Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice will never, ever be forgotten. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

July 8, 2020

Chief Knippel,
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 Columbus. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

July 8, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother LEO. Thank you and your family for your sacrifice and service.

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

July 8, 2018

Rest in Peace Chief of Police Arnold H. Knippel. Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice protecting the citizens of Columbus, Texas.

I Pray for Peace for your Family, Friends and Co-Workers. I also Pray that the scum that murdered you shall forever burn in the lake of fire.

Amen.

Senior Special Agent B.L. Sherwood (Ret)
Port Terminal Railroad Police Houston, TX

July 8, 2016

Thank you for your ultimate sacrifice in keeping our community safe. It sounds like you made a great impact on the youth of our town.

Cathy O
Citizen of Columbus

July 8, 2016

Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

July 15, 2015

Chief, we are all so sorry for the loss of your life, and how your family was devastated. There's never been words to express how sorry we are.....

Dianne M
civilian

June 30, 2014

Chief Knippel, I went to the place you fell and said a prayer for you and your family today. You are not forgotten. Be at Peace!

Chief W. E. Lattimore
Columbus Police Department

July 8, 2013

Heroes live forever, Chief Knippel, and we will never forget. Thank you for the sacrifice you made for the citizens of Columbus and the great State of Texas.

Greater Houston C.O.P.S.

July 8, 2013

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 45th anniversary year 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 who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg (CA) Officer Larry Lasater

January 1, 2013

Rest in peace, Chief Knippel. Your service and sacrifice to the citizens of Columbus and the great State of Texas are not forgotten.

Greater Houston C.O.P.S.

July 8, 2012

Chief, Thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice. May God's blessing and favor be upon your family and friends. Your service will never be forgotten. Bart Catlett

Police Officer R.B. (Bart) Catlett
Houston P.D.

June 16, 2007

I will never forget the night my father received a phone call in the middle of the night saying my grandfather had been killed. I also know that others have not forgotten you either. To this day, I still meet complete strangers who knew you and tell me what a great man and police officer you were.I can still remember the times I would ocassionally ride with you and the times you took me fishing. I am proud that you were my grandfather and I miss you very much. May the Lord bless you and keep you.
Thomas Knippel, Grandson

Thomas Knippel

July 22, 2004

AS WATER REFLECTS A FACE, SO A MAN'S HEART REFLECTS THE MAN... PROVERBS 27:19

Anonymous

IT HAS BEEN THIRTY FIVE YEARS SINCE YOU WERE TAKEN FROM THE PEOPLE OF COLUMBUS. YOU HAD SUCH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE HERE, PARTICULARLY THE KIDS AND TEENAGERS WHO WERE PRIVELEDGED TO KNOW YOU AND EXPERIENCE YOUR FAIRNESS AND GENUINE CARING. WE SPEAK FONDLY OF YOU, AND OFTEN SAY "I WISH ARNOLD WERE HERE, THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT". A MAN OF YOUR STATURE IS SURELY NEEDED NOW! GOD BLESS YOU, AND THANK YOU FROM THE CITIZENS OF COLUMBUS AND ALL THAT KNEW YOU.

GARY R ASHFORD, DETECTIVE
HARRIS CO SHERIFF'S DEPT