Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Game Warden Nelson Onepennee

Yakama Nation Tribal Police Department, Tribal Police

End of Watch Friday, April 11, 1980

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Reflections for Game Warden Nelson Onepennee

Rest in peace Game Warden Onepennee.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 27, 2021

Rest in peace.

J.R.

April 11, 2020

Thank you for your service and helping to make America a safer place.

Deputy Brian Jones
Boulder County Sheriff's Office, CO

October 24, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 32nd 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 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.

I pray for solace for all those that love and remember you for I know both the pain and pride are forever. Your family is in my heart's embrace today. Thanks to your friends for sharing their memories and devotion to you through their reflections.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

April 11, 2012

Nelson was my Training Officer, I was "Assigned" to him until I attended the Basic Indian Police Academy. I owe all I learned about the Yakama Traditions, Reservation, and People. He was a good person, friend and relative, he is missed by all who knew him.

Ptlm. Curtis Bearchum
Hanford Patrol, Richland WA

January 20, 2011

YOU ARE A HERO JUST BY THE PROFESSION YOU CHOSE

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH

May 5, 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
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and may not be duplicated without permission

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

March 6, 2008

I met your fellow officers at the dedication of the Wa. State Fallen Officers Memorial in Olympia. Your friend said he remembered the time you and he went to bootcamp together. His eyes seemed wistful with the rememberance. He said I would have liked you...You are not forgotten. Rest in peace.

Correction Officer Katherine Carnagey
King County Jail

May 2, 2006

Police Officers are part of a brotherhood that others will never know. Rest in Peace, Officer Onepennee, we've got the watch from here.

Ofc. Culver, RJ
Holly Hill Police Department
Volusia County, FL

Ofc. Culver,RJ
Holly Hill Police Department

August 29, 2004

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