Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace Agent Gallagher, we at my organization wish your family peace and condolences we will honor your service by placing this on our web site also WWW.PSOF.ORG

Gun Task Force Officer Jack DeHeer
Chicago Police Dept

September 12, 2010

Rest in Peace, Brother.

OFC B. Grajek

September 10, 2010

Thank you for your service Agent Gallagher! God Bless!

Dep. M. Chavez Jr.
Fresno County Sheriff's Office

September 10, 2010

My thoughts and prayers are with those friends and family members that are left behind and cannot follow. Rest in peace my brother in blue...we will take it from here.

PFC Adam F Laser
Westminster City Police Department

September 10, 2010

Rest in peace brother.

Y-7
USBP

September 9, 2010

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"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 whose 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

Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

September 9, 2010

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Border Patrol Agent Michael Gallagher, and the USDHS - Customs & Border Protection - Border Patrol. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of great sadness. Please take comfort in knowing that your extended law enforcement family grieves with you. Agent Gallagher, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

September 9, 2010

Rest in peace my brother. We don't always know the reason that things happen the way that we do, but you can rest assured that we will never forget you. May God bless and protect your family in this time of sorrow. My prayers are with your family and CAG station.

SBPA R. Colburn - Chaplain
U.S. Border Patrol

September 9, 2010

May God lay his healing hand upon the family and friends of Agent Gallagher and may they know you will never be forgotten. Thank you Agent Gallagher for your dedicated service to the people of the United States.

James Sheppard
Father of Sgt. Jason L. Sheppard EOW 12/7/06

September 9, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Agent Gallagher as well as the brotherhood at U.S. Border Patrol. May you rest in God's eternal peace our brother!

Detective Mark Techmanski
City of Syracuse (NY) Police Department

September 9, 2010

Rest In Peace and thank you for your service, my prayers are with your family.

Deputy Latour ( retired)
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

September 8, 2010

Thank you Agent Gallagher for your service.

Carol

September 8, 2010

Gallagher would occasionaly frequent my establishment. He was a pleasure to serve and never treated me as his servant. He was a good and responsible man. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. He gave respect and hopefully got it in turn.

Anonymous

September 8, 2010

Rest In Peace Brother, may God look over your family.

J. Borowski, SBPA
U.S. Border Patrol

September 7, 2010

Sir, I didn't have the opportunity or honor to meet you, I left Casa Grande Border Patrol Station a few months before you got there. I want to thank you for your dedication to service and even though we were miles apart we still were working together in trying to make our country safer. Rest in Peace my Brother in Green and may God comfort and be with your family in these trying times.

SBPA Antonio Lopez
U.S. Border Patrol Niagara Falls

September 7, 2010

BPA Gallagher, my thoughts are with your family at this time.

SSA Ellen Pierson
US ICE

September 7, 2010

We are all saddened by the loss of Michael. He will be missed by the Chemistry staff who worked with him while he was at Madigan. He worked hard to achieve border patrol agent and we missed him when he departed from here. This is a great loss to his family and we want to let them know that they are in our prayers.

chemistry section
madigan army medical center

September 7, 2010

Michael, you have left a big hole in all of our herats, it is specially hard for the younger officers because for many of them this is their first loss. They don't get any easier...

To the family: I am trully sorry for your loss. We are all here for you. Mike is in our prayers and in our herts.

Border Patrol Agent
Casa Grande Station

September 7, 2010

Agent Gallagher thank you for your willingness to serve your fellowman. God bless you and your loved ones. Rest in peace.

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

September 7, 2010

I just wanted to express my deepest sympathies to Mike's family. I am so beyond sorry for your loss. He was such a great friend to me in college, I can only imagine what a terrific husband and father he was.

The first day I met him, he told me I looked like/reminded him of his sister and for the next four and a half years that's how he and I treated one another...like family.

You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

Lisa M. Mantineo

Lisa M. Mantineo
friend from Bloomsburg University

September 7, 2010

Rest in Peace my Brother, God Bless you, your Family and your Dept.

Officer Bob Swope #5609
Olmsted Falls Police Dept.Ohio

September 7, 2010

Rest in peace brother and thank you for your service, my prayers are with your family.

Deputy Latour ( retired)
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

September 7, 2010

Rest in Peace, Brother. Thank you for your service.

Sgt. Kevin Kratz
Buena Vista Twp Police Department (Michigan)

September 7, 2010

So very tragic!!!! So young and new to the job. My sincere Condolences to Agent Gallaghers family, friends and police family. There is no figuring out the whys to tragedies of this magnitude!

P.O. Helyn Finnigan #9933
Chicago Police Dept.

September 6, 2010

Rest in Peace Brother! Thank you for your sacrifice and please keep watch from above!

SBPA
Rochester Station

September 6, 2010