Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police Officer Amy Lynn Donovan

Austin Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Sunday, October 31, 2004

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Reflections for Police Officer Amy Lynn Donovan

Happy Mother's Day Baby. I'll listen to Purple Rain today.

May 11, 2008

Love and Miss you

April 21, 2008

Rest In Peace Sister, your memory and good works will live on. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Agent Robert Powell
U.S. Border Patrol

April 5, 2008

Happy Easter Amy! Love and Miss you so so much.

Annie

March 23, 2008

~If tears could build a stairway
And memories were a lane
We would walk right up to Heaven
And bring you back again
No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why
Our hearts still ache in sadness
And secret tears still flow
What it meant to lose you
No one will ever know
But now we know you want us
To mourn for you no more
To remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store
Since you’ll never be forgotten
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you’ll always stay~

March 22, 2008

Amy,

I think of you every day, sometimes I cry, sometimes I smile, sometimes I laugh about the times we have shared, but nothing can compare to our love. We all Love and Miss you so so much. I know things havn't worked out like they were supposed to but I am still trying. I know you would be there for me right now to encourage and criticize and I miss it so much. I know you are watching from heaven...I can remember the times when you, dad, and I talked before going to bed in your room, I can remember the trips we used to take going to austin to go shopping at the central market or pier 1, the time when we were supposed to go see the dixie chicks, and our vacations to disney world, ski trips, and many more... I just miss those moments

LOVE YOU,
Annie

February 22, 2008

Happy V-Day baby. I'm in the 4th round of the hardest fight of my life. My opponent is time, but I have a five year old in my corner.
Flowers,candy, dinner and cards,they mean nothing. Today people should hold their loved ones tight and be thankful. You shouldn't need a day to remind you that you love someone that you can't live without.

Love you, Baby
Terry

February 14, 2008

It's been sometime since I visited. It still pains me that my friend is gone. I think of you and your family always. Even though it has been over 3years, I still look for you at arrest review, in hopes that you will be there to talk and laugh with me like we use to. You are a missed and beloved friend, God Bless you Amy.

Mojo

February 12, 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
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

January 30, 2008

you are a wonderful officer and you answer the call of duty hope that you are in the right hands now.

lt.hedger
ameritex guard services

January 22, 2008

Baby,

We love you and miss you, not because it is another year, but because of the time with you that was taken from us. You always told me that everything happens for a reason. I just can't understand this reason. Justice did not serve you, but as the years pass by, it will all balance out some day.

January 5, 2008

And so another year begins...God bless you Terry, please know we will never stop praying for you.

OK LEO

January 3, 2008

Merry Christmas. It's not the same with out you. We all miss and love you.

December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas my friend.

tom
friend

December 25, 2007

Love you baby, Merry Christmas.
I pray the number stays the same. No one should have to die on Christmas.

December 24, 2007

Rest in peace, you are a ture hero. My prayers go out to you, your famlily, friends, partner, and department. Watch over us all down here.

Cpl JD Green
Manvel PD, Texas

December 9, 2007

God Bless you Amy for your bravery and service. It takes alot to pursue an unknown threat into its environment. Your action that night displayed valiantle the courage required, yet lacked by some, of all police officers. Thank you ma'am and may God bless your family.

Gillock

November 22, 2007

may you rest in peace.

Dustin Ebarb, Former APD Radio Dispatche
Austin Police Department

November 15, 2007

To Amy, may you rest in peace, to Terry and your children,G-d bless.

November 12, 2007

You rode with me as a cadet and I knew you would be great. Six months later you were gone. The anniversary of your death was yesterday.. I think of you often. I have a young son who is close to the age your son Chase was when you left. I think how unfair it is for him and you that you are no longer together. I know you are in a peaceful place. Your memory lives on and every new cadet or officer that I train I tell them about you. MISS YOU and I look forward to our paths crossing again.

Hilary

Lundberg 4688
APD

November 1, 2007

Thank you Amy, you will never be forgotten.

Terry and family:

May god bless you and keep you, and give you the strength to wake up and live each day for Amy, to honor her memory and to be as strong as she was. You will have many more days with her in heaven than you will have without her on earth. Peace be with you.

OK LEO

November 1, 2007

I didn't know Amy, but I can't FORGET her. I saw a
reflection recently on another site written by Terry and I
remembered him from reading about Amy back in 2004. I only left one reflection at that time, but have
always remembered her name, her picture and the
circumstances surrounding her death. I have been
deeply moved by the messages left by him and his
kids. Chase says the most adorable things and it's
good he's here to help heal the pain. I hope Amy's
partner is healing, too but like Terry so wisely says,
"We're moving forward, not on." Amy, it's been 3 years
and your memory is still with us now and in the future.
I'm glad I know where you are. So many police officers assume they will go to Heaven because they were
officers, but it's not about what we do, but what Jesus
did for us that we couldn't do for ourselves. May God
continue to show your families strength and peace and
I look forward to meeting you in the next life. Time can't
pass quickly enough until your family is reunited. God
bless each and every one.
Lynn Kole
Bellingham, WA

November 1, 2007

Three years....Three years ago our family was experiencing the worst couple of days of our lives. It's been three years, but it feels like it was just yesterday. There is still that empty feeling, the feeling that something is missing, that something is not right. I guess it is a feeling we all must grow accustom to. I find comfort when I read the reflections that other people have left. Some that knew you, some that only met you briefly, and some that never crossed your path. I am grateful that our family is not the only one that carries on you memory, that even now that you are gone you still touch so many people. I can not thank them enough for their kindness and the comfort of their words and actions. If they only knew how much it means. I love you and miss you so much every day, we all do.
"Another turning point...a fork stuck in the road..."
Love forever and always,
Amanda

October 31, 2007

Sister Amy, Tonight I will hand out candy in your honor. Keep resting in peace Blue Angel !! GOD BLESS ALL

DB
Calif Hwy Patrol..Ret.

October 31, 2007

It could have been me. She died a hero, doing what her heart told her was honorable and just.
I pray that Amy stands by my side during the dark times, the times when my courage will be tested. She ran for the same reason we all run...because she was a cop through and through. Blue blood, dedication, it was her job to run so others will be safe. We all walk out the door every day wanting only to come home to our kids but when we call in service we are selfless, we are brave, we are cops. May she rest in peace and may you find comfort in your little ones. I am so sorry.

Patrolman
Ohio

October 31, 2007

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