Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I think of you often, Don. I will never forget that night.
I have lost touch with your wonderful wife, Fran, but I hold you all in my heart and prayers every day. My step son (Aurora PD) and son-in-law (Denver PD) are police officers, and I've spoken of you many times to them. RIP, my friend.

Cindy Dreiling Lantz
Just a friend

August 31, 2015

The killer, Emery, died in the DOC November 12, 2013. The DeBruno family is finally free of him!

Det. Daniel Andrews
Denver PD

November 22, 2013

Rest in Peace, Detective DeBruno. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

January 25, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 36th anniversary 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.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya
mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, PPD, eow 4/24/05

December 10, 2011

Detective DeBruno - Four Fridays ago, I stood in the State Assembly chambers when you name was one of almost 250 read off during a motion regarding this month's Peace Officer Memorial Week - you are not forgotten.

Thank you for your service to the people of the City of Denver and the State of Colorado. May God grant you eternal rest and may His perpetual light shine upon you.

Chief K. Moreland (Ret. Sgt.)
Palmer Lake, CO PD (Ret. LAPD)

May 14, 2010

I was a teenager at the time. My father now retired was a DPD detective who worked in homicide and knew Detective DeBruno. Dad said Don was so big and strong. I remember when my mother and father received the call that this brave officer had been killed. My Dad and his partner came in the next day and worked on the case. We all felt so crushed and saddened by the loss. I think of him and his family and pray for them still to this day. God Bless and care for Detective DeBruno and his family!

Pam (Welch) Green
child of a Denver Police Detective

December 30, 2008

You are remembered today and thank you Sir for your service

Pat Van Den Berghe, Manchester, NH
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH

December 6, 2007

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
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and may not be duplicated without permission

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

September 24, 2007

Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.

Police Officer
TN

June 18, 2006

Larry Green is my father, and you were his partner, I heard many stories about your days together on the job. he admired you enough to name me after you thank you for being a true friend and a good cop

pfc donald green
united states capitol police

January 21, 2004

You died about three months after I was born. Now I am on the job and I will continue on for you. You will not be forgotten. Rest in peace brother.

Police Officer
Denver Police Department

Don.....you were one of the first officers i ever worked with when i joined the department and was assigned to District 2. You and your partner, Tom Haney, exemplified what the ultimate GOOD cop was. I learned a lot from you. You were a good friend. You've been sadly missed....... JUST ME>>Ron

Officer Ron Wasinger
Denver Police Dept ( retired)