Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you Officer Cannon for your service and sacrifice as well as your partner.

I lost one of my brothers just 11 days later in Michigan. He was hot and murdered by an escapee from our local jail.

Captain Rick Yonker (Ret.)
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety

December 12, 2018

Thank you Officer Cannon for protecting people On Earth and watching over us in Heaven.Rest in Eternal Peace .Your heroic actions epitomize policework You run in when others run out Words cannot begin to describe your Braveness.

David A DeConinck
Nypd

December 4, 2018

MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE OFFICERS FAMILY. HE WILL BE ALWAYS REMEMBERED IN OUR PRAYERS

FRANK DEMARCO
RETIRED NYCPD DETECTIVE

December 3, 2018

Remembering you and your contagious smile

Scammer
NYPD Retired

December 3, 2018

Continue to rest in perpetual peace my brother. You are a hero for your service and sacrifice. Strength and blessings to your loving family and the NYPD.

Lieutenant Raymond Flores
NYPD (retired)

December 2, 2018

I found an old picture with Ray as my summer camp councilor in 1985. In passing, I asked a friend from our old neighborhoods what ever happened to him, because I remember him being a cool guy. I was shocked to hear what happened as I remember the incident but never realized he was involved. He was a very nice guy, always ready to organize a baseball or hockey game with a big smile. All of the girls at the camp loved him. I remember looking up to him, I was 4 or 5 years younger at the time. I only knew him for a month or 2 but he made an impact on me. He must be missed greatly by the people that were close to him. God Bless.

Anthony
Smithtown

January 9, 2018

I knew Ray at the Police Academy as he was in NYPD Police Academy Class Company 90-40, I was in 90-38, and he commuted in with a guy from our company from Smithtown Long Island. He was a great guy, with a great sense of humor. Rest in Peace Ray, you are not forgotten, May God always watch over your family. "Fidelis Ad Mortem".

Lt. Liam R. Foley former 34 PCT MOS.

Lt. Liam R. Foley
Demarest New Jersey Police Department

December 2, 2017

Rest well my brother in a better place. You are not forgotten for your heroism to this city that owes you a great gratitude.May God continue to bless your loving family, and watch over them. Until we meet.

Lieutenant Ray Flores
NYPD (retired)

December 2, 2017

Ray is my oldest friend. Living in the same neighborhood in Long Island suburbia, I met Ray before kindergarten. For years, Ray and I walked to school, stopping at the candy store on the way, laughed more than we learned and played. Man, did we play. Fall was football, spring was baseball, any season was street hockey and when it was cold enough we skated where we could: ponds, sumps, the ice ring his dad made in the back yard. With the 5 Cannon brothers, our friends and school mates there were always plenty of players to field teams. Summers were spent riding bikes, swimming and traipsing through the woods. Winters were for snowball fights and building snow forts.

Time marched on and we gracefully surrendered the things of youth. Ray went his way, I went mine. He became a police officer in New York, I moved off to Connecticut. But I still fondly think back to those innocent days where our biggest concern was how to best make a curve in a Mylec hockey stick blade.

After 23 years I am still haunted by the senselessness of his death. I am grateful to those who choose to protect and serve but saddened that Ray was taken from all of us too soon.

I hope that Mark, Michael, Jerry and David are well and that Ray is at peace. I think of him often.

David Gaiewski
Childhood Friend

October 2, 2017

Ray,
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about that horrible day it is forever etched in my mind as is the memory of you. I was blessed to be able to work with such a fine person and you are truly missed.....never forget ......RIP

Steve Rubin , Retired Detective 2nd Grade , NYPD

April 18, 2017

When God sent His angels to bring you home He had His reasons. Someday we will be able to ask why; but for now we offer our prayers for peace and comfort to those left behind. RIP Brother.

Prayerfully, my No Parole letter and those of other concerned officers will have the desired impact on this action.

E.A. Keeney, S/MSgt, USAF (Ret)
USAF Security Police

March 11, 2017

I am honored to have sent a "No parole" letter, so your cowardly killer remains locked up and denied the pleasure of living in a world that you made safe for all of us.

Det. Billy Russo Ret.
Nassau County PD, NY

March 10, 2017

Proud to send my No Parole letter today. Rest in peace brother, you have not been forgotten. Your sacrifice was not in vain. God bless the family, friends, and former co-workers for the re-opening of a never healing wound.

Deputy Donnie Meaders
Seminole County (OK) S.O.

March 10, 2017

rest in peace dear colleague and the good Lord gives relief to your family ....

Lieutenant of the Carabinieri (Italian)
Carabinieri (Italian police)

December 3, 2016

Ray, you will always be missed . Your dedication to NY and are way of life is what drew you to the NYPD. Your sacrifice was what took you way too soon. R.I.P. BROTHA.

Jonathan Skolsky
High school

December 3, 2016

Ray,
Every single day I think about you because you were such a terrific person in everything you did. I Miss All The Fun Times We had!! I tell every rookie I talk to all about your dedication and self sacrifice that you gave to this city!!! I miss you every day!! Rest in eternal peace.
Ret Former 69 Pct. Member Class Of 1990.
PO Celentano
NYPD

PO Nicholas Celentano
Ret. NYPD

November 30, 2016

It was my honor to research newspapers, magazines, online & books to find your ID CARD Photo. I found this photo in a 1995 NYPD MEDAL DAY BOOKLET about your heroic sacrifice. I felt it was necessary to have a photo on this website so that your family & friends can remember you. Rest Easy Hero! Always Remembered!

APO Christian Durante
NYPD: 68th Precinct Auxiliary Police Unit

February 5, 2016

Never forget

michael cafarella

December 4, 2015

Laura Misses You Ray. God Bless.

Family of Laura Cannon Riley

December 3, 2015

Thinking of you today, may you rest in peace and know how dearly you have been missed all these years by so many.

your friends

December 2, 2015

I said a little prayer today for Police Officer Cannon and his family. He may be gone but never forgotten. He will always be a New York HERO.

Robyn Wilkes

December 1, 2015

When God sent His angels to bring you home He had His reasons. someday we will be able to ask why; but for now we offer our prayers for peace and comfort to those left behind. RIP Brother.

SMSgt (USAF-Retired) Ed Keeney
USAF Security Police

February 19, 2015

My "No Parole" letter went out today, my brother in blue. God Bless your Family, Friends and Department.

Bob Reed, Retired Police Officer
South Lake Tahoe Police Department

February 17, 2015

On this day 20 years later, I still remember your big smile and how it would brighten up any room whenever you walked in.

As we gather here today at your memorial, it is quite clear that you are deeply missed by your brothers and sisters in blue.

Rest is peace
Gone but not forgotten

scammer
NYPD - RET. 69 PCT

December 2, 2014

RIP Brother, My prayers for you, your family and your agency. HEROES NEVER DIE..the animals that hurt you were arrested by your Brothers and Sisters. God Bless you Ray.

Philip Callas, Detective Retired Secaucus, NJ PD

December 2, 2014