Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

A true hero!!! Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

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

June 21, 2020

Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

June 21, 2015

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. 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 who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace.

I pray for solace for all those who love and remember you for I know both the pain and pride are forever.

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

November 28, 2012

Rest in Peace, Sheriff Hall. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

April 1, 2012

If there where a real walking tall sheriff it was my uncle Mark.HE was my hero growing up.HE was one hell of a man.I wish he was still here a real american hero.If people where more like my uncle this would be a great country.

Jamie Moore
uncle mark

September 24, 2011

Thank you Uncle Mark for your guidance and dicipline. As a youth I had the unfortunate opportunity to run afoul of Uncle Mark. He whipped me with his belt on the side of the road where I had chosen to take my buddies for a joy ride while drinking. I had just turned 16 and had to go one further than borrowing my Dad's car. I also took a 6 pack of beer from his workshop fridge. Although my heart stopped with every ring of the home phone, he never told my parents. He didn't have to as he knew he had reached my inner being!
Thanks Uncle Mark for instilling in me a sense of responsability and more importantly...accountability. Commit the crime...suffer the consequences. We love and miss you.

Wes Rawlins

N/A
Nephew

September 1, 2009

"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
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
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Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

October 10, 2007

Thank you Sir for your dedication, bravery and sacrifice.

Sgt. T. Henshaw
Bell Gardens Police Dept., CA.

May 30, 2007

sheriff hall when i was small in jeff davis co my dad respected you so much. you were a special person to the rea family then . i joined the army and then the sheriffs office in n.c. and when my mother called me and told me you have went to heaven that was almost impossible. well sheriff my dad is in heaven with you now. so keep him straight up there . rest in peace sheriff you were a inspiration to me then and now

cpl clyde donald rea
cumberland co. sheriffs office n.c.

February 19, 2007

My Uncle Mark was a Giant among men....not only in stature, but most importantly in empathy. The biggest lesson he taught me is to remember that EVERYBODY is SOMEBODY'S child....or father, or mother, or sister, or brother. He was a gentle giant that I will forever remember with respect and adoration.

Thank you, Uncle Mark, for all you gave me.....

Susie

Susie Tompkins, Probation Officer
Ga Dept of Corrections

January 11, 2006

rest in peace chief.job well done.

SEMPER FI

Rest in peace blue angel.

Shannon