 | Patrolman Richey O'Brian Finch
Forest Acres Police Department
South Carolina
Thursday, February 21, 1974 |
Richey, not a year passes that all of your brothers don't remember you and what you gave us. Rest in peace my friend. Roy McBee
Friend and fellow officer FAPD
2009-02-27
As my career's end is coming closer, I decided to check and find those who had lost their lives during the year that I was hired. While it's been a long time since your passing, I'm sure those you left behind and those whom with you served with disctinction have kept you alive in their memories. Thanks for your service and for looking out for us who continue in our chosen profession. Rest in peace Patrolman Finch! Sgt. Robert Mau, Sr.
PD Joliet IL
2008-12-16
Patrolman Finch
Thank You for your service and sacrifice. YOU are a HERO!!You may have left us but you will never be forgotten...
God Bless you... Rest in Peace.. Joyce
Sister of Officer John P Harris EOW 8/19/1994
2008-04-15
Rest in peace my brother. You are not forgotten. State Constable J.L. Green
S.C. State Constables
2008-02-21
YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE, YOU ARE A HERO JUST BY THE PROFESSION YOU CHOSE. VANDENBERGHE
MANCHESTER, NH
2008-02-12
"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 Couty Sheriff's Dept./Friend
2007-07-09
REST IN PEACE, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. Cpl. Chris Potter IV
Richland County Sheriff's Department
2005-05-21
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. REST IN PEACE BROTHER. CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RETIRED
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.
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