Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Patrolman Lawrence Harold Metsker

Manitowoc Police Department, Wisconsin

End of Watch Wednesday, February 25, 1976

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Reflections for Patrolman Lawrence Harold Metsker

Rest in God's loving embrace, hero. You will never be forgotten.

Retired Wisconsin L.E.O.

February 8, 2018

Rest in peace and Olav Hashalom Patrolman Metsker. Your bravery won't be forgotten.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 4, 2016

Your job was to serve. Our job is to remember. You are being remembered, honored and thanked for your dedicated service and sacrifice on this anniversary of your passing. R.I.P. May peace be with your family to comfort.

G. Birkholz
mother of Officer Craig Birkholz, E.O.W. 3/20/11

February 25, 2014

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 36th 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.

Rest In Peace.

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

February 25, 2012

RIP Sir, never forgotten

James Kotke
Civilian / Former Officer
WSF Park Police (Wi.)

February 15, 2012

"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
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

February 22, 2008

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION

Van Den Berghe
MANCHESTER, NH

February 19, 2008

Rest easy, hero.

Wisconsin L.E.O.

August 20, 2006

A man remembered lives for eternity.

February 25, 2006

Rest in peace brother
You're gone but not forgotten.

Deputy
Walworth SO

December 19, 2003

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