Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Vaughn Mitchell Sacramento County Sheriff's Department California Friday, October 27, 2006  Leave a Reflection  Return to Memorial  Print This Page  Continue Building Book  Page: 1 of 142 of 143 of 144 of 145 of 146 of 147 of 148 of 149 of 1410 of 1411 of 1412 of 1413 of 1414 of 14

Deputy Mitchell,

I am sorry to bother you again, but was thinking about you and wanted to visit. We are about (11) months into the academy and graduation is around the corner. I am very nervous, but yet anxious at the same time. I am nervous that I may not make it to graduation and I am anxious to hurry up and graduate so I can get out on the streets.
Times have been tough and not a lot of agencies are hiring right now. I am fortunate enough to be in the background process with one agency and would give anything to get a job before graduation. Although, getting a job is important to me, nothing can take away from the experience that I have had thus far, this year, and you have added to the experience. Right now I am focused on getting to graduation so I can meet Crystal and Jake. I cannot wait to walk across that stage and hug them in your honor.
Like I mentioned before I have come here often, but I always feel silly for writing. Not because I don't want to talk to you, but I just don't think that I can give you what you deserve to hear, but at the same time I feel it is important for you to know that you give me the inspiration to go on even when I feel like giving up.
I will be back soon to check in but for now....................
"1159 Never Left Behind - Oorah !"
Love to you and your family.

Nicole Robbins
Palomar Police Academy - Class 18
2009-11-07

It's hard to believe it's been three years. I think about you, Crystal, and Jake often. The baseball field that was completed in your honor is an amazing tribute. I just wish they'd find who took you away. It breaks my heart that the missing piece hasn't been found. I pray that one day we'll have more answers than questions.

Jeannie Benevides Harmon
Community friend
2009-10-27

Jeff, its been 3 years and your still missed like it was yesterday and your thought about every single day.
Crystal is going to your memorial site today to visit you. Maybe you can smile down on her so the sun starts to shine a little for her.
Jeff, your an inspiration to so many, and especially me. I tell my son about you all the time. He was only one at the time so he doesn't remember you, but every chance I get, I tell him what a wonderful Uncle you were and what a hero you are.
You are loved and missed by many, and you will never be forgotten. I love you!

Love,
Charlotte

Charlotte
Sister in law
2009-10-27

Today marks the third anniversary of your death. Three years since the lives of those who love you were forever altered. Three years since your department sustained a devastating blow. Three years in which your murderer has avoided justice. Your department will not give up on finding those responsible for your death.

To your family: I know how the hurt of losing a beloved never goes away...the pain of the loss and the pride in the beloved are forever. I share your mother's anquish in losing a cherished child. Losing a child surely has to be life's greatest sorrow. I hope to meet your family at a NORCAL COPS function one day, but until then I will pray for their solace.

Jeffrey, you are remembered, honored and revered by your family and friends, your law enforcement family, your community, and by the Palomar class that honors you and is inspired by you.

Rest in Peace

Mother of fallen officer, Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater
2009-10-27

Dear Deputy Mitchell,

As I sit here and stare at your picture, I try to find the right words to describe what you mean to me. It is hard to explain in words what you mean to me when we never had the pleasure of meeting each other.
I will first start out by introducing myself. My name is Nicole Robbins. I am a recruit at Palomar Police Academy, Class 18. At the beginning of the year you were introduced to our class. Please don't be offended when I say this, but then you were just a name to me. As time progressed and the more I got to know you and your family you changed from "just a name" to being a part of my life. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of you and your family. I know it may be hard to understand, but you and your family have given me a purpose to succeed and something to work toward throughout this year.
I have been wanting to come here and speak to you for quite sometime. I come here often but can never find the right words to say that you deserve to hear. What do you say to someone that will always be a hero to so many lives? I never thought it would matter if you heard from me - just a recruit in the academy. I may be just a recruit in the academy Deputy Mitchell, but you are my hero.
I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to look up to you. You will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart.

Recruit Robbins
Palomar Police Academy - Class 18
2009-10-26

Jeff,

As the anniversary of your death nears, I am thinking of you and your family. I see the posting from your mom, "I'll love you forever...." my favorite book that I read and cried as I read to my son. I know how a mother's love runs so deep for their children and I hope you know how much your mom loves you. I also saw the posting from the truck driver who admitted his pettiness and thanked you for your sacrifices...even in death, you are making an impact on others, whether it be those who drive by the freeway sign in your honor or your road side memorial or the Police Academy recruits who honor you daily....you make a difference...still!!! On Oct. 27, we will have silence in our classroom in your memory.

Shanon Dreyer
Law Enforcement Training Supervisor, Palomar College Police Academy
2009-10-14

I never knew you and if we had met I would have probably been upset with you for handing me a ticket that I'm sure I would have deserved... how petty of me. We never met but I drive past your memorial to and from a quarry and think about you and what you guys go through. It's such a long and lonely road out there... I stop sometimes to see all the love that people leave for you. It's truly hallowed ground. We never met but it's easy to see that you were a good man that will not be forgotten. I can't help but feel a deep sense of loss for your loved ones but at the same time a fully earned respect and appreciation for your service and sacrifice. God bless you and yours Deputy Mitchell!
Very respectfully,
a driver

Driver
Truck driver
2009-08-01

From an experiance I will never forget, you're still close to my heart and mind Jeff. May you're sacrifice never be forgotten. Thank you for your service. My thoughts remain with your family and loved ones. Hope you find this quote fitting.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. "
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Chad
Palomar College Police Academy #16
2009-06-29

Happy Birthday My Darlin Boy
I love you and miss you so
Mom

mary k. mitchell
MOM
2009-05-28

I'll love you forever
I'll love you for always
As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be
Mom

mary K. mitchell
Mom
2009-05-23

Dear Jeff,

I wanted to reach out to you and let you know you are SO not forgotten. You made the ultimate sacrifice and are a true HERO. Please look after your brothers and sisters in blue as they also are putting their lives on the line everyday to protect us all. I pray that you are at peace...

Anonymous

2009-01-22

Deputy Mitchell,

I had the pleasure of meeting your Mother In-Law at National Airport during Police Week in 2007. As part of our Departmental Honor Guard, we are honored to greet and escort family members as they arrive in the Washington D.C. area to remember their fallen loved ones. Having grown up in the S.F. Bay Area, I felt a personal connection to your sacrifice, and have visited your page from time to time with the the hopes that an arrest had been made. I have not lost hope that this will happen, nor have I forgotten the sacrifice that you have made!
Your family remains in my thoughts and prayers....

POII D. McCarthy
Gaithersburg, MD. Police
2008-11-14

To Deputy Jeffrey Mitchell and his loved ones:

In this the second anniversary week of your tragic death, please know that your memory is honored and revered today. Rest in Peace, Jeff. I am praying for solace for your family members today, and each day that they are on the survivors' path.

I am also praying for the capture of those responsible for your death and hope that your family and department receive the justice they deserve.

I am glad that you were bestowed the honor of having a Palomar Police Academy class dedicate their class to you.
My son Larry also received this very great honor which means so much to the officers' family.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the distinquished service Jeff gave to his community and the citizens of California, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on October 27, 2006.

Phyllis Loya, mother of Officer Larry Lasater, PPD, eow 4/24/05

Phyllis Loya
mother of Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05
2008-10-28

On the 2nd anniversary of Deputy Mitchell's death, we honored his service in our patrol briefing by reading his 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. Deputy Mitchell is not forgotten.

Sergeant Zach Perron
Palo Alto (CA) Police Department
2008-10-27

Jeff, its been two years. Know your always in my thoughts and prayers. I miss you!

love you!

Charlotte
Sister in law
2008-10-27

My thoughts and prayers are with your loved ones and friends on this second anniversary of your EOW. Continue to keep watch over them and those still out on patrol watching over the Thin Blue Line. You will never be forgotten

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06
2008-10-27

Deputy Mitchell,
I have been getting on here and reading your reflections since I started the Academy in August 2007. Every time I get on and read about you I am blow away by what your friends, family and strangers say. I never really know what to say. I find myself thinking of you and your family. You and your family have made a great impact on my life and my outlook on life. Bless you and your family . You are in my prayers and thoughts always.

Aaron Wayman
Palomar poilce academy graduate
2008-10-23

Jeff,

Its been almost two years now. I don't go a day without thinking of you. I never knew you. I was just an academy recruit when you were taken.

Your death and more importantly, your life have impacted me in so many ways. You've made me a better cop and I'll always remember that.

Rest In Peace

Deputy N. Pottorff
Former SSD
2008-10-12

My parents were Sgt. Det. Rick Martin, and dispatcher Dotti Martin. I first read about Jeff last year, and he's always been on my mind ever since. When I was a child, I'd hear sirens in the night and be terrified that they were for my father. My heart breaks for Jeff's family, and I just wanted them to know somebody out here on the other side of the country is thinking of them. Deputy Mitchell looks so vibrant, happy, and like such a swell guy. I never knew you, Jeff, but you have secured a place in my heart. I won't forget.
Sandy Martin, Salem, MA

Sandy Martin

2008-07-18

Deputy Mitchell,

We just put your badge and picture up in the "Hall of Warriors" at the academy and every time I see your face on that wall it just pushes me more and more to have to come here and talk to you.

As these final 5 weeks start to come to an end and we get closer to graduation the more and more I think about the sacrifice that you gave, and it really sinks in more and more as time goes by. I don't go a day without seeing your picture on the wall and despite the fact that I never had the opportunity to meet you, I can just tell that you were an amazing father and husband.

At the motorcycle rally that we had for you a couple months back I was really looking forward to seeing some of the other Sacramento County Deputies that served along side with you. After randomly bumping into one gentleman in particular during lunch, I asked him how he liked the event. The man was just dressed like another rider and I thought nothing more of it until hearing what he had to say about everything. He started to tell me that he was from Sacramento, and I asked him if he knew you. At that moment when he told me he was your old beat partner I was completely at a loss for words. He started to tell me how great of a person you were and how much you would have enjoyed to be there that day, and I could tell you two were very close. The entire time while he was telling me all these wonderful things about you I was just amazed with everything he had to say. I could see how hard it hit him, but at the same time how proud he was to have known and served with you, and to be supporting such a great cause that day. That moment in particular made me feel very proud that I'm apart of such a great cause.

I pray for you and your family Deputy Mitchell and I hope that I can only continue to bring pride to your name. Please watch over myself and Class 16 as these final weeks come to a dwindling end. Thank you again for making the ultimate sacrifice and fighting the good fight.

God Bless you and your family.

Recruit Nicholas Kennedy
PCPA Class 16
2008-07-09

My old friend, I recall
The times we had hanging on my wall
I wouldn't trade them for gold
Cause they laugh and they cry me
Somehow sanctify me
They're woven in the stories I have told
And tell again

My old friend, I apologize
For the years that have passed
Since the last time you and I
Dusted off those memories
But the running and the races
The people and the places
There's always somewhere else I had to be
Time gets slim, my old friend

Don't know why, don't know why
Don't know why, don't know why

My old friend, this song's for you
Cause a few simple verses
Was the least that I could do
To tell the world that you were here
Cause the love and the laughter
Will live long after
All of the sadness and the tears
We'll meet again, my old friend

Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye

My old friend, my old friend
Goodbye, goodbye

2008-06-11

Deputy Mitchell-

Today is a day in which we as a Nation remember all heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice, but yours in particular strikes a little closer to home.

I see Class 16 everyday and I hear your call sign ring through the halls of the Academy. I see pictures of you and your family and it really strikes home. I am realizing that no matter how good we are, no matter how professional we are, there is always someone who wants to strip us of our dignity and freedoms.

Even if we do it right all the time, there is someone training to strike us down. This dreg must be brought to the halls of justice and it is our duty to arrange that meeting. No matter what the circumstances, the public has obligated us to protect their lives and property from this element of society. It is the honor, courage and commitment which we believe that drives us to continue forward after being taken aback by something so senseless as your murder.

I want to thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice and wish your family the best on this official day of remembrance.

God Speed Deputy Mitchell.

Recruit Baxley
Palomar Police Academy/USMC Military Police
2008-05-26

A Warrior’s Prayer

Today is the day the Lord has made…

I prepare and ready myself for war, awaiting battle and what it holds for me.

Not because I am a seeker of oppression or the taking of another, because these are the true tests and measures of my faith and love for my God.

Lord I pray; Let my compassion and understanding run swifter than my judgments, but in moments of duress and where innocents fall underfoot, let your sword of justice destroy my enemy by my hands. And in all my endeavors, let my actions and my words glorify your name.

Daily will I face the works and the very army of satan himself and witness the horrors and evils of non-believers and the twisted motivations of the lost who seek to undermine you and hinder my aim, though none shall deter my cause for I know my calling.

Like the symbol of the eagle, the branch of peace extends first for those who seek it, but the arrows stand ready to take flight when provoked. And when provoked and tested, I will fear nothing, for I am eternally protected by my faith in you and covered in the armor of your blood.

Lord, you are my guide, my purpose and my shelter from the destructions of evil men. My Every move is according to your plan.

As a soldier for Saint Michael, satan’s armies will be trampled beneath me in your name and through all doubts cast and burdens bore will I rise again, if even in death.

For as it is written: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.

In this, I pray.

Amen

Officer Damian Jackson
Escondido PD
2008-04-30

Happy Easter, Brother.
God bless you and your wonderful family.

You are always in my thoughts and prayers.

Officer Damian Jackson
Escondido PD
2008-03-24

For the past 7 months I have been visiting this very page and thinking about the sacrifice you made. I dont have much to say, but I wanted to let you know that I earnestly pray for your family every night. It would have been an honor to know you, thank you for your service.

RECRUIT SLOAN
PCPA CLASS #16
2008-03-16