Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

A mentor, a friend and a true brother. An inspiration to all in life and law enforcement.

Thank you Mike, for all you have done for others!

Officer D. Loader
Epping, P.D.

April 14, 2007

Happy Easter Mike. We love you. Love Carson.

April 8, 2007

Happy Easter Mike please find a way to bring peace to your family on a day when they wish you were home.God bless them and send them your love.

Lt. Chris Shaw
N.H.DOC

April 8, 2007

People sleep soundly in their beds at night beacuse brave men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf.............

Thank you Mike,gone but not forgotten
Rest easy brother

April 4, 2007

Dear Mike, We miss you alot because you were allways nice to us. I remember when you kicked the ball over the fence and me Brian Mitchell and Tyler could never get the ball.Thank you for saving me when we were at the swimming hole this summer.I love you Mike...love Carson

carson
nephew

March 26, 2007

Mike, you are a true hero. I am eternally grateful
for your guidance and friendship. You are truly a
cop's cop.

Rest In Peace Brother!

OFFICER ANDREW AKERS
U.S. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY

March 24, 2007

Officer Briggs,
Sir you were in my thoughts as your story was told to me by your former co-worker Mark Bujnowski. As I heard him tell the story, it instantly left a void inside. Although I have never met you, the instinctive Police Brotherhood we all carry immediately left me feeling a deep sorrow for another sad loss to our Police family.

Recently I attended the funeral of my friend, co-worker, and fellow Cop. Vice Detective Keith Dressel of the Toledo Police Dept, Oh who was shot and killed by another coward. These incidents are never easy to deal with regardless of whether or not we had a personal contact with the person. We are all Cops and thats enough. Please know that your loss is felt throughout this country. You are a HERO which will never be forgotten!

To your family,
Please know, as I'm sure you do, that you are most important to him and he is watching out for you from above. Officer Briggs, would you say hello to my friend Keith I'm sure the two of you will hit it off. He has a personality like no other. Both of you Rest in Peace and look out for us down here that continue doing this very dangerous job. God Bless...

Officer Shane Gadoury
Tampa Police Department, Fl

March 12, 2007

83 is a special number
very special indeed
the man who held this power
had great skill to lead
poem by mckenzie dow

rest in peace
i miss you

nicole
friend of family member

March 11, 2007

Rest In Peace Mike
I love You

Family Mckenzie Dow
Neice

February 26, 2007

R.I.P...Hero

Portland PD

February 25, 2007

YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, AND I AM NOT ALONE WE I STATE THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER OFFICER LIKE YOU!!! YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN IN OUR PRAYERS, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED BY YOUR FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, AND YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS!!! THANK YOU--- OFFICER MICHAEL BRIGGS, MAY YOU ALWAYS REST IN PEACE!!! GOD BLESS YOU

MANCHESTER RESIDENT LISA M. ANDERSON
FRIEND

February 23, 2007

Mike ~

You are missed and loved by all who knew you, all who had the pleasure of working with you, all that had the pleasure of knowing you.

Watch over us Briggsy and we'll all see each other again someday.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have ever done and all your memory will continue to do!

Melissa
Friend

February 23, 2007

Happy valentine,s day Mike.We miss you so much.It is not the same without you here.

February 14, 2007

May GOD bless the family of Officer Briggs.

Fed. Officer
Dept. Of the Treasury, U.S. Mint Police

February 5, 2007

A true hero who made the ultimate sacrifice....you were everything a police officer could be. You will be missed greatly.

Officer Tadd Bailey
Carroll Police Dept.

February 1, 2007

"Step forward now policeman
you've borne your burdens well
come walk a beat of heaven's streets
you've done your time in hell"

Thank you for your time and honor, god bless your family, friends, co-workers, and all your brothers in blue...Rest in Peace

Officer Evan J Adams
Merrimack County Department of Corrections

January 23, 2007

Thanks for all of your service to your Country and State. You are a true hero. You will be missed by many. God bless you and your family.

Lt. B. Krieger
Loudon Police Department

January 18, 2007

You are a true hero. It is so amazing how many people's lives you have touched and I am so proud you are my brother. Love you forever.
Tracie-Sister

Tracie Davison
Sister

January 7, 2007

Rest well brother in blue, we'll take it from here.


Semper Fidelis,
Steve Mowery

Officer
Bluffton Police Dept.

December 29, 2006

Job well done. You did your job, you answered the call, you performed honorably. Good bye sir, see you when I get there.

Officer
Pooler Police Dept., Pooler GA

December 28, 2006

ANGEL IN BLUE
by Rhonda J. LaFoy

Your loved ones are mourning,
A thousand tears we cry,
The questions are endless,
Of God, asking why.
I know it's what you chose to do,
You vowed to give your life,
But I never thought the day would come,
That you would fade into the night.
I'll try to be strong and carry on,
But it's hard, in so much pain,
Without you standing here with me,
I'll never be the same.
In the briefest moment,
Someone took your life,
I'll make this one promise to you,
Your memory will survive.
So, take your place in heaven,
Spread your wings and fly,
I'll see you again, in the end,
I know this isn't goodbye.
In this silent moment of sadness,
I gaze above and salute you,
You join the ranks of those who have fallen,
And become an angel in blue.

Capt Mike Dempsey (Ret)
Friend

December 23, 2006

I was born and raised on the West side of Manchester. I knew a different Manchester growing up and it has changed a lot since I was a child.
My heart goes out the all the family and people that knew him. I know God has plans for all of us and we need to live our lives and leave this earth making a difference in people's lives.
God bless and Merry Christmas to the family and friends!!
Stacy

Stacy C.

December 23, 2006

People like you make us all want to become better human being and do more with our own lives. You may be gone, but the spirit of who you are lives on in all those whose lives you touched. You were not just a hero on that fateful October night; you always were and always will be. Rest in peace.
Melinda Armani

Melinda Armani
friend of sister, Melisa

December 21, 2006

You are truly a hero. Thank you for your service.

Edgartown MA PD

December 20, 2006

Hello,Norm,a Former US Marine,Disabled American
Veteran,who meet Officer Briggs at Valley Street jail,Oct. 1996,just 10 years prior to his passing.
I had a very incanney incident happen between,"
Brother Mike & I ,that I will post on Reflection's here...but am looking to send a more personal Christmas card to his Wife & Son's,
VIA of US Postal,expressing this personal act of human nature,which so humbled me,after having spent almost eight months in confinement @ the Valley St.Jail,back in 1996 for having been,"
deemed a habitual offender!"Without getting into my past offense's,that which I myself feel have been leavied against me,without merit & improper council,& misrepresentation,& lack of solid evidence,I realize that infraction's of The Law Happen every day,which go un-noticed to good people who are other-wise caught up in,bad situation's!",but again,this is not my main focus,or why I am writing your Dept.,this day.
From my heart & soul,"We Marines' or Subjects' named,thereof,have a code of conduct,which we believe to be ture to God,Country & The Corps!", in fact we coin the phrase,"That Their are Brother's,& then there are other's!",Mike was a Brother in every aspect of the word!
Maybe at this point I should just continue with my story,& let his own brother decide if they would like to post it or not,it's a simple yet humbling experience for me,one that brought me to tears after it actually occured...(I don't really want to let the media know about it,since they have a way of exploiting thing's as such,but for the few,closest to Mike,his compassion & compassion may or may have not been what caused his being shot?)This I will try to express in closing...."On or about the evening of Oct. 10th,1996,then Correctional Officer,Micheal Briggs,"Briggie",had recently been a new duty to our POD/had been making a head count when he noticed my prison uniform's pant leg had been torn pretty much up the leg,he commented to me,"what do you like destroying prison property?",my comment back was,thats the way I recieved these pants,and his reply was,"ya sure,just like everyone in this place isn't guilty of their crime's!",my reply back was,I'm not,I don't know about the rest of these maggot's!"He exclaimed;,what where you a Marine,my reply was,ya 30 years ago!" I knew then he himself was Marine,so no more words need be said,in fact he explained to me he had recently got out,"Desert Storm Veteran".,and was studying to become a full time Police Officer.
Well,at that point,I had wished him all the best luck in his career,& life,explaining I had only 10 more day's & I would be released...he surprized me later that evening,by bringing me a couple changes of brand new issued prison uniform's,underware & sox's,asking me to change real quick into em,I thanked him,don't mention it he said!But to me,after having spent almost eight months in lock-up,I was going out in style!
Thanks to a brother Marine,& to me,a true Humanitarian!
Little though it seem's,my soul was touched by a Brother Marine!yes,A Good Guy!So my thoughts are confused to him the eve of his encounter with the guy who shot him,did he double back on his bike while heading to the Station,after noticing this creep he saved just months earlier,
to have a few words with him,to see how if he was
staying on the straight & narrow,how his injuries
where healing,or was did he anticipate any harm might come to him,I think not,but the un-expected happened,his life was taken from among us,why?Maybe because he cared to deeply for those
less fortunate,only one can speculate....but I know in fact he is gaurding The Streets of Heaven
A Former Marine,who met a Former Marine,who knew without saying,that we were Brother's amongst,other's!
May His Soul Rest In The Peace of Our Lord,Jesus Christ this Christmas Season,&
May The Love of God's Holy Spirit Fill his Family & Love-one's hearts to overflowing.....
Semper Fidelas(Means Always Faithful to God,Country & The Corps Values of Life on Earth!)
Norm in NH.

Brother Marine/Norm(no rank in Heaven!)
Former United States Marine Veteran

December 19, 2006