Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

NEVER FORGOTTEN!
Cops Cycling for Survivors, Indiana

Monica Zahasky, CC4S
Cops Cycling for Suvivors

December 11, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. After 50 years you are not forgotten.

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

December 11, 2017

Rest in Peace, Patrolman Nelson. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

April 6, 2013

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 44th 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
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

December 30, 2011

As we that are left grow old, they shall not grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

-4th Stanza of Laurence Binyon's "For The Fallen"

Godspeed, Jim!

Trooper Mark Senter (Retired)
Indiana State Police

October 4, 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 6, 2007

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

October 23, 2007

OFFICER NELSON, MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. A HERO FOR SURE. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. YOU HAVE SERVED WELL.

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

August 26, 2007

My grandfather was an auxillary officer with Plymouth PD in the 60's and would have known you I am sure. His name was "Cap" Botset and even though I don't know exactly how many years he served, I know it was around the time you were there. I know he was proud to have been able to serve with you and the other officers in Plymouth and it was in part due to his involvement in law enforcement I became a police officer. Your influence on others will be impossible to measure but I am sure you made an impact during your service. Rest in Peace and God bless.

Sgt. Matt Botset
Chesterfield County PD

April 16, 2006

HERO!...YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!...

October 29, 2004

Jim....no fallen officer on the ODMP should be without a reflection. Thank you for your service & God bless...from a fellow Hoosier.

Special Agent Dennis Duncan
Norfolk Southern Railway Police

March 25, 2004