Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest with the Angels Officer Taulbee. Your dedication and ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten. Prayers for your family during this time in their lives.

Retired Police Officer Bob Lester
Midland Texas Police Department

September 16, 2012

Our thougths and prayers are with you and your family!

Bryce Stevenson
Son of Fallen Ceres Police Sergeant Howard Stevenson, EOW 010905

September 16, 2012

Police Officer Mark Taulbee May you Rest In Peace, you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!!!

Police Officer Sergio Valdez
Chicago Police Department

September 16, 2012

Rest in Peace Brother Taulbee.

JP Mcgrath(retired Detective)
Schenectady Police Dept.

September 16, 2012

You are a hero & an angel. God bless you & your family.

D/S Timothy Hernandez & D/S Christina Hernandez
Escambia County S/O

September 16, 2012

IN HONORE CASORUM
Gone, but not forgotten. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, your family, friends and colleagues. Continue to keep watch over us all.

Sgt. T. J. Jones
Greater Cleveland Transit Police Department

September 16, 2012

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of
Police Officer Mark Allen Taulbee as well as to the Hodgenville Police Department. Rest in peace Officer Taulbee, you are gone but will not be forgotten...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

September 16, 2012

RIP brother

A131
USBP

September 16, 2012

My thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Mark Allen Taulbee. Another Hero taken too soon. May God comfort you and your family as you go and touch the face of God.
Your service and sacrifice and bravery to the citizens of Hodgenville, Kentucky will not be forgotten. God Speed and God Bless. Rest in Peace Sir .


May the children of Officer Taulbee know that their Dad, is a HERO who we will not forget and will forever be in his debt for all he has done for us. Officer Taulbee. Thank You for your service and protection to us all, may you rest in peace. God bless you and your family.

Final Salute

VIPS 750 Jeff Claybern
Alexandria Kentucky Police Department

September 16, 2012

Rest in peace, our prayers are with your famiLy and friends.

Sgt. Randy Keenan (Ret)
City of Alameda, CA PD

September 16, 2012

Thank you for your service Officer Taulbee.
May you rest in peace.
My prayers are with your family and friends

cynthia reavis

September 16, 2012

MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF POLICE OFFICER TAULBEE AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF POLICE OFFICER TAULBEE.
HE WILL BE SORRILY MISSED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HIS DEED NEVER FORGOTTEN

Ret PO David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Ont. Canada

September 16, 2012

Rest in peace Officer Taulbee. My sincerecondolences to your family and to your departments. Godspeed as you now patrol the streets of gold.

Ofc Terry F. Zech
Veteran Affairs POlice Dept, Detroit, MI

September 16, 2012

May the good lord welcome you with open arms, for you have done your job well

Reserve Deputy Douglas J. Maykowski
Macomb County Sheriff,s Office Mt. Clemens Mich.

September 16, 2012

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO! May God
Give the family and friends the strength and faith to deal with this tragic loss. Words can not express my sorrow!

"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 whos 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

This may be re-posted in the Honor of his death and the death of any Law Enforcement Officer!

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

September 16, 2012

So saddened to hear the news.

May you rest in peace after having served those around you. My thoughts are with you, your family, fellow officers and friends.

Reserve Officer G. Krystof
Los Angeles Police Department

September 16, 2012

Rest in peace brother.

Deputy E. Zargo #7027
Clay County Sheriff's Office (Florida)

September 16, 2012

God Bless

Dave
None

September 16, 2012

Rest in peace Brother Mark.

Ofc. Timothy M. Furlong
Nahant, MA PD

September 16, 2012

To the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Mark Allen Taulbee-I am sorry to hear of this tragedy. My sympathies to all of you who are experiencing the sorrow of this incident. While knowing the risks, your loved one served bravely and will be forever honored in our profession.

Sgt. Scott Bodah
Syracuse, New York Police Department

September 16, 2012

Thoughts and prayers for you and your family. God bless you!

Lt
KSP

September 16, 2012

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF OFFICER MARK ALLEN TAULBEE.

My heart is filled with great sadness at learning of the lost of your loved one and fellow officer.
We in the law enforcement community are a family.
Though we may wear different uniforms and have different badges, shields or stars pinned upon our chest.
We consist of many different agencies from across the nation, for we are Municipal Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputies, State Investigators, State Highway Patrol Troopers, Conservation Officers, Correctional Officers and Federal Agents.
We patrol small towns, large cities, county roads and state highways.
Whether active duty or retired, we are one family, a law enforcement family, brothers and sisters bonded together by Honor, Service and Pride.
Daily we honor our fallen brothers and sisters never forgetting their sacrifice.
Daily our position is clear that we will SERVE and PROTECT our communities without faltering and with no hesitation.
Daily we show pride in one of the most honorable professions in the world LAW ENFORCEMENT, for we willingly walk the line of good over evil facing the unknown with courage keeping our trust and faith in GOD.
We know that evil roams these streets and at any moment in the course of performing our duties the ultimate sacrifice might be required of us in the service to our community, for law enforcement is not a job but a calling and only a few will make the decision to commit to that calling to serve for some will give all that they have.

I commend you my fallen brother for making the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of your duty.
For you left us doing what you chose to do.
Performing a job you were trained to do.
Upholding the oath you swore to do.
Most importantly doing what you loved to do.......SERVING and PROTECTING your community with HONOR and PRIDE making a better and safer place for us all.

FINAL CALL
OFFICER TAULBEE STATUS.......OFFICER TAULBEE STATUS.......OFFICER TAULBEE STATUS.......
ATTENTION ALL UNITS.......HODGENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER MARK ALLEN TAULBEE HAVING SERVED THE CITIZENS OF HODGENVILLE, KENTUCKY WITH HONOR, PRIDE AND DISTINCTION IS NOW 10-42.
Rest in Peace my Brother, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN !!!

Master Senior Investigator Cardell L. Dobbins #188 (Ret.)
Illinois Secretary of State Department of Police Dist. 01

September 16, 2012

R.I.P.

SFC R.Binkley (Ret)
US Army

September 16, 2012

Thank you, Officer Taulbee, for you service, bravery and ultimate sacrifice. May you now watch over from above with your Heavenly Father. Heartfelt condolences and prayers to the Family as well as Brothers and Sisters in Blue.

Rest In Blessed Peace Sir....You will not be forgotten.

Sheila Webber / Michigan
Civilian / G-Granddaughter of Constable Bev Scott, EOW April 2, 1933

September 16, 2012

God Bless Officer Taulbee, his family, friends and coworkers. "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." Abraham Lincoln

Officer Jeffrey Blose
Lake Alfred Police Department FL

September 16, 2012