Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Just wanted to let your family and you know that we have not forgotten you. I enjoyed my time with your Mom at Parent's Retreat. Maureen loved looking at your sons scrap book and talking to you, you have been in my thoughts and prayers. Deputy Tutino you are a hero, and we will never forget...

Connie Barker
Mother of Officer Clint Walker Prattville P.D. Alabama E.O.W. 1-14-04

January 26, 2012

It is that time of year again when we mourn and remember our heros and loved ones. Ms. Tutino, I was thinking of you and your family today so I wanted to tell you that you are in my thoughts and prayers as 1/26/12 is upon us and we again feel the loss that we felt for the first time 7 years ago. You and your family are always in my thoughts and I will be remembering your son's sacrifice as we try to remember and honor my father as well. Take care of one another and never forget.

Tomya Cochran
daughter, EOW 1/26/05

January 25, 2012

Merry Christmas my son. I am having a very bad time this year..I guess it is because I am on the parents web site and we all have been talking about how hard Christmas is without our children.... It was the last time I got to see you ....Please hug my bro and his wife, Mom and Dad and especially yourself. We all miss you and love you so much. We always spend some time on Christmas remembering you, and wishing you were here... Keep Smiling

Maureen Tutino
Mom

December 24, 2011

Thinking of you and all of your loved ones on this very special holiday. You have not been forgotten. Continue to keep watch over all of your loved ones, let them feel you all around them so they know you are watching over them. You will never be forgotten.

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Bob Gordon
Father of Fallen Chicago Officer: Michael P. Gordon, EOW: 8/8/04

December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas Pop! Your still missed as much today as the day you left us. I love you.. Give our family blessings from up above. And dont forget our troops! 2658 forever..

Deputy Sheriff, Nick
LASD, Son

December 24, 2011

I know the holidays are hard when someone very special is missing. Your family is always in my thoughts and prayers and on this day I want to say happy Thanksgiving to you. I will especially be thinking of you all today. Take care Tutino family.

Tomya Cochran
daughter, EOW 1/26/05

November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving my son.It would be Mom and Dad's 75th anniversary ...so give them a big hug from all of us down here...love always

Maureen Tutino
Mom

November 22, 2011

We just got back from COPS Parents Retreat in Little Rock..... 50 new parents and over 200 in all... It is a shame that any of us are there ..but it is very helpful to be among people that share the same sorrow ...It was your Dad's first time and he said he would go back .....we both miss you very much ,the hole in my heart is still there and always will be ..we wrote letters to you in one session, and I told you all the things I would ask and all the things I would say to you if I had the chance.. Carson's smile is exactly like yours... he reminds us all.. of you ...hope you are keeping watch over him and all of us ...you would love the kids ...they are the cutest !!! keep smiling ...keep shining ....my star in the sky... love always

Maureen Tutino
Mom

November 8, 2011

Today would have been our 11 yr wedding anniversary ...love and miss you so very much ..

Rita Tutino
Wife

October 21, 2011

Just missing you like crazy. I love you dad. Our family has grown so much, I truly wish you could be here to see James' kids. Keep watching over us. 2658 forever!

Deputy Tutino
LASD, Son

October 13, 2011

God ...I miss you !!!! Along with lots of other parents all across the country.....I sent up a balloon for you today and then I cried all over your Dad.. I wish so very much that you were here to call me on your way to work and I could hear you say what's up Mom...or do your little jokey thing, or tell me about a good book to read......I did read the one you told me about in our last conversation about Pat Tillman . You two had a lot in common....you both worked hard at doing the right thing. You left a huge legacy and lots of people still talk about you . Some inmate painted this huge mural of you on the wall of the jail...he did a great job. We all miss you very much ....please watch over all of us and keep on smiling that wonderful smile ... love forever

Maureen Tutino
Mom

October 2, 2011

It is 9/11/11 and I have been thinking about you a lot today...
I know how all those families feel. You and I talked a lot about that day. I had just gotten home from Pittsburgh ..and I was glad that I had made it home after I saw the towers go down... I have said many prayers for all those we lost and their families. If you come across any of them tell them that a lot of prayers went up today....Keep smiling and watching over us... we miss you and love you a lot

Maureen Tutino
Mom

September 12, 2011

Just thinking about ya it's coming on football pactices and games and I wish you were here for it . I miss you so very much ...going back to Pa.and will probably stop by the Steeler Camp ...hope they have a good year. I know you are around us and would be having a good time with your grandkids if you were here in person... Carson has your wonderful smile and disposition ....he's a cutie ,,but they all are . Keep the smile up there and keep watching over us all ..my love as always

Maureen Tutino
Mom

August 10, 2011

Missing you like crazy.. Keep protecting our family from above. And watch out for your brotherhood down here. I love you. 2658 forever!

Deputy Tutino
LASD, Son

July 18, 2011

Just a brief hello and to tell you how proud of Nick you would have been last week ...he did a great job marching in honor of Deputy York. He kept everything together [unlike your Mother ...no surprise ] I could hear you looking down and saying Good Job Son..keep smiling and watch over our family.

Maureen Tutino
Mom

June 1, 2011

Well just writing to say hello.. Its been a while, and I have been thinking of you a lot lately. I will be marching in a memorial this week, and as much honor as it is... It reminds me of the dreadful day I said goodbye to you. I love you so much dad. You would be proud of our family. Keep protecting us from above and carry on the Tutino tradition from up there. I will keep working hard to fulfill the shoes that you left behind here. 2658 forever!

Deputy Sheriff, Nick
LASD, Son

May 24, 2011

it's Mother's day and I miss you. I am blessed to have had you for 47 years. wish you had been here . please hug my little Mommie for me ...I just know you are with her. That is what gives me some comfort..

Maureen Tutino
Mom

May 9, 2011

I am sitting here reading a few of the Mom's cards I got from you over the years..[yes I saved them all---I am a Mom after all ] and I do so love the poem you wrote on the back of the one I keep by your picture ..
Sometimes I feel like the moon in an unlit sky
and now and then, I take heart as a star in a country Heaven.
But when called upon for obedience,
I will stand up and be counted as one of the men.

So I guess now you are the moon and a star in the country Heaven....and I miss you so very much and wish you were here to spend the day with me ...I'd even take just that one day more .. there is so much I would like to know from you ...Just to see your smile & the sparkle in those baby blues [exactly like my Mom;s] would be worth a lot. Carson smiles all the time just like you .... my love always ...

Maureen Tutino
Mom

May 6, 2011

Everytime I am with your sons and grandkids I get weepy because you are physically not here to hug them ....we went and watched Connor playing t-ball ..it is so cute and funny . ...You would be loving this helping coach the team and holding Kendal on your shoulders..and probably Carson at the same time...he looks so much like you and has your disposition ... he coos and smiles and talks to you,even when you are trying to feed him keep him under your wing please ... love you and miss you more than ever...

Maureen Tutino
Mom

April 12, 2011

Since it seems to take a couple of days now to have the reflections to get up there ...and I am sitting here thinking of you anyway..I'd thought I would wish you an early happy birthday. I am on my way to DC and Sacramento again...and It sort of is like going through it all again in some ways ... We all miss you so much ...it is almost as if it was just yesterday...I would give anything to have you back. Our family is so different now ..it just changes everyone,but one thing is for sure we all love you as much as ever,and we miss that wonderful smile. I hope you are happy in Heaven my son...

Maureen Tutino
Mom

March 4, 2011

Okay so the Steelers once again lost ... It seemed they left their A-game in Pa. The real team only showed up for the 3rd quarter. So our little Carson looks and acts like you.....I found your day old baby picture and you two look very much the same. He does look different from the other 2 so maybe they do have a Jim...love ya as always

Maureen Tutino
Mom

February 7, 2011

We are back to the worst day of my life again. There is so much you have missed ..we are going up to meet Carson this weekend...Sounds like he's the Italian looking one like you . The Steelers are going to the Superbowl again. The circumstances were the same as 2005.. they were in the playoffs that year and you called & talked to me and my sister ... they lost and on Wednesday we lost you . This past Sunday they won but we still can't get you back .. It was the last time I talked to you ,and I will never forget the conversation. Some of the families we bonded with through the trial...we keep in touch with and we have all been emailing back and forth... one of the daughters put some roses on the track for us and one of the brothers rides that train on January 26th every year. We miss you so very much ..your smile always lit up the room. keep watching over us, there are a lot of us who could use some help down here. There have been a lot of officers lost this month one of them on the 26th also ... hope you all are together up there in Heaven ...love you as always my son.

Maureen Tutino
Mom

January 27, 2011

Well it has been a while since I have written. So many things and so many words I wish I could tell you.... You are greatly missed and more than ever, do I wish you were here in my life still. Everyone seems to have advice on life, but you always had the best. Michelle and I are engaged! She is a true blessing to me and our family. I wish you could have met her. Work is busy and its so hard to keep up with all the different gangs I work with. But I love what I do and wouldnt change a thing right now. Anyways, keep your smile from above and keep the blessings from above coming. We miss and love you very much. 2658 forever!

Deputy, Nick
LASD, Son

January 9, 2011

Happy New Year ..even though it is less happy because you are not here... Christmas was very nice but we all talked about you as usual and miss you being there. What with my Mom and you and Christmas in between ..there are those 6 weeks that are so hard for me personally ..I miss all of you and pray that you are together up there in Heaven, and that we all will be together again some day. Nick is really walking in your shoes and we are so proud of him ..he and Michelle got engaged and we are all waitng anxiously for the third child for Marie and James..he's going to be like your Mom with a boy-girl-boy... it is sad that you cannot hold them and talk to them or teach them things. You did leave a huge legacy with the Department ...I keep meeting more people as does Nick who tell us more stories about you .Miss your smile watch over us all Love ya

Maureen Tutino
Mom

January 1, 2011

Dear Tutino Family,

I worked with Jim back in the early 80's at Wayside Max. We sure had some fun times together at work. I still remember Jim riding his bike to work and the CHP following his 280Z to the gate. HA!!HA! There are too many good men and women on our wall and I want you to know that Jim and you are in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless,
Ed Wetta

Ed Wetta Deputy Sheriff
LASD Retired

December 30, 2010