Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

SA Rick,

God bless you. Heroes are what this country is made of. You are a hero.

Sgt. Jonathan D. Phillips
USAF Security Police Law Enforcement Veteran

August 20, 2004

Rick,

Thank you for your willingness to step up for the mission. Your loss has been deeply felt across the entire command! You will be missed!!

Ricky L. Pearson, SA, USAF

SA Rick Pearson
Air Force Office of Special Investigations

August 20, 2004

DAY IS DONE,
GONE THE SUN,
FROM THE HILLS, FROM THE LAKE, FROM THE SKIES.
ALL IS WELL, SAFELY REST,
GOD IS NIGH.

GO TO SLEEP, PEACEFUL SLEEP,
MAY THE SOLDIER OR SAILOR, GOD KEEP.
ON THE LAND OR THE DEEP,
SAFE IN SLEEP.

LOVE, GOOD NIGHT,
MUST THOU GO,
WHEN THE DAY, AND THE NIGHT NEED THEE SO?
ALL IS WELL. SPEEDETH ALL
TO THEIR REST.

FADES THE LIGHT;
AND AFAR
GOETH DAY, AND THE STARS SHINETH BRIGHT,
FARE THEE WELL; DAY IS GONE,
NIGHT IS ON.

THANKS AND PRAISE,
FOR OUR DAYS,
'NEATH THE SUN, 'NEATH THE STARS, 'NEATH THE SKY,
AS WE GO, THIS WE KNOW,
GOD IS NIGH.

A Brother In Blue

Anonymous

Detective Troy S. Pilivi
Box Elder Narcotics Strike Force

August 20, 2004

SA Ulbright,
I thank you for your many years of selfless service to the Air Force and to your country. It is because of the dedication of men and women like you that this great country remains free from tyranny and from terrorism. You are sadly missed by your colleagues within AFOSI. May God be with you and your family in this great time despair. Rest in peace my friend.

A Fellow Special Agent
United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations

August 19, 2004

Agent Ulbright died a true hero. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and co-workers. We pray that God watch over all our brave men and women working to keep this world free. Rest in peace sir.

Captain Robert W. Cannon, Ret.
Vermilion Co, Il. Sheriff's Dept.

August 18, 2004

My family would like to send our condolences to the family & friends of Special Agent Rick Ulbright...you're in our thoughts as prayers during this difficult time. May God watch over all of you.

Gail M Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit P.O. Jennifer Fettig eow 2-16-04

August 18, 2004

To Agent Ulbright family and friends our hearts and prayers go out to you

God Bless you

terry miyares, surviving spouse
Officer Emilio Miyares, Hialeah PD< Fl 11/6/86

August 18, 2004

Thank you for your service to the United States of America. May God bless you and your family. Rest in Peace.

Leslie Phillips
USAF Veteran

August 18, 2004

God Bless you and your family, and thank you from the bottom of all of our hearts for the sacrifice you made to make our world a better place. You are a true hero and will not be forgotten.

August 18, 2004

“When God made Peace Officers….”

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 their uniform.

They have 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.

They have to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half- eaten meals. And they have 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 the 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 they already know and wishes they had taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of their head for their partners’ safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, “ You’ll be alright ma’am, when they know it isn’t so.”

“Lord,” said the angel, touching his sleeve,” rest and work 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 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 elements of a hundred crimes, recite Miranda warnings in it’s sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five judges to debate the legality of the stop…and still it keeps it’s sense of humor.

This officer also has phenomenal personal control. They 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, and for justice.”

“You’re a genius,” said the angel.

The Lord looked sober. “I didn’t put it there,” he said.


Anonymous

Senior Instructor
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

August 18, 2004

Thanks Rick, for your dedication to duty and service to our country. You are surely missed by all of us. God Bless You, Your wife and two daughters.

Michael Downey
TSgt/USAF

August 18, 2004

My sincere condolences to SA Ulbright's family, friends, and co-workers in AFOSI. Rest in peace, my brother.

SA Andy Reeves
HUD-OIG, Memphis, TN

August 18, 2004

The policeman stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, policeman.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"

The policeman squared his shoulders and said,
"No lord, I guess I ain't,
Because those of us who carry a badge
can't always be a saint."

I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
Because the streets are awfully tough.

But I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at time I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fear.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly,
For the judgement of his god.

"Step forward now, policeman,
You've born your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in hell"

GREGG HOUSTON
SOUTH CAROLINA

August 17, 2004

Rick,
May the Lord bless you and keep you, may his heavenly light shine upon you always. My prayers go out to you and your family. Rest in peace brother.

Trooper
Georgia State Patrol

August 17, 2004

God bless you and your family at this time of sorrow. You will never be forgotten. Thank you for your service to our nation.

DE
St. Louis City Police

August 17, 2004

To the family, friends and co-workers of Special Agent Ulbright, my prayers are with you. There is nothing anyone can say to make it easier for you, we know all to well what you are going through. The only saving grace for me was the fact that Clint loved being a police officer and would not have traded jobs with anyone.
Thank you Agent Ulbright for your sacrifice, I know that your family will miss you everyday, but we will never forget...

Connie Barker
Mother of P.O. Clint Walker E.O.W. 1-14-04

August 17, 2004

Thank you for being a true Hero Agent Ulbright!

Tonya Stephenson
Delaware County PA USA

August 17, 2004

My deepest sympathies to the Ulbright family and the US Air Force. Thank you rick for your service to your country. You will not be forgotten.

PO Schrade
US Dept of Veterans Affairs Police

August 17, 2004

You are in my prayers.

Ofc. S.L. Coffman #15174
CHP

August 17, 2004

On behalf of the men and women who serve and work for the Georgia Perimeter College Police Department, our thoughts and prayers are with Special Agent Rick Ulbright's family, friends, and co-workers with the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

Rest in peace our brother in blue. The watch is now ours.

Officer Johns
Georgia Perimeter College Police Department

August 17, 2004

TO: The family; loved ones; friends and department members: A POLICE OFFICER’S PRAYER : O, gentle Lord! Keep the day / night watch with me. As I begin my tour of duty, I ask your protection from all mental, physical and spiritual harm. Sustain me with the knowledge that I am doing your work, endeavoring to keep peace among your people. Help me to be just as I enforce the law without prejudice or favor to anyone. May I be courageous but not reckless in carrying out my duties. Let me respond to all calls with haste realizing that so many are dependent on me for life and safety. Support me with your consoling power when I am tempted to think that no one really cares and that I am taken for granted. Sustain in me the conviction that so many thousands do care and are grateful for my presence. Grant that I may be loyal to my partner and my fellow officers, and that I may back them up effectively when called upon for assistance. Lord, I ask that I may return safely, after my tour of duty, to my loved ones and those who love me. I pray that I may be a good and honorable police officer; and after my tour of duty is over here on earth, may I enjoy the peace and happiness of heaven that you have promised to those who serve you well. AMEN. ** REST IN PEACE** Sent to you by the father of Master Officer J.D.Koeppen, Capital City Raleigh NC; Trooper D.C. Koeppen, NJ State Police and Cadet Officer A.M. Koeppen Wilmington N.C.

Chief (retired ) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

August 17, 2004

Having served in Iraq, I understand the risk at home and abroad. Rest in peace Rick. Protect us from above.

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

August 17, 2004

Special Agent Ulbright,

You are a true hero and you have served your country well, Rest in Peace Brother...GODSPEED....

Officer
NC

August 17, 2004

Thank you, Sir, for your service to our country. You are truly a HERO and you will not be forgotten. May GOD bless your family and friends. Rest in peace.

Shirley Roberts
Aunt of Fallen Officer John Logan EOW-March 14, 2004

August 17, 2004

Thank you Agent Ulbright for your service and sacrifice to this nation. God Bless you and yours.

Det. Daron L. Akins
Liberty Police Dept., Liberty, NC

August 17, 2004