Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Trooper Gann,
On today, the 50th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of the state of Alabama. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

February 21, 2024

Rest in peace Trooper Gann.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

June 13, 2020

Thank you for your service and for helping to make America a safer place.

Deputy Brian Jones
Boulder County Sheriff's Office, CO

October 31, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 38th 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.

Time never diminishes respect and your memory will always be honored and revered. I pray for solace for all those who 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 friends for sharing their memories of you through their reflections.

Rest In Peace.

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

February 21, 2012

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE, YOU ARE A HERO JUST BY THE PROFESSION YOU CHOSE, GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL THOSE THAT LOVE YOU.

Van Den Berghe
MANCHESTER, NH

February 12, 2008

"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.

July 11, 2007

On the anniversary of his death, we pause to honor the memory of one of our retired officer's father, Trooper Bobby Gann and to acknowledge his ultimate sacrifice.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to his surviving family members. May he never be forgotten

Major D.W. Warren
Montgomery Police Dept. - Montgomery, AL

February 23, 2007

I will never forget the day that I learned of your passing away. It is one of those things that make such an impression on a young person's life and it is also is one of those moments in time that you know what you were doing the moment you heard the news. Time stood still that day and in my young mind I did not learn until later on in life the sacrifice that you made for me and my family. Also, the look on the person's face that is telling the news, is something that will forever be with me throughout my life.

You are never forgotten and remembered often. Every May when I stand in front of the courthouse to remember you and all the other fallen officers in Autauga County, I remember that day with great sadness in my heart for your sons that you did not see become young men and the grandchildren that you never saw.

You are forever missed by all who knew you. Your family, friends and co-workers.

Rest in peace.

friend in Prattville

September 22, 2006

Rest in Peace, Trooper Gann. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

September 7, 2006

Rest in peace Brother Gann and thank you for your service to the citizens of the State of Alabama. You are not forgotten.

Officer Kevin Turley
Jacksonville Police Department (Alabama)