020

I will never forget the morning of Michael’s interment. When the bagpiper walked in from the trees playing Amazing Grace there wasn’t a dry eye there.

Rest well Michael - your brothers will never forget you.

Lt John S Phillabaum
DuPage County Sheriff’s Office

April 23, 2020

I was working as a cop in Winfield and responded to the call for an officer down.. A sad day I will never forget.. personally knowing Mike it really hit a lot of us hard to lose such a young promising life.. Rest In Peace brother..

Officer gretchen fehling
Sleepy Hollow Police

April 20, 2020

It’s hard to believe you’ve been gone for 27 years. It seems like just yesterday we were cadets and looking forward to our careers in law enforcement.

You were a great man and will always be a hero.

Deputy Thomas Thornton
Dupage County Sheriff’s Office

April 29, 2019

Another year gone by. You will never be forgotten.

Deputy K. Kwasniewski (Retired)
Dupage County Sheriff

April 20, 2019

Thinking of you since Police memorial week just ended. Your service will never be forgotten. We pray for your family that they have peace. We will always remember you and your sacrifice. It is not how you died that made you a hero, it is how you lived. We all miss you Mike!

Det Mike Drugan
DuPage County Sheriff's Office

May 21, 2018

Officer Browning's story was read in Richton Park Police Department's roll call on 1-17-18 to honor him.

Sgt. James Galvan
Richton Park Police (IL)

January 17, 2018

We will never forget...

Deputy (Retired) Ken Kwasniewski
DuPage County Sheriff's Department

April 20, 2017

25 years later Michael, you are sorely missed.

Sergeant (Retired) S. Kroning
P.D. West Chicago, IL

April 19, 2017

RIP BROTHER

Illinois Antique Emergency Vehicle Assn.

June 24, 2015

I attended Officer Browning's services. Every year I visit the DuPage County Police and Fire Memorial on May 15th out of respect. You are remembered Mike and will not be forgotten.

Sergeant Craig Grude, ret.
Bensenville PD

May 15, 2015

I knew Mike only as an acquaintance when he would drop off suspects at the county jail. But my good friend Tom knew him as a brother. After knowing Tom for all the years I work with him, when Mike would come up in a conversation tears will flow. We lost a fellow brother on that day. But he will always be remembered. As it says on the National Law Enforcement Memorial “HEROES LIVE FOREVER”
Rest in Peace.

Deputy Sheriff (Retired) Mark Gliesmann
DuPage County Sheriff's Dept.

April 24, 2013

Michael, you will never be forgotten! Thank you for your service..

Officer Reda Reese
DeKalb PD

April 20, 2013

Rest in Peace, Patrolman Browning. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

January 29, 2013

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 20th anniversary year 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 murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect and your memory will always be honored and revered,

I pray for the solace of all those that love and remember you for I know both the pain and pride are forever. Your family is in my heart's embrace. Thanks to your family for sharing their memories and devotion to you through their reflections.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

April 20, 2012

Well I knew 20 years was coming up, thought it was next month? I still think about you, and still remember that nite. still sometimes dream of that nite!! still wish I never picked up the phone!!!! Watching you die changed my life forever! and the lives of everyone who loves you! I am sorry!

Doug
witness

February 26, 2012

Uncle Mike I was only five months old when you were killed but I've read the articles about that night and dad tells me stories about you and him growing up. I hope to follow in your footsteps and serve Kendall County as a deputy. I love you and we all miss you.

Eternal rest grant unto him oh Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them may he rest in peace. Amen.

Robert Owen Browning III
Nephew of the deceased

February 20, 2012

I hope your family has a sense of peace over the fact that you were so loved and such a hero and that you have touched so many lives since this tragic night.

As a dispatcher I could not imagine the horror that everyone felt that night, the pain, the sadness. I truly hope I never have to go through any of that in my career.

Rest in peace officer everyone misses you and has the watch for you.

911 Dispatcher

April 21, 2011

Thank you for your service. We must make sure your contribution is not forgotten.

Detective Thomas Downes
Chicago

April 19, 2011

As a resident of West Chicago, a dispatcher at DuComm, and a part time police officer, I am thankful this Thanksgiving for Ofc. Browning's sacrifice, and his brothers who still stand watch.

Ofc. Tyler Benjamin
Naperville Park District Police

November 25, 2010