Officer Down Memorial Page

I was a rookie Seattle cop 27 years ago in April. Officer Nick Davis had just been murdered over a $5.oo dine & dash from the I-Hop in December, and then you were senselessly murdered a few months later.

Your's and Nick's passing made it real for me. Impressed upon me that it was not a game, this was the real deal. And that probably saved my own bacon on more than one occaision.

It has also made me humble. How many times have I just been lucky? We wear a huge target, especially when we work in uniform.

Reading your daughter, Michelle's, reflections here brings it back and reminds me how real it remains. By all accounts you were well liked and respected by your fellow cops, and clearly your family loved you.

So, each moment you were a good cop, and a good father, none of it was wasted or diminished by your sudden, untimely, and unfair passing. It all counted, and it still does.

Fellow Seattle cop
March 21, 2012

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