Officer Down Memorial Page

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

Officer 11169
March 25, 2012

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 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.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater
July 16, 2010

To Officer George Burnette III,& Family,
I lost my father by the hands of the same person who took Officer Burnette, and my grief is shared w/ your loss. I was 8 then, now 50, and its a loss that is felt from the soul today, as deeply as was then. I will keep close to my heart, the loss of your life, and speak softly your name, along w/ my fathers. You will live forever in my days and nights, for the sacrifice was great. Thanks for your service Officer Burnette III.
In Loving Memory,
Melanie Ann Puckett Stephens

Melanie Ann Puckett Stephens
Daughter of Jonny Ferrell Puckett Sr.
April 17, 2008

Officer Burnette,
On today, the 40th anniversary of your murder, I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of East Point. I think it's a travesty of justice that your murderer only served 10 years in a mental hospital.

R.I.P.
Anonymous

Anonymous
July 16, 2006

Saint Michael, heaven's glorious commissioner of police,who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premisesof all its undesirables, look with kindly and professionaleyes on your earthly force.

Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for investigation and wise judgment.

Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores, strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.

You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences with the devil, that the police officer's lot on earth is not always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the devil, and your angelic self-control give us inspiration.

And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all the people. Amen.

Det Sgt C. L. Israel
East Point Police Department, Ga
December 2, 2003

Rest easy my brother in blue.
The watch is ours now.

God Bless.

Ptlm. D.W. Reichhardt
Virginia State University Police Department

It just doesn't seem fair. To lose these officers and the way they were lost just hurts. I didn't know Clifford but he was a brother officer and I love him.
Christopher W. Sager// Ret: Kansas City Missouri Police Department.

Ret. Officer Christopher W. Sager
KCMOPD