Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP Mike. You are never forgotten. It's been a year, but it seems like yesterday. Lost a great Police Officer and friend. Prayers to your family during this time.

Detective Arlen Pietrowski
Chicago Police

November 26, 2011

When I was a new police officer I wanted to be just like Mike, we all did. He was one of the hardest working police officers on the watch. Mike was one of the best police officers I have ever had the pleasure to work with it is surpassed only by the quality of man he was. His picture will always hang in my home.

Sergeant Timothy Szarzynski
Chicago

November 26, 2011

Hard to believe it has been one year since you were tragically taken from us. You were a great E/T and a great officer. You will always be remembered.

Detective Thomas Downes
Chicago

November 26, 2011

Dear Mike, I can't believe its been almost a year since you were taken from us for doing your job. I will never forget the laughs and good times we had working together. You will never be forgotten, God bless you.

police officer Anthony Nowakowski
Chicago Police

November 25, 2011

Mike, as I stand next to your locker every day preparing for work, I place my hand on your now empty locker and say the Lords Prayer, afterwards thanking Him and You for both being my guardian Angles during the shift. Miss you buddy.

Evidence Technician John Murphy
Chicago Police

July 11, 2011

Officer Flisk,
Sir, I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Chicago. And to your family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
USBP

January 9, 2011

Rest In Peace, Police Officer Flisk.

Lt T Carr
NYPD

January 3, 2011

R.I.P. MICHAEL FLISK-OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY..YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN-YOU HAVE MADE THE ULITIMATE SACRIFICE..GOD BLESS

SARAH MENTZ
FRIEND

December 21, 2010

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

Officer Bob Swope #5609
Olmsted Falls Police Dept.Ohio

December 15, 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

December 14, 2010

Rest easy my Brother in Law, your watch on earth is now over. I pray God will look down on your family, and friends, and comfort them with His love, and grace for now and always.......

Sgt. John L. Gulledge (Ret.)
Escambia CO Sheriff's Office Pensacola FL.

December 13, 2010

Our Prayers and Condolences to the Family, Friends & CPD.
Thank you Officer Flisk for your service keeping the streets of Chicago safe. You will NOT be forgotten.

Richard J. Gandy
Warriors' Watch Riders of No. Ill.

December 10, 2010

RIP brother.

Q132
LEO

December 10, 2010

To the friends and family members of Officer Michael R. Flisk,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of tragedy. May you find comfort in the memory of your loved one.

Sincerely,
Session 49
Zone Five Law Enforcement Academy, NY

Session 49
Zone Five Police Academy, NY

December 10, 2010

Please accept my heart felt sorrow and admiration for the loss of such a dedicated identification officer. All of us forensic technicians have been cramed in a small, cluttered space with our backs turned, vulnerable, while processing a crime scene. You never know.

Det. William A. Cook
Albany, N.Y. Police-Forensic Unit

December 9, 2010

THANK YOU FOR YOU VALOR AND SERVICE. REST IN PEACE BROTHER, WE WILL CONTINUE YOUR WATCH.

SGT IN CHARGE MORRIS
HINSDALE PD

December 9, 2010

God bless you and your family and the men and women of the Chicago police department. You are a true hero and warrior. You will not be forgotten....Rest in peace.

Officer E. Borghesani
San Francisco Police Dept

December 9, 2010

Rest in peace brother, thank you for your service.

Chris Felton
FWPD

December 8, 2010

"Never forget what they did here. It is rather for us, the living, to be dedicated here to the great task remaining before us - that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain." President Lincoln

Your sacrifice and last full measure of devotion will not be forgotten. RIP Brother

Detective Chris Welby
Bridgeton, Mo PD

December 8, 2010

May you and the retired Officer who died with you both move swiftly to Heaven and may you both be allowed to watch when the two responsible for your deaths are sent straight to hell.

Thank you for your service and God Bless, Officer Flisk, may you forever Rest in Peace, Brother.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

December 6, 2010

Rest in peace, your sacrifice will never be forgotten.....

Detective Edward Carlile
Northfield PD (OH)

December 6, 2010

RIP, our brother you will be missed and Always Remembered.

Sgt. Milan Vujic
Chicago Police Department

December 5, 2010

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.

N.J. TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

December 5, 2010

God Bless you sir.

Rick F.
Ret. CO

December 4, 2010

Officer Flisk, how can we ever repay the "all" that you gave us? My prayers and tears are with your wife and children, and especially with your Police brothers and sisters who continue the battle.

Timothy Reise
Nashville, TN (cousin of retired CPD)

December 4, 2010