Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Haynes, there are no words that can be said to define the bravery and courage that you displayed on this day.
But I remember a quote that stuck with me since I was a young boy, it goes something like this; Never,, in the annals of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.
Society owes you a lot and your tremendous sacrifice will not be forgotten.
You define the word "Heroine", in the dictionary under, Hero, etc. Heroine it should read Elizabeth Haynes.
Rest in peace as you dwell in the House of the Lord.

Retired police officer.

August 17, 2004

You are a true Hero...rest easy sister...you will always be remembered

CPD

Rest in peace. Your bravery and courage will not be forgotten.

Inv. Michael Walker
Tallahassee Police Department

Rest in peace blue angel.

Shannon

MAY GOD BLESS OFFICER HAYNES FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS. A HERO FOR SURE. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. REST IN PEACE MY SISTER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. GOD BLESS.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RETIRED
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

Beth was a vivacious, loving and exciting person who genuinely was treasured and admired by many. Two days before her death, she stopped by my office. At the time I worked for the Boulder Police Department. She came around the corner as I was writing a warrant, and just flopped down in a chair asking "whatcha doin'?". This was Beth. Very much a little girl in a woman's body. She always had a smile when she greeted you, and I think of her smile daily.

The night she was taken from us, she had only minutes before talked down a knife-wielding suspect who wanted suicide by cop. Beth had a way of talking to folks and making everything better. I am proud of her, for the courage and strength she showed in her fight. With a citizen's life endangered, she left her place of cover to protect and innocent, yet remarkably ignorant citizen. Her last acts of kindness forced her into the fight of her life. The suspect, was of Middle Eastern decent and militarily trained. He took the moment of advantage to charge Beth, firing eight rounds. Two non-lethal rounds struck Beth yet fired four rounds of her own, striking the suspect in the leg, upper torso and head. The torso wound was a fatal wound. When Beth's gun "stove piped", Kalami calmly executed this fine cop.

I was on the SWAT team that night searching for the suspect and later was involved in the final investigation. Beth's actions saved at least two lives that night as the suspect had every intention of killing a hostage he had taken from Denver and forced to drive to Boulder, where he intended to kill is estranged wife.

Words and time will never completely tell the tragic hole her death ripped into many lives. But I write these now to help others understand that she was a dedicated street cop who focused much of her time on domestic violence investigations. She gave and gave and gave some more....and even in her passing, she still gives hope and courage to those of us who realize we will always be needed to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. When you read about Beth, think of the small town raised girl who left the relative comfort of a farming town to make a difference in a larger city. She left behind a mother and fiancée, a reeling city, and many friends who loved her dearly. Lest she be forgotten..

JDR

Sergeant J.D. Ross
El Paso County Sheriff's Office - Colorado