Officer Down Memorial Page

I WAS ONE OF THE OFFIERS WHO CAPTURED THE TWO
SUSPECTS. sHOTS WERE FIRED.
aTTENDIN WERE OFFICERS WILLIAM D.TAYLOR #1084
AND DAVID BAKER (WORKING 2000 TO 0300) The suspects
Were given a warm welcome.
Submitted by Retired officer Taylor Star #1084
Off.Baker (diver) fired a 44-6" magnum out my window.ouch

William D. Taylor/patrolman
San Francisco Police Department
March 21, 2012

Rest in Peace, Officer Zelms. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169
January 22, 2012

Thinking of Officer Zelms on this day. Never forgotten.

Misty J.
January 2, 2012

Rest now Brave Cicil Soldier and Proud Protector of the Public's Traust and Safety. It is people like you...heroes, that give me the courage to continue on every day of my life. Your passing was over 40 years ago in another time and another world but Heroes are remembered and Legends never die.

God Bless you and your Family.

Shane M. Snyder
Rock Island, IL 61201

Shane M. Snyder - Citizen
We never met
July 26, 2011

8-10 years for murdering a police officer? That's disgraceful.

Offcer Zelms, thank you for your service and dedication.

Rest in peace.

Michelle - wife of US Marshal
March 18, 2011

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 40th 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 hope one day to meet your family at a NORCAL COPS function. What a travesty of justice occurred in your case and how disheartened your family must have been by the verdict and sentence.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater
January 7, 2010

Eric, I got thinking about you the other day,you died a true hero,when you could have looked the other way,the short sentence given your cowerdly killers, is a disgrace to all police officers,God bless you Eric..RIP

P.E.DUFFY
San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff Ret.
May 29, 2009

TO THE MEMORY OF ERIC.
HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND I GREW UP WITH HIM AND PLAYED WITH HIM
AT DOUGLAS PARK.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE GOOD MEMORIES WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.
I CAN BE REACHED AT 415-706-6330 EMAIL [email protected]

RALPH BELTRAN

RALPH BELTRAN
FRIEND
December 6, 2008

To Eric, Diana & Andy...

Eric you will always be remembered as a hero to all those who lived in SF Area. Your killers should have gotten the death penalty. To Diana and Andy, I'm so sorry for your loss and can only imagine how painful losing Eric was. Andy, always keep your father's spirit alive in your heart.

J. Wood

April 20, 2008

Dear Eric:

Thank you for your bravery and dedication to the citizens of San Francisco. You made your family proud and you are remembered. God Bless You and Rest In Peace.

a brother officer

Detective Supervisor
LAPD (ret.)
January 11, 2008

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE, THIS WRITER IS DISAPPOINTED THAT JUSTICE WAS NOT SERVED ON YOUR BEHALF.

VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, N H
December 30, 2007

Thank you for your brave service, Officer Zelms.

Citizen
September 17, 2007

Officer ERIC A. ZELMS
You have never meet me but I am your nephew. I just wanted to say I am gunna be the first one to become a police officer in our entire family since your death. How i wish you were here to teach me all the do's and dont's but I will make you and our entire family proud of what im gunna do.

Kevin H.

August 12, 2007

Thank you for your courage and dedication. Gone, but never forgotten.

Detective
Orlando Police Department
March 26, 2007

Thank you for your service.

Trooper
Colorado State Patrol
February 9, 2007

I can not believe your killers only recieved 8-10 years. My father was a Chicago Police Officer killed in the line of duty on June 19,1970. His killer was given 30-125yrs. He will be released. I do not understand how our justice system can ever release these savages back out into our communities. My God bless you and your family.

PO Kurt Kaner
Chicago Police Department
November 30, 2006

Eric, I think about you a lot. We sure had fun at Douglass park and all over the neighbor hood before they built it up so much. What a great place to grow up. You should have taken the Fire Department job. Roger

Roger Wilhelm
neighbor and friend
August 10, 2006

I read about you, Eric, during research of the Zodiac case. You are a true American hero, and your family should be proud. Your killers should have gotten life in prison.

Dave Torzillo
Bookseller
March 9, 2006

I ran across you early in my reaserch on the Zodiac killer.Officer Zelms you are one of the few who encountered the Zodiac killer 10/11/69,but you were not harmed.
It took two cowards to kill you as you were defending the public.I can't believe those criminals only got a light sentence!
You are great and God bless your memory.

Dr.Howard Davis
July 30, 2005

Officer Eric died a hero in our family. His only son Andy, who was 11 months old when he died, is now 36. Andy had to grow up without a father but my Sister Diana raised him with the memory of Eric's heroic efforts as a police officer, husband, and father. Andy has to live his whole life without his father, the killers should have received life.

Elva Newman, Executive Secretary
Yuba County Health & Human Services
June 15, 2005

Officer Zelms,
On this, the 35th anniversary of your death, I would like to say thank you for your service to the citizens of San Francisco. What I can't fathom is how a jury could only convict the two cowards who murdered you to nothing more than an 8-10 year sentence when they should have gotten at a minimum life.

R.I.P.

Anonymous

Senior Patrol Agent Michael F. Casey
United States Border Patrol
January 1, 2005