Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for the reflection you gave to my grandfather, Detective Rafael Cotto. I also appreciate the ultimate service your son has sacrificed for his family and his country.

Michele Roman
Brooklyn, New York

Michele Roman

April 29, 2013

8 years since I last saw you. It's hard to believe! Usually Cody and I help the Chief with the wreath at the ceremony but I told him this year it was time for him to take over. He did a wonderful job.
Cody had a great baseball season and I'm a little sad that it's over. He loved it more this year. His big cousins Joseph, Vince, Nick, Daniel and Dominic all watched him play this year. Also some of my friends came out to watch.
DC is coming up! I am so glad Cody feels so at home with my parents and my sisters. They will split the week up but of course Cody wants to spend every night with his favorite cousin Dominic. He's so excited to fly to DC with Dominic and meet me at the wall. I completed my last training ride and I'm (as you would say) good to go. Love you

JoAnn
Wife

April 27, 2013

Your remembrance ceremony was so beautiful...it was overwhelming to see how many people honored you that day. Cody was such a little gentleman helping the new Chief (and old friend) lay your wreath. There was also a Corps presence with a Marine in dress uniform and a member of the Brentwood Marine Corps League. There were three flags blowing in the wind...Old Glory, the Marine Corps Flag, and the POW MIA flag. A fitting day of tribute to you!

I think your Marine brother Mark's reflection summed up the esteem with which you are held and how much you are remembered by those who shared your life. The Amex reference made me chuckle...in a good way.

When I saw Cody on the field at his ballgame a week ago, he looked so much like you at that age. I know you were looking down with pride at your beautiful son and wife.

Loving you forever and a day.

Mom

April 27, 2013

Thank you Officer Lasater for your dedication and service to this country and your community. You are a true hero. My thoughts are with your family, may they: "Stay Strong, Stay Safe, and Stay Positive." (a motto my son left behind and has inspired me to stay focused thru this journey thru grief.) Your mother's gift of positive words and your wife's strong determination to ride with the Unity tour is so inspiring to other survivors. God Bless!

G. Birkholz
mother of Officer Craig Birkholz, Fond du Lac, Wi. EOW 3/20/11

April 26, 2013

Slash,

Today I woke up knowing this is the day we lost you. Your loss today hurts as much as it did 8 years ago. Nothing for us has changed in terms of the pain and simply missing you. However, we now think of this day as “Larry’s Day.” Thinking of you intensifies in March, every spring, and culminates for us on this day.

I cannot help thinking about how much fun we would have as fathers and friends…man this day hurts and feels good at the same time. You chose a selfless profession that makes the world and the communities we live in civil and free. The price for that freedom and quality of life seems at times unbearably high, especially for JoAnn, Cody, Phyllis, and all of your buddies in the Corps.

There are so many times I thought of you this last year…Greg’s wedding and Change of Command, the Marine Corps Birthday, Cody’s birthday, the Final Four, the heroic actions of law enforcement in Boston, every time I using my @!#@ AMEX, and every time I hear of the loss of another police officer…anywhere.

Slash one thing has absolutely never changed for me and that is you are loved and missed.

Semper Fi my brother,

Mark Bolz
USMC (former)

April 24, 2013

I trained today in honor of you. Your family's strength inspires me. You are not forgotten.

J. Payne
Family Friend

April 24, 2013

Officer Lasater,
I do not know you or your family. But my thoughts are with your wife and son today. May God bless them always.
Thank-you for your service.

Holley Orr
Wife of Kevin Orr EOW 11-22-06

April 24, 2013

Larry, I don't know you personally, but when reading all of the reflections the last couple of years from your mother and wife, I feel that we know each other. Thanks for your service.

Floyd Mullens, Sr
FCI El Reno, Oklahoma

April 24, 2013

You and all those your life touched are in my prayers today and always. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Janell

April 23, 2013

Thinking of you and your family as the anniversary of when you were taken from them is coming up. Your mother left a very nice reflection for my dad, and I wanted to make sure we remembered you as well. Rest in peace and tell my dad hello from me and that I love and miss him so much! Hope we will get to meet your family at the CPOA memorial run this year on May11th!

Deputy Probation Officer, Kelli Davey
daughter of Robert James Davey, Jr. E.O.W 3/3/1983

April 19, 2013

Tomorrow Cody gets to bring a special person to school. His first choice was my dad or Dominic. My dad is out of town so he started naming people he could bring. I realized he has some great people in his life when he went down his list. Besides my sisters, everyone he named was a police officer. Two you never met and the others were your friends. I know that would make you grateful to those who have stepped up.

JoAnn
Wife

April 18, 2013

Thinking of you and your Mom, Joann, and Cody. Time does not ease our need for our precious loved one.

Linda Rittenhouse
Matt's Mom

April 18, 2013

Heaven and earth may separate us today, but nothing will ever change the love I have for you, my beloved and cherished son.

Mom

April 17, 2013

Rest in Peace, Larry, and I honor your service just as your wonderful mother, Paterlhyllis Loya honored my grandfather, Franklin Leland Williams of Bibb County, GA, on August 11, 2010. Your memory and service is perpetually remembered, and also, as a United States Marine.

Ralph Lane Williams,
Evans, GA

Lane Williams
Fallen Officers' Association

April 16, 2013

Rest In Peace Brother Lasater. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends.

Sgt. Jarrod L. Wilson / K9 Officer
West Virginia Division Of Corrections

April 16, 2013

Give me strength this month. April is so hard to get through! Missing you as always.

Jo Ann
wife

April 12, 2013

"My heart misses who I used to be when you were here"

Author unknown

Mom

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

April 12, 2013

Thinking of you and your family as it nears your 8th Anniversary. Where does time go I know for me it seems like it happen yesterday and years ago at the same time. I will place a candle at my precious nephews resting place in your honor. Please know my thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family.
JEREMY'S TEE
Marlene Newchurch
TEE of Sgt Jeremy Paul Newchurch AU-15
Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office La.
EOW 3-1-06

JEREMY'S TEE

April 12, 2013

Officer Lasater,

Thank you for your hard work, your dedication to the job, and for the ultimate sacrifice you paid to keep strangers, your friends, your family, and your city safe. You are a HERO!

JoAnn, Phyllis, and Cody,

Your husband, your son, your father will always remain in my prayers. You all, as well, will always be in my prayers. May God watch over you and keep you safe. May Larry watch over you and keep you safe. I can tell that he is a great man and an important man to each of you, but I think that would be an understatement.

God Speed

PKL
Son of Police Officers

April 11, 2013

8 years is coming up quick. I can't believe it. It sometimes seems like yesterday that I kissed you goodbye, and sometimes it seems like it's been so long. Sometimes I look at Cody and I'm shocked that he's almost 8. What a kid. Those who know him agree what a great kid he is. Love you

JoAnn
Wife

April 11, 2013

Never letting you out of my heart...you are the best part of me.

Mom

April 11, 2013

Thank you for having the courage to stand between us, the law abiding citizens of our great country, and those who wish to do us harm. You bravely fought what the rest fear and will always be remembered as a true American hero. It's men like you who make me extremely proud to be a member of a law enforcement agency. My family and I will always honor you and remember you in our prayers. Rest easy my brother.

Herb Fernandez
Detention Corporal
Midland County Sheriff's Office TX
Senior Honor Guard Member

April 11, 2013

The Police Unity Tour is fast approaching. Cody is getting excited to fly out with my sister to meet me in DC. I'm so glad my sisters and parents are so close to Cody that he feels comfortable enough to be without me while I ride. My parents way of honoring you is being there for our son and in my opinion, that is the best way to honor and remember you.

Missing you

Jo Ann
Wife

April 6, 2013

Phyllis,
My apologies for woefully underestimating your contribution to honoring the memory of the fallen peace officers in this country. After doing a quick review of the sites of fallen officers throughout the country, it seems you have left a reflection for almost ALL 21,454 OF THEM.
You are forgiven if you have yet to get to some of the men and women who have given their lives in the past few months.
May the Lord richly bless you for your service.

Lt. John Stanley
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department

April 6, 2013

Phyllis,
You are an extraprdinary woman and I can only imagine what an incredible man your son was. I am doing research on all the peace officers killed on my department and see that you have left a comment for each one of them. THAT'S 118 PEACE OFFICERRS. For a couple of our people, yours is the only comment.
After a brief sampling from the sites of other agencies, I see that you have left a reflection for every peace officer killed in the state of California. ALL OF THEM! THAT IS 1,545 PEACE OFFICERS!
Thank you for your son and your love for all of his brothers and sisters who paid the ultimate price with him.
GOD BLESS YOU, MAM!

Lt. John Stanley
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department

April 6, 2013