Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest well Trooper and thank you for your service.

Col. Kevin Gordon, Ret
Retired after 26 years service

August 22, 2007

Trooper Holland, your service and your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

God bless you, sir. May you rest in peace.

A Grateful American

August 22, 2007

I am so sorry to hear of the death of such a fine person. I know this time will be hard on Trooper Hollands family, friends and the community. May his soul rest in peace.
Susie Cross
Barling, AR

Susie Cross
Sister of Police Officer

August 22, 2007

Rest in peace Trooper Holland, you have served well. Please keep an eye on us from up above and we continue your tour of duty.

Trooper
Florida Highway Patrol

August 22, 2007

Our prayes and thoughts are with the family and your fellow officers.
Rest in peace sir
Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Deborah Roelandts (911 retired)
Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Town of Oconomowoc

August 22, 2007

God Speed, Brother.

P.O.K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

August 22, 2007

our many thoughts and prayers are with the Holland family and the OSP family...

President Jim Gilbert
Fraternal Order of Police,Capital City Lodge #9, Columbus, Ohio

August 22, 2007

Rest in peace my brother in blue. Now you can walk Heaven's beat. Your family, friends, and co-workers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol, are in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless

Sr. Officer D. Johns
City of Sandy Springs Police, Georgia

August 22, 2007

Rest in peace my brave brother.

Lt. Deputy Sheriff

August 22, 2007

God bless the family of Trooper Holland Jr. and to all the brave members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Trooper
New Jersey State Police

August 22, 2007

Thoughts and prayers are with your family and your agency. RIP Brother in Blue.

Patrolman D. Kirk #309
Round Lake Heights PD (IL)

August 22, 2007

"IT IS NOT HOW HE DIED BUT HOW HE LIVED THAT MAKES HIM A HERO." May God Bless you and your family and help them find some peace in such a tragic situation. THANK YOU for all your years of keeping US safe. GODSPEED.

Lisa
GEORGIA CIVILIAN

August 22, 2007

Rest in peace, my brother. You are now in a much better place. "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

Officer J.W. Propst
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Charlotte, NC

August 22, 2007

Rest In Peace Trooper....thank you for your service.

#16286
California Highway Patrol

August 22, 2007

The members of the Slidell Police Department wish to extend their special thoughts and heartfelt prayers during your time of sorrow.

Alayna Wilcox, Secretary
Slidell Police Department

August 22, 2007

Trooper Holland thank you for your many years of service to your fellowman. God bless you, your loved ones, and the Ohio Highway Patrol. May the Lord grant your loved ones the strength to endure during this difficult time. Rest in peace my brother.

State Constable J.L. Green
S.C. State Constables

August 22, 2007

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

August 22, 2007

Thank you for your service Trooper Holland. You will not be forgotten.

Michelle - Wife of Retired LEO

August 22, 2007

When God Made Peace Officers
Unknown Author
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 his uniform."

He has 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."

He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And he has 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 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 the bulge in a pocket before he asks, 'May I see what's in there sir?' (When he already knows and wishes he'd taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of the head for his partner's safety. And another pair of eyes here in the front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say. 'You'll be all right ma'am.' When he knows it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this 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 a civil service pay check."

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 the elements of a hundred crime scenes; recite Miranda warnings in his sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop...and still keeps its sense of humor."

"This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He 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 fingers across the cheek of the peace officer. "There's a leak." She pronounced. "I told you that you are trying to put to much in 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 metal called his badge; for justice."
"You're a genius." said the angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there." he said.
It doesn't make any difference the way one of our loved one's die their is always a space that won't be filled anymore. Hopefully the few words here and the thoughts and prayers that are left at this memorial can help in some small way.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
Canon City, Colorado

Marilyn Robinson
Citizen

August 22, 2007

Trooper Holland,
rest in peace brother.

Detective Dave Howell
Plano,Texas Police Dept-Auto Theft

August 22, 2007

My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Trooper Holland. Rest in peace, sir.

Linda Lamm - LEO wife and sister of
Jay Balchunas EOW 11.05.04

August 22, 2007

Trooper Holland,
I am so sorry to learn of this tragedy. My thoughts are with your family, friends and the Ohio State Highway Patrol at this difficult time. Thank you for serving the state of Ohio with dedication and committment.

Pennsylvania citizen

August 22, 2007

Rest in peace Trooper Holland...

Lieutenant
Genesee County, Michigan

August 22, 2007

My husband is highly alergic to wasp stings, just a few weeks ago I had to rush him to hospital for treatment due to Red Wasp sting. May God give you strength to face the days ahead.

Barbara Bagby
Sister of Patrolman Michael Moreland, end of watch 7/21/78

August 22, 2007

Please accept the deepest sympathy on the loss of your fellow officer and family man. May god bless all of you at this time and as you do your daily protection of us Ohio residents.
The Larson family
Mansfield,Ohio

citizen

August 22, 2007