Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Be Thou at Peace Warrior.
You come from a family of really good people. Thank you for your service.

SGT JD COTHAM, Retired
El Paso Police Department
1998 - 2018

April 2, 2021

Rest in peace always knowing that your service and sacrifice will always be remembered by your law enforcement brethren.

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

July 31, 2020

Rest in peace Officer Maltese.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

October 19, 2019

I'm former DPD. Thinking of you on this day. Never forgotten. God bless

Special Agent-in-Charge Diane Upchurch
FBI - Little Rock

July 31, 2017

Rest in Peace Officer Charles Joseph Maltese Jr.. Thank You for your Service and Sacrifice protecting the citizens of Dallas, Texas.

I Pray for Peace for your Family, Friends, Co Workers and those brave souls who have chosen to follow in your foot steps protecting the public. I also Pray that the thug who murdered you is soon rotting in hell.

Amen.

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

August 3, 2016

Chip, although our past never crossed, I feel our lives where connected in many ways. I joined the Dallas police department on July 27, 1981, four day later, on the 31th you were tragically taken away from us. Your last assignment was Northwest Patrol, my first assignment was Northwest Patrol. Your Last partner was "Captain" Doug Allbach. He was my first partner (field training officer). You don't know this but he spoke of you nearly everyday. If I didn't know you before, I got to know you through Doug. Especially when I made a stupid safety errors... it was particularly bad for me one day when I turned my back to traffic while working a wreck on the freeway. He told me in no uncertain terms, that was stupid and dangerous and not to ever do it again. afterwards he apologized and told me that was how his partner had lost his life. He was still thinking of you. He said you only looked away for a split second..... and the next moment you were gone. You see Chip, in a way you helped train me. That was a lesson well learned and I never, ever made that mistake again.

I attended the trial of the cowardly drunk that took you away from your Parents, Fiance, Doug and your DPD family. I watched your loved ones at the trial and marvelled at how strong they were. I watched them from afar, never getting the courage to walk up to them and tell them how sorry I was for what they must have been going through or to tell your parents "Thank You" for raising such a wonderful young man."

It has been almost 34 years and as I go on a permanent "66" from DPD, I reminisce about some of the good people that have passed through my life and others who helped shape my life without even being there.

Thank you and Rest In Peace...

Sgt. D. L. Lawson #4564
"Retired" Dallas Police Department

January 29, 2015

Chip, you were a trusted Officer and a loyal friend. I still reflect on your quick wit, your humor and your love and affection for your sweet fiancee. It was so tragic for all of working that night to learn that your devoted fiancee was working at Parkland when you were brought in. No one can possibly feel the horror and heartache she must of felt and the helplessness knowing that you were soon to depart this world. I remember the first anniversary of your passing and those present at your memorial. It was then that I realized the full mortality of being a Police Officer and the heavy load one's tragic passing leaves behind on those who held you so dear. Your parents were so proud of you and so sad to bury their son. It was that late day in late July that I found it no longer possible to wear the blue uniform and walk that thin blue line knowing with the next call my family could also find themselves in the same despair that I saw in your beautiful family.

Corporal Paul H. Brown (former) #3967
Director, Montgomery , AL Community Corrections

January 19, 2012

Chip, you were a trusted Officer and a loyal friend. I still reflect on your quick wit, your humor and your love and affection for your sweet fiancee. It was so tragic for all of working that night to learn that your devoted fiancee was working at Parkland when you were brought in. No can possibly feel the horror and heartache she must of felt and the helplessness knowing that you were soon to depart this world. I remember the first anniversary of your passing and those present at your memorial. It was then that I realized the full mortality of being a Police Officer and the heavy load one's tragic passing leaves behind on those who held you so dear. Your parents were so proud of you and so sad to bury their son. It was that late in late July that I found it no longer possible to wear the blue uniform and walk that thin blue line knowing with the next call my family could also find themselves in the same despair that I saw in your beautiful family.

Corporal Paul H. Brown (former) #3967
Director, Montgomery , AL Community Corrections

January 19, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 29th 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.

I hold your family in my heart's embrace today and pray for their solace for I know both the pain and pride are forever.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

July 31, 2010

I was a brand new rookie working NW Patrol in 1981, where Chip was assigned. At his funeral, his Dad said something to me I never will forget, and repeated to every rookie I trained, and still tell every officer and citizen I talk to when we talk about the risks of being a police officer. Mr. Maltese said, "Chip lays there because he never thought this would happen to him...that is what keeps all you young men and women coming to work every day; you don't think this will happen to you. For Chip, and for me, remember it can happen to you, so be safe. Always, be safe." God bless Chip, his family, and all those who do what they do in the hope and belief they and the ones they love always make it home at the end of their shift.

S.S. Scholl #4459
Dallas Police Department '80-''86

March 21, 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
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

February 5, 2008

CHIP HAD HIS LOCKER NEXT TO MINE AT NW PATROL DIV. CHIP WAS A GREAT GUY WHO LOVED THE JOB. HE WAS LIKED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. I MET HIS PARENTS AND CHIP WAS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT PARENTS . I THINK ABOUT CHIP AND THE IMPACT HE HAD ON EVERYONE , HE WILL BE MISSED..

SPECIAL AGENT TONY STEWART
ATF / EX DPD 78-89

July 4, 2007

I attended the Dallas Police Department's Police Memorial yesterday at City Hall. I am a motorcycle officer and as we stood at attention,and the roll of honor was read,Chip Maltese's parents stood as his name was read.
Two years after Chip was killed,I moved down the street from Mr.and Mrs.Maltese.I got to know them and the passion they had in remembering their son. They are two of the finest people I have ever met. They honor their son ever year at the ceremony. Mr.Maltese was a police officer in New York..I believe it was the Transit Police.
I didn't know Chip at the time of his death,but I wish I would have.
Rest in peace Chip.

SR.Cpl.W.H.Croom,II
Dallas Police Department

May 17, 2007

It's been 24 years since I attended the funeral for Officer Maltese. He will always be remembered. May God bless and keep safe from harm the men and women of the Dallas Police Department.

Patrolman Doug Hutchison
Irving Police Department, Texas, retired.

July 31, 2005

Rest easy Blue Angel ... you are not forgotten.

Andy

November 22, 2003

“For those who pledge to uphold it, Freedom requires a sacrifice the protected will never know”