 | |  | Corporal Henry C. Bruns
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Missouri
Monday, February 16, 1987 |
Thank you for your service and sacrfice.RIP. Anonymous
2008-09-18
YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR LONG AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE STATE OF MISSOURI. YOU ARE A HERO JUST BY THE PROFESSION YOU CHOSE, GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL THOSE THATA LOVE YOU VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH
2008-02-10
"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
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and may not be duplicated without permission Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC
2007-12-06
Thank you Dad.
2007-08-21
Hank, thanks for giving me the inspiration to becoming an accident reconstructionist like you. I made it, but you never knew. Thank you for all you did for our class at the Patrol Academy back in 1987. I will never forget you. 10-42 my brother RIP Cpl. John Fields (ret.)
Boone County Sheriff's Dept., Mo.
2005-03-28
Well Hank, its been over 15 years since that terrible snowy day accident, and I still think of you regularly. I had just received a retirement announcement from one of our classmates and it prompted me to write. Our recruit class is starting to dwindle now as the years go by, several have retired, some resigned, you and Russ died as heroes and several have gone on from natural causes. One thing for sure, I or none of the other gents in blue will ever forget you.....
God Bless.... Ret. Sergeant J. W. Burford
Missouri State Highway Patrol
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