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On the 11th anniversary of Trooper Huff's death, we honored her service in our patrol briefing by reading her entry from ODMP. Each day, we honor one fallen officer on the anniversary of their death so as to keep them in our thoughts, and also to remind us of the dangers inherent in our job. Trooper Huff is not forgotten.

Sergeant Zach Perron
Palo Alto (CA) Police Department
2009-06-17

Linda,

Friends have said you will not be forgotten, Another year is passing and believe me you are not forgotten. As tomorrow comes I will say a prayer for Chad and the kids. Thank you for watching over us blue angel.

Capt. David Platt
Payette Police Idaho
2009-06-16

Linda,

I think of you often. You sent me a letter in May 1998 for my High School graduation, I still have that letter and read it often. You were an amazing woman, mother, and officer. Life is not the same without you. You are on my mind today as I found out from my mom Yvette Hollis that Idaho State Police is currently building a new office in Region 1, they are naming the office The Linda Huff building. A much deserved honor. We miss you Linda! We love you!

Aimee Hollis
She was my second mom~
2009-05-26

So many years have passed and still dealing with the grief of you and Wade. Girl, I miss both of you and you both keep laughing like always. I still think of you and wish happiness for Chad and those beautiful children of yours. Love ya K

Long Time Done Dispatcher

2009-05-20

TROOPER HUFF YOU ARE STILL REMEMBERED TODAY BECAUSE HEROES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN. WHAT A FIGHTER YOU ARE NEVER GIVING UP ON A FIGHT. YOU ARE A TRUE INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US AND AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A COP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AS YOU WENT BEYOND TO SERVE AND PROTECT. YOU MADE THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS A SAFER PLACE FOR ALL OF US TO TRAVEL. YOU SERVE WITH CARE AND HONOR. TO THE HUFF FAMILY PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES. WE NEVER FORGET. TO THE JUDGE, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ?

AL LLANOS
FRESNO PD RET.
2009-04-26

Trooper Huff your dedication and resolve that fateful day in the performance of your duty to fight on has always stayed with me through the years. God bless you and your family.

Dear God where do we get such men and women?
What loving God hath provided, that each generation afresh
new giants shall arise in the land.
for if we were to go but a single generation
without such men and women we should surely be
both damned and doomed.

SWAT Tactical Commander Troy S. Pilivi
Box Elder County Sheriff Utah
2008-11-15

Yeah I remember the day I heard. I started crying. I knew Linda when she worked in Payette County. She worked with my Aunt Barb. So I was really sad to hear about her. But we all know that she is up there in heaven still watching over all those she loved.

Alicia
knew Linda through my aunt
2008-11-10

My reflection of Linda. You were my friend and a fellow officer. I looked up to you cause you just started on the road and I had just started in dispatch. You had so much. Your humor and laugh never stopped. I am sorry I moved away and stopped coming to see you and Wade. My grief was to much. I needed to move on. I always wondered if I had never met Chad at the bowling alley (He was just out of the coast guard) and spoke to him about trying for a position at the sheriff office if you two would of never met and moved up north. Would life of been different for you. I remember when you were pregnant with you last two. You were such a great mother to all three. You were such a great friend to every one. It has been 10 years girlfriend and I still think of you and Wade every day. There is never a day I don't think of all the great time we all had. God bless my fallen sister and I hope you and Wade are still laughing and talking like old times in Heaven. I miss you and Wade deeply.........:(

kelly/dispatcher
friend
2008-06-26

Trooper Huff you are not forgotten. Thank you for your dedication to duty and willingness to serve your fellowman. May God continue to bless you and your loved ones. Rest in peace my sister.

State Constable J.L. Green
S.C. State Constables
2008-06-17

Linda it's been 10 years, you have not been forgotten.
Watch over us and Rest easy.

Your friend
David

Capt.David Platt
Payette Police Idaho
2008-06-17

On this anniversary of Trooper Huff's murder, May God grant her Family, Fellow officers, and Friends the Serenity to accept the things they can not Change, the Courage to change the things they can, and the Wisdom to know the difference...Rest in Peace, Warrior, You are not forgotten..

Officer Debra McFall Ross
East Buffalo Twp Police Dept Lewisburg, Pa
2008-06-17

The 10th anniversary of your EOW is today and this is such a sickening end to a
treasured life. We'll choose to remember how you lived your life, not how it was
cruelly ended and not how the judge let us all down. Thinking of your sweet
family and hoping they have found happiness once again. This was such a huge
loss for them.
Lynn Kole
Bellingham, WA

2008-06-17

Well done, Trooper Huff. Your example continues to shine and calls to us to measure up.

In sharp contrast I see the example of evil that succeeded in taking your life, but only from this world. Evil thought that many bullets would stop you and everything you stood for. Evil was wrong.

As a peacemaker you held rank with the sons of God, a special daughter of your Father in heaven.

My prayers are for your friends and family members who miss you so much and want you back in their lives. My prayers are also for your fellow brothers and sisters in law enforcement who continue to hold the line. My prayers for all are that they will find peace in the Lord.

Psalm 37:12-13
"The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them; but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming."

Thank you for your service and example, Trooper Huff. You did everything you could. You gave your all.

A Grateful Citizen

2008-01-09

"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
2007-10-15

Hero! RIP Sister in Blue.

Patrolman D. Kirk #309
Round Lake Heights PD (IL)
2007-09-04

The judge thought that there were no aggravating circumstances? What more does it take? The suspect went to the station and lay in wait, and fired 17 shots, the last while Trooper Huff was on the ground! Too bad judges like that are never crime victims themselves! Thank you, Trooper Huff, for your bravery that night and for your service to the people of Idaho. God bless your family.

PSO CW Edwards
North Augusta Dept. of Public Safety (SC)
2007-07-14

Linda,

Yesterday was the anniversary of that terrible night, but know that your smile and your sprit are still with all who knew you. We said you would not be forgotten and that still holds true.
Our thoughts and prayers still go out to Chad and your kids, may they continue to know that you are a true hero in our eyes. Watch over us until we meet again.

Capt. David Platt # 101
Payette Police Dept.

Capt.David Platt
Payette Police Idaho
2007-06-18

Trooper Huff,


On this the anniversary of your leaving us in the physical sense we pay tribute to your spirit. Tonight the Evening Watch of the Henry County Georgia Police Department’s North Precinct will hit the street in your honor. Please watch over us as we continue your fine work.

For the entire shift,
Sergeant V.T. Rosen

Sergeant V.T. Rosen
Henry County Police Department
2007-06-17

My prayers are with you and your family on this anniversary.

Former Police Officer
Warrenton, Virginia
2007-06-17

Trooper Huff,

I remember meeting you at a resteraunt in Rathdrum while you were on your lunch break. I was an explorer at the time with the Sheriffs Department and was on a ride a long with another ISP Trooper. Even though it has been 9 years since your final call of duty, I still remember everything about that day. I still have a newspaper clipping picture of your funeral and your "In Memory of" card. You would have been so amazed at how many people attended your funeral. I remember long lines of police cars from all over coming into the parking lot at LCHS. Even the Royal Mounted Police made a small presents at your funeral. What a sad day to see so many mourn your loss. But that is the affect you had on so many. I didnt know you aside from that cloudy day at that resteraunt, but I could tell that there was something different about you. You had an amazing personality that would shine even on a rainy day. Trooper Linda Huff, I personally thank you for your service and your Ultimate Sacrafice. It is a shame that anyone could take such a wonderful officer out of this world. God bless you Trooper Huff. And may god bless your family. Rest in Peace.

BC

Anonymous
Firefighter Former Sheriff Explorer
2007-03-24

I was just reading about Trooper Glenn who was shot
in the neck and paralyzed from the chest down. It
mentioned you being killed on duty so I came to the
website to read your story. What injustice was done to
you. I wonder how your husband and your kids are
doing after all this time. Life is sure difficult at times
and it's hard for me to comprehend how someone could do something like this to you. You were highly
respected and well liked by those who knew you and I
hope you are with Jesus waiting to see your loved ones
again. Salvation is for those who trust in Jesus as their
Savior. If you're in Heaven, I'll look forward to meeting
you some day. Until then, time has not diminished your
sacrifice.
Lynn Kole
Washington State

2006-12-29

Rest in peace, my sister. If I am ever called upon to do so, I can only hope to be as brave as you. You are a warrior and are not forgotten.

Patrolman
Ohio
2006-11-23

Linda, I never met you, nor you me, that I know of. Which brings up the question as to why I'm writing this, 8 years after your sudden and unexpected death. It's because the occurences that night were not unexpected by me, and the fact that they would occur were passed on to others, by me. I was in the Murphy courtroom when I imparted what I 'knew' to more than one person, in confidence, and was there for my own sanity hearing, because I overreacted to a situation in my own life, because I was stewing over this premonition, trying to get a firm grasp on it's details. As was the case with the death of D.A.R.E. Officer Ronald Wade Feldner, I knew many of the details beforehand, but was unsure as to what to do about it or who to tell. I knew that a man named Scott Yager would ambush you outside of a police station of some sort ( I didn't know which division: county, city or state ) in Coeur D' Alene between the hours of 1 and 2 am. What I did get wrong, however, was the date, when I first told of it. I said it would be the 15th of Sept. and didn't realize that was the wrong date, untill that afternoon after it had happened. Which, of course, did no one any good. I've tried to write a reflection here before and couldn't find the words to express how I felt and the guilt that I felt ( and still feel ) over not knowing the right thing to do to prevent this, kept me from posting what I had written here before. I don't know if knowing any of this will help your family or not, Linda, but I have long wanted to say to your family, to ease my own conscience, if nothing else; "I am so very, very sorry that I didn't do what was needed to be done for her that night, or anytime beforehand, in order to keep this from happening. I've often wished that I didn't have these 'aforesights', that I could give them to someone wiser and more capable than myself, and that I do feel some of your loss because, through having lived with Linda's future in my mind for 2 years (which was how long beforehand that I got the premonition ) and living now with the pain, guilt and feeling of loss that I experience every time I think of her, ( am crying now, as I type ) I can get an inkling of what the loss of her must be like for all of you. I hope someday that you can find it in your hearts to forgive me. I'm still trying to forgive myself."

Cynthia Cunningham, Private citizen
Marsing
2006-07-24

Linda, I will never forget that terrible night eight years ago. A group of us troopers were in Meridian for a class when we got the news by phone calls in our hotel rooms. My brother and I were so stunned tht all we could do was take a slow drive out into the countryside and reflect on your sacrifice and on our own mortality. Having watched dad for 30 years as an Idaho State Trooper we came to believe we it was just a big fun game...which it is..but we were reminded that evil lurks right outside the door waiting for us. We continue to "hold the line", I have moved on to truck enforcement and Ked is a Lt. now but we will always remember you and your sacrifice.

Cpl. Kip Wills
Idaho State Police
2006-06-10

May God Bless you and your family Trooper Huff.

Anonymous

2006-03-19