Officer Down Memorial Page

We have a memorial highway sign for you now Rick, 30+ years later! You will never be forgotten. I was only 19 when you were killed, but I was engaged to a fellow officer and it affected me so much that I sat in my car that week on my lunch break and wrote this:

Our Fallen Officer

It was a dark, star-filled night
as he drove into the alley
a killer waited, hidden out of sight
Seconds later, the officer lay dead on the ground
The echo of two shots fired was the only sound
the man who held the gun had already fled
he had carried out his plan
and now a good cop was dead.
This tragedy, the officers did not want to believe
their loss was evident as each one of them grieved
While the rest of the once quiet city slept,
the fallen officer's comrades lay their heads down and wept.
The police all wore their badges with black mourning bands and at his funeral later, his casket was proudly carried despite their shaking hands
Hundreds of police came to the funeral that day
to make Rick Steed's last call with him to the grave where he'll lay
Standing at attention, many of them cried, for it was in the line of duty that their fellow officer had died
For the sake of the killer, let him not ever be freed
Because San Clemente will never forget the senseless death of our Officer Steed

R

A former police wife
San Clemente PD
February 4, 2012

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