Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Joe was an amazing man. i never knew him personally but from his family i know that he was such an example and friend to everyone. i pray for the family. you guys are strong people.

Anonymous

I will always remember you. Thank You Joe.

S. Ferrell
Lehi Police

Happy Birthday Joe! Just wanted you to know that I am thinking about you. Cade shares the same day with you, he is turning 2 years old today. He looks just like you. Keep watching over us bro. we miss you.

Z Adams
Bro.

JOE

I stopped by the memorial cross that was put up for you, I took some time thinking about you and the things you taught me. During this holiday season I am very thankful for what the savior did for us, I am also thankful for the knowledge that I have in knowing where you are and what you are doing. That is a great comfort to me. I love and miss you my friend.

jelswood
LEHI POLICE

Merry Christmas Joe. I wish you were here to celebrate this holiday with your family and friends, but I know you are busy where you are at. It has been 17 months since you were called home, but it seems like just yesterday that we were laughing and joking around in the patrol room, I miss those times dearly. The legacy and impact that you left on this department and each one of us as individuals has not lessened with time, it has remained as strong as ever. I saw a mother showing her little son your memorial a few weeks ago, she told him that you were killed while protecting them. As I walked by and heard her try to explain to her son what a hero you were I broke down in tears. People in this city do realize that the sacrifice that you made that night was for them. I miss you very much Joe. There is never a day that goes by that I do not wish to turn the clocks back and change the outcome of the events that night, but I know that there is no way that any of us could have kept you from coming out that night or from trying to take an impaired driver from the road.
As I go through this Christmas and remember the sacrifice that Christ made for all of us, I will also be thinking of you and the thousands of other heroes that have also gave the ultimate sacrifice, not on such a grand scale as the Atonement, but in smaller ways in every size of city and town across this country. Thank you Joe for being who you are and showing every one of us an example of what a man, a father, and a cop are supposed to be.
Love you man.

K. Rose
Lehi PD

I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas Joe. The holidays seem to be the hardest for me. I wish so much you could be here with us in person. Keep up the good work Joe, and know that I am thinking about you. I love you.

Z. Adams
Brother

miss you, and love you!

Zach Adams
Brother

Never forgotten

K. Rose
Lehi PD

Peace Bro, and thank you.

Anonymous

HEY JOE, JUST WANTED TO SAY HI. BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU ALOT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I JUST GOT BACK FROM NEW YORK. I VISITED GROUND ZERO WHILE I WAS THERE, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO SEE. I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WERE CALLED HOME JUST A SHORT TIME BEFORE THAT TRAGEDY HAPPENED. I'M SURE YOU WERE BUSY THAT DAY. I COULDN'T HOLD BACK THE TEARS WHILE I STOOD THERE THINKING OF YOU GREETING PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH JOE! JUST WHEN I THINK THAT TIME IS STARTING TO HEAL, THE LITTLEST THING REMINDS ME OF YOU AND THE TEARS FLOW. I'M SO EXCITED TO START THE ACADEMY. YOU HAVE PAVED A PATH FOR ME TO FOLLOW. YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS ARE GREAT EXAMPLES TO ME AND I LOVE THEM VERY MUCH TOO. THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT BROTHER! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. GOD SPEED!

Zach Adams
Brother

Joe, It has been over a year now since your passing. I still think of you often. Both Jason and I miss you alot and are proud to say that we were friends. Thank you for inspiring me and encouraging me as I tested for LVMPD. Been here for 4 years now. Your wonderful family are always in our prayers. God Bless.

Nathan Boss
Las Vegas Metro Police Dept.

Joe I've been thinking of you quite often lately. I sure miss working with you. Hero's get remembered but legends never die. You are both a hero to me and a legend. I think often of ways I can follow your example, you taught me so much the most important being integrity and honesty. Joe you truly are one of Gods choicest spirits and warriors. I love you! thanks for the time we were able to spend together.

ELSWOOD
lehi police dept.

Joe,
It's been a long time since i've written, but I think about you every day. I know my husband does too and we still grieve for your loss. We are far away now but your memory is still close to our hearts. I miss seeing you in your uniform sitting at our table or standing next to the front door leaning on the wall. I never realized how much little things like that meant. I miss your wife and baby and the things we used to do together, and I hope they know that we love them and they are in our hearts also. Joe, you were the only true friend my husband had and he misses you dearly. Thank you so much for being that friend to him and for all the support you gave him. You were the only one there who truly did. Your presence in our lives is greatly missed. We love you so much and we miss you! We will never ever forget you or the sacrifice you made!

Anonymous

Hey Joe,
Just thinking of you and want to tell you I miss you. Thanks again for all you did for me. Changed me in the best ways possible!!
Thanks.

Nat Giles

I have been reflecting on the night you were killed, Im proud of how you went down still fighting, you recieved a fatal wound to the heart and still kept fighting for your life and helped catch your killer by shooting him. I know that you wanted to live more than anything, im sorry. You were a damn good cop and I salute you for the courage you showed and the sacrifice that you made.

S. Ferrell
Lehi, PD

I miss you my friend.

K. Rose
Lehi PD

JOE,
I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW YOU AT ALL. I DO KNOW THOUGH, THAT THE LAST THING YOU DID ON THIS EARTH WAS CHANGE MY LIFE. THAT NIGHT YOU WERE SHOT I HEARD 5 OF THE SQUAD CARS COME DOWN MY STREET. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT UNTIL THE NEWS THE NEXT NIGHT. SINCE THAT TIME ON, I CRIED FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS STRAIGHT. I PRAYED EVERY NIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY AND ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS, PARAMEDICS, AND FIRE FIGHTERS.

JOE, YOU CHANGED MY LIFE IN WAYS I CAN'T DESCRIBE. I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU TAUGHT ME THAT NIGHT. WE NEVER MET, BUT IN MY HEART, SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT THAT IS WHAT GOD HAD PLANNED. I FEEL SOMETIMES THAT IN WAYS WE ARE SO ALIKE. I NOW KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE. I TOLD MYSELF THAT I'M GOING TO BE AN OFFICER, THAT IS PROBABLY THE BEST FEELING I HAVE EVER HAD.

I STILL PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I LOVE EVERYONE OF THEM. I PRAY THAT SOMEDAY IN LIFE I MAY BE ABLE TO MEET THEM AND ALSO IN HEAVEN YOU, TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DID FOR THE CITY, AND MYSELF. THANKS JOE. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU!!

NAT GILES

nat giles

Your brother Seth built a great memorial to you. Every time I walk past it or read it, I try to hold back a tear. I will never forget you. I wish I would have told you how much I respected you while you were here, but I know you truly know how I feel now. God Speed.

S. Ferrell
Lehi, PD

Been thinking a lot about the fun we had on those graveyards, and looking for 'water leaks'. I miss your friendship and your sense of humor. Your professionalism still stands out as an example to all of us. We have so many new guys that regrettably will never know you but they do know of the great love and respect that those who do know you have for you and your contributions to our lives, on and off duty.

K. Rose
Lehi PD

I have been thinking about you alot lately Joe. I just wanted to say hello. Thanks for all the great memories, and the great example you are to me. I love you!

Zach Adams
Brother

God bless you Joe! We all miss you!

When the Lord was creating peace officers, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

And the Lord said, "Have you read the spec on this order? A peace officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle his uniform.

"He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and testify in court the next day.

"He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And he has to have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands... no way."

"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord, "it's the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before he asks, "May I see what's in there, sir?" (When he already knows and wishes he'd taken that accounting job.) "Another pair here in the side of his head for his partners' safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, 'You'll be all right ma'am, when he knows it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family of five on a civil service paycheck."

The angel circled the model of the peace officer very slowly, "Can it think?" she asked.

"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the elements of a hundred crimes; recite Miranda warnings in its sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop... and still it keeps its sense of humor.

This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with crime scenes painted in hell, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the daily paper how law enforcement isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the peace officer. "There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model."

"That's not a leak," said the lord, "it's a tear."

"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for justice."

"You're a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," he said.

Anonymous

One year has passed since you were taken away. In some respects it has went by so quickly with the many changes our department has gone through. The changes are good, a lot of them are the ones that we had talked about during graveyards and had hoped might some day come. I can't help but think maybe you had something to do with them happening, maybe giving a little nudge from above to.
In other ways it has gone by so slowly. There isn't a day that goes by that I do not pause in whatever I am doing and think about the past and how much fun it was. I always end up fighting back the tears.
I hope that I have done and am doing all that I can to honor you and your memory.
Like others have said in reflections before mine, we met at the scene the other night and laid some flowers for you. Your presence was there, it always is, but it was ecspecially strong that night as Dispatch broadcast for a minute of silence in honor of you. That minute passed by so quickly, it seemed like just a few seconds.
You have had such a profound influence, not only on me and the rest of Lehi PD, but on so many officers from many other PD's as well as the citizens in the entire county.
Your memorial is nearing completion and it brings tears to my eyes to see it all. It is truly beautiful, your brother has done such a good job.
You have been honored by so many people in so many ways but I can't help but think that it isn't enough, it never will be. You will always deserve more than any of us can ever give.
I miss you very much, I break down often thinking about the past and what could have been.
I hope someday when I leave this job I will have done it justice, not only for myself and the citizens of Lehi, but for you also. You set a standard in your life that the rest of us will take a full career and then some to match.
I love and miss you Joe, don't be afraid to stop in every once in a while. We'll save you a spot at Chevron when it's drink time.

Kenny Rose
Lehi PD

IT HAS BEEN A YEAR NOW JOE, THAT IS HARD TO BELIEVE. WE ALL GOT TOGETHER THE OTHER NIGHT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND REMEMBER THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THAT YOU GAVE, IT WAS AWESOME JOE. I COULD FEEL YOUR PRESENCE THAT NIGHT AS WE ALL STOOD IN A CIRCLE, HOLDING HANDS AND SAYING A PRAYER. I KNOW THERE ISN'T A MINUTE THAT GOES BUY WHERE YOU ARE NOT CLOSE TO ME. I AM SURE YOU ARE VERY BUSY WHERE YOU ARE AT NOW, BUT THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WATCH OVER US ALL. I MISS YOU SO MUCH JOE! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A GREAT EXAMPLE TO ME AS A PERSON AND A PROFESSIONAL. I LOVE YOU BROTHER.

ZACH ADAMS
BROTHER

JOE

THESE PAST FEW DAYS WERE SPENT REMEMBERING YOU AND HONORING YOU. I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME. I MISS YOU AS DOES THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT. YOU REALLY INFLUENCED EACH ONE OF US IN A MAJOR WAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXAMPLE, THE EXPERIENCES I HAD WITH YOU ARE DEAR TO MY HEART. YOUR ALWAYS WITH ME IN MY THOUGHTS YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. LOVE YA MAN.

ELSWOOD
LEHI