Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in Peace........God speed...

Deputy Loonsfoot
Marquette County Sheriff's Dept., Michigan

April 6, 2006

Wally Davis worked for La Palma PD in Southern California for quite a few years.  He devoted much of his times to publishing his comic strips devoted to police officers and their different precarious and funny situations with sergeants and the rest of the brass.  His comic books were hilarious, and I own a few of them.  I would occasionally leave your comic strips on my Lt.'s desk just for a laugh.

My favorite cartoon was the one of the proud motor officer father looking at his new-born child through a hospital window for the first time; the baby was born wearing a police motor helmet, mirror sunglasses and had a perfectly trimmed mustache...Just like dad.

He left Southern California for a better lifestyle for his family and less a dangerous police department in Washington.  I guess there is no such thing as a "less dangerous" place in police work.  Who would ever know that this tragedy would happen to this man trying to do his duty in a place he thought was safer for his family?  He leaves behind children and an expecting wife.

Wally, I never met you, but we worked in the same county.  You made me laugh on more occasions than I can remember. Several members of La Palma PD made the trip up to Washington State to say good bye to a friend.  We do not forget.

May God watch over your family and may you rest in peace knowing that you always did the right thing and brought cheer to many an officer.  God bless you, Wally Davis.

KR
An Orange County Calif. Cop

Don't grieve for me, for now I am free,

I am following the path GOD laid for me.

I took his hand when I heard him call,

I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day,

To laugh...to love... to work...to play.

Tasks left undone must stay that way,

I found peace at the close of the day.

If my parting has left a void,

Then fill it with remembered joy.

A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,

Ah...these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with time of sorrow,

I wish for you the sunshine of tomorrow.

My lifes been full, I savored much,

Good friends, good times, a loved ones touch.

Perhaps my time seemed all to brief,

Don't lengthen it now with undo grief.

Lift up your heart and share with me,

GOD wanted me now...He set me free.

Remember...to live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die

Submitted Anonymously

The FBI Agents Association Salutes you. Rest in Peace.
Romans 13:4

SA Darin L. Paul
FBI Agents Association

At the beginning of every shift I supervise, myself and the other officers on shift dedicate the day to the memory of a fallen officer. Today, August 5, 2003 we dedicated the shift to the memory of Deputy Wallace Davis who died on this date 3 years ago.

When one law enforcement officer falls, we all stumble for a while, but we will carry on.

Deputy Davis' sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Sgt. Paul Bissonnette
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

I can remember reading Wally Davis's books of cartoons when I first broke into law enforcement. His sense of humor was fantastic and he was right on with his depictions of police work. I am saddened by his loss, as we have lost so much more then "just" another cop.
RIP Wally.

Ofc. Seth Dietrich
Seattle PD

I met Wally while he was taking a year off from police work (to dedicate to his cartooning). I later got a job as a Fraud Investigator for the State of California and Wally went back to work at La Palma P.D. I ended up doing a ride-a-long with him about a week later. As we went in service he told me that he had to make a stop. I though he was going to do some kind to personal errand. He stopped in front of a house and informed me that he looks in on an elderly lady that lost her husband about year ago. He told me the story of going to a man down call and it was her husband who had a heart attack and passed away. She did not drive and her husband did every thing for her. I soon realized that this was not a personal errand, but a “good deed”. He brought her stamps and but the sparkelets water bottle on the dispenser. Before we left he got her grocery order and money. Once a week, after work, he would go and buy her groceries and deliver them to her. That day was the last time I saw Wally.

When I heard of his murder, I wanted people to know what a wonderful person he was. I wish more young officers would understand that one act of kindness will help the public opinion of officers. I also wish the public would understand that there are thousands of “Wally’s” that are in a patrol car who are truly caring officers.

H. Collins, Fraud Investigator
State of Calif, Dept. Health Services