Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Terrible tragedy Cadet Bayless. Rest in peace. A man of honor and morals.

Rabbi Lewis S.Davis

August 6, 2018

Rip cadet Bayless you are not forgotten on this day

James Morris Vistor to pay respects to fallen officers.

February 5, 2017

The years may pass but your sacrifice will always be remembered! Thank you Cadet Bayless. Rest in Peace!

Corporal Tony Dunn
Mississippi Highway Patrol, Troop D

February 5, 2015

Thanks to everyone who has left a reflection. I am now 24yrs. old and even though i was only 11 months old when my father passed, i feel like i really knew him. I always here how good a person he was. Everyone tells me all these stories about him and how much i act like him. I remember sitting down at my grandmothers table and bouncing my leg up and down, and my mom saying your dad use to do the same thing.

Times change and people change but the heart and dedication it takes to be a TROOPER will forever be the same. Each day troopers put their life on the line and i will always be thankful for the job they do.

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son WILLIAM STEPHEN BAYLESS

July 1, 2011

Cadet Bayless, I hope your son has made you proud. God bless you and your family.

SA Ellen Pierson
US DHS

March 22, 2011

Your heroism and service is honored today, the twenty-first anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service to the home state of myself and my beloved son Larry.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya
mother of Officer Larry Lasater, eow 4/24/05
Pittsburg, CA PD

Anonymous

February 6, 2009

YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR SERVICE

Pat Van Den Berghe
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH

February 4, 2008

"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
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Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

December 27, 2007

Rest in peace. You are gone but not forgotten.

H211
NCSHP

January 13, 2007

The good really do die young.

Detective T, Henshaw
Bell Gardens Police Dept.

March 7, 2005

Rest in peace Cadet Bayless

February 5, 2005

Cadet Bayless II you are remembered. God's Blessings to your family.

Sr. Trooper Keith Miller (Ret)
Oregon State Police

August 1, 2004

As an instructor, I am deeply saddened by accidents that occur during training. These are accidents that took the life of a loved one, friend, co-worker. But God has a purpose for these fine HERO'S. May they sit upon thrones of gold and serve him, for no harm will come unto them now. RIP BROTHERS/SISTERS.

Senior Corrections Officer W.R. Phillips
CCA Lake City Correctional Facility