Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service Officer Kent !!!!!

Sergeant David Dufault (Ret)
Hartford Police Dept

October 20, 2024

Patrolman Kent,
On today, the 60th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served during the Korean War. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

December 8, 2020

Rest in peace Policeman Kent.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 18, 2019

Dick Kent was working what was known at the time as "F-Cars" , those selected to work in plainclothes to roll on all felony calls in progress. Dick discovered he needed flashlight batteries and stopped at a nearby auto parts store. He unwittingly walked in on an armed robbery in progress, the suspect immediately pointing his gun squarely at him. Dick. had always said he would ever be disarmed or taken by a suspect and immediately pushed aside his coat to draw his weapon. As he did so the suspect quickly saw his badge clipped to his belt and opened fire. As the worst of luck would have it a bullet from the suspect's gun struck directly into Dick's heart. However, as Dick fell in the course of drawing his weapon he fired and struck the suspect in the shoulder heaving him back as he fled the store. His partner, Jeff Poor, had heard the shots, chased the suspect down and captured him a small distance from the store. The coroner took this as a remarkable case noting that Dick Kent was dead the moment the bullet struck through his heart and he fired back distinctively through his desired impulse. ….Why do I know this? I had been Kent's partner shortly before this incident. Contrary to some reports that both Dick and his partner fired shots inside the store and failed to hit the suspect, his partner was waiting outside in the car and never entered the store but did, in fact, capture the suspect. As my luck would have it, it was my partner and I who were assigned to take the suspect to General Hospital the following day to attend to and change his bandages. I always thought I attended to him quite well. Note: The night previous to the robbery the courageous suspect pistol whipped an elderly woman while robbing a Crenshaw district jewelry store.

Sgt. Frank Clatanoff
LAPD, 77th Division Homicide Former partner and friend

July 25, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother. You are remembered and honored today the 57th anniversary of your E.O.W. Thank you for your service and sacrifice to this country.

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

December 8, 2017

Rest in Peace Brother, we have the Watch

Policeman, Brother in Blue
Phoenix Police

December 8, 2013

Rest in Peace, Policeman Kent. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

January 14, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the fifty-first 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
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, PPD, eow 4/24/05

December 8, 2011

Policeman Kent - You showed great courage in the final moments of your life. Thanks for both your service and your example. If we are ever put to the test, may we live up to your expectations. 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)

April 6, 2010

It has been many years, but I still remember your children crying, and your wife playing "Are you lonesome tonight" over and over and over again, as she wipped away her tears...You had a great impact on my life without even knowing it.....Thank you.

Anonymous

February 23, 2009

You are not forgotten...

Anonymous

December 8, 2008

Officer Kent...Some of us only imagine what we would do in your circumstance. May your name and memory be everlasting. R.I.P.

Lieutenant
Dept. of Defense, Retired

April 22, 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 5, 2007

Policeman Kent,
On today, the 46th anniversary of your murder, I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your community, but also for our Country when you served during the Korean War.

R.I.P.
Anonymous

Anonymous

December 8, 2006

This brave officer was murdered the day my brother(also a police officer) was born, please watch over him during his career.

patrolman Turner
Cleveland OH PD

July 17, 2006

Thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice.

A Grateful Citizen

September 2, 2004

hero!

February 22, 2004