Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Daley, it has been 47 years since you were taken from us. New England law enforcement has continued to thrive, learn and become safer due to the traditions and sacrifices you, your family, and many others have made for us. Thank you for your 7 years of law enforcement service.

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

July 29, 2024

Thank you for your service Officer Daley !!!!

Sergeant David Dufault (Ret)
Hartford Police Department
Hartford, CT

March 6, 2024

Officer Daley, it has been 46 years since you were taken from us. New England law enforcement has continued to thrive, learn and become safer due to the traditions and sacrifices you, your family, and many others have made for us. Thank you for your service.

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

July 29, 2023

Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice is one that will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren. Rest in peace always.

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

July 29, 2020

Rest in peace Officer Daley.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 29, 2019

Rest In Peace Brother in Blue. You are honored and remembered on the 41st anniversary of your EOW.

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA

July 29, 2018

Officer Daley,

It is an honor to serve in the same department as you once did. I salute you and may you forever rest in peace.

Officer Marisol Rodriguez-Velez
Hartford Police Department

September 30, 2014

I was 15 years old when you died. I was not a fellow coworker, wife, old girlfriend,Mom,Dad........I was a young lady that was blessed with your kindness, generosity and wholesome goodness. A poor family we were, you loved us no differently. Our house was falling apart....you wanted to fix it. We needed family time.... You made it happen(The Mohawk Trail). Family gatherings felt so special because you made the atmosphere fun and so alive. You handled a house of Italian women like it was nothing. Jack you are still loved,admired and respected 36 years after your death. I pray for your baby girl Jackie, your wife Donna and your family that was devastated by the accident that took your life. God bless all the families that have lost a love in order to protect all of us.

Your loving family

February 11, 2013

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 36th anniversary year of your death. I am priviliged to leave a tribute to you. 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 that love and remember you for I know both the pain and pride are forever. Thanks to your family and friends for sharing their devotion to you through their reflections.

Phyllis Lasater Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg (CA) officer Larry Lasater

January 22, 2013

Jack

I remember the afternoon as if it was yesterday. We had just come on duty and this was our first dispatch. When he answered the door with the rifle we all took cover behind my cruiser that' s when you slipped off the curb and your service revolver accidentally went off. Our conversation seemed to last forever along with Frank Fallon until we were able to place you in the back of Warren Bolden's cruiser who drove you to Mt Sinai. You had asked for a 1/2 day off to go home to your wife that day.

Always remember YOU.

Sgt. James Williams ( Ret)
Hartford Police Dept

July 30, 2012

To my fellow classmate in the HPD class of 1970 ( one helleva class).....Rest in Peace Brother!

Officer Jimmy Doyle
HPD

July 29, 2012

Rest in Peace classmate and Brother Officer Jack Daley!

Officer Jimmy Doyle
HPD

July 29, 2012

Rest in peace Jack, you live on in the hearts of your brothers who you left behind on that summer day so long ago.

Officer Anthony Romano
HPD

July 29, 2012

Jack Daley was a credit to the Hartford Police Department and to that select group of people who live a code of dedication, honor, community, and selflessness that permeates all they do.

Jack Daley was my best friend and the person I could trust, confide in, and count on in difficult times. He was simply a wonderful human being, a loving husband, son and brother. His death was all the more tragic since he was denied the joy of the birth of his daughter Jackie, the child he wanted so deeply. John would have been an exceptional father guided by love and good decisions.

Jack served his country in Vietnam and returned to serve his community as a policeman. He was an asset to the force and often took on the precarious duties of going "under cover".

I never expect to meet another whose life represents so much that defines good as did the life and actions of John Daley. I was fortunate to know him, to have his friendship and to learn, through his actions, how important the police are in our lives, the pride that goes with the badge, and the respect the badge commands.

John, all of your friends and family miss you, none more than your wife Donna and Jackie, the daughter you would have treasured. You would have been pleased that my wife Debbie and I named our only child after you, our treasure, our daughter, Jackie.

Jeff Bielecki
Close personal friend

March 13, 2012

My Darling Jack
You are my heart and thoughts everyday!
I miss you so much my love.
Your Loving Wife Donna Daley

Donna Daley
Wife

March 1, 2012

Rest in Peace, Officer Daley. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

February 4, 2012

Jack and I were married for a very short time in 1970. What a skock to find this, I had no idea that he had passed away. Jack wa a wonderful man and a wonderful father to my son John. For reasons only I could understand I left Jack and my son John. I did love them both very much, but at that time was not ready to be a wife or a mom, Believe me Jack made ever effort to make me and my son happy. I just want his forgiveness and I pray that his last years of his life that he was very happy and in love with a nice girl. He deserved the very best. Jack was my first love and I have never been able to find another man like him. Jack I did love you with all my heart. May you reat in peace and may your family be at peace also. Ann Watson.,

Ann Watson
ex-wife

February 3, 2011

John, with you on the 29th in District Four and at Mt. Sinai Hospital. I have remembered you many times in the past thirty-three years.

With warm remembrances,
Dave

Lt. David O'Connor (Ret)
Hartford Police Department

September 20, 2010

Jack, i think of you so often. you were my first love. love you always. elaine

Anonymous

July 13, 2010

"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
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

December 9, 2007

I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. R.I.P

Inspector Robert J Tyson
CT. DMV

August 31, 2007

You have not been forgoten John.

Anonymous

March 8, 2007

ON THE DAY OF YOUR DEATH, I WAS GIVEN LIFE. YOU ARE REMEMBERED AND NOT FORGOTTEN!

TROOPER VK
FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL

October 27, 2004

Rest in peace, and thanks for keeping the peace while you were here. You will never be forgotten. It is my dream to truly do something important with my life by becoming a police officer, like you and our other heroes have been. Time will not dim the glory of your deed.

Pat
Baltimore, MD

March 16, 2004