Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

April 10, 2014

A very sad, but sincere thank you, Officer Cortijo, for your many years of dedicated law enforcement service and for your service in the U.S. Marine Corps. May God bless and be with you, your loving family and those touched by your life, and the Los Angeles Police Department. May you rest in heavenly peace, Sir!

Special Agent Charles McNichols [Ret]
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command [CID]

April 10, 2014

So sorry for your loss.

Plymouth, Ma

Diane

April 10, 2014

Rest in peace, Officer Cortijo. Thank you for your many years of dedicated service to your community. Your ultimate sacrifice and that of your family will not be forgotten. Prayers for your family, friends, LAPD and many law enforcement brothers and sisters. Godspeed and God Bless, Hero.

Kathy B
Grateful Citizen

April 10, 2014

Rest In Peace, Brother.

P.O. Randy Evans
Kansas City Missouri Police Department
Son of Patrolman Robert Wayne Evans
E.O.W 10/14/1971
HEROES LIVE FOREVER

April 10, 2014

Rest in peace brother.

Lt. A. Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Va.

April 10, 2014

Thank you Officer Cortijo for your years of hard work and dedication and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in the great state of California. You are a true AMERICAN HERO !!!!!!

My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers. May you forever, rest in peace, my brother.

HEROES NEVER DIE...

Sgt. Mitch Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

April 10, 2014

Thank you for your service.

Tim Liddell
CA Hwy Patrol (retired)

April 10, 2014

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF OFFICER CORTIJO, AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF OFFICER CORTIJO .
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
HIS SERVICE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HIS DEEDS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
GOD BLESS

Ret PO David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Ontario Canada

April 10, 2014

Rest in Peace Officer Cortijo. Thank you so much for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family and friends.

Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department

April 10, 2014

Another wheel man lost in the span of a week, on opposite coasts. Ride sharp, ride safe my brothers. My condolences to the family, friends, and fellow officers of PO Cortijo. Though he will be physically absent from the roaring line, he will be ever with us, watching over those he has left behind. Ride on brother, ride on.

PO 947
Suffolk County Highway Patrol (NY)

April 10, 2014

god bless you chris and your family

det. arthur leahy
nypd brooklyn south warrants sqd
i am also a survivor . my brother police officer james leahy nypd 6th pct was killed on 09/11/01

April 10, 2014

Thank you for your time of service.
I salute you and your family.

Randalyn Benson
Survivor daughter of Chief James Leonard Speer

April 10, 2014

I am so deeply saddened by the passing of Officer Cortijo as a result of this senseless accident. My prayers go out to his family, friends and the LAPD. There really are no words.

Diana Hiiesalu Bain
Widow ~ Dep. Pierre W. Bain E.O.W. 3-23-06

April 10, 2014

Very sad. Rest in Peace Brother

Corporal B.P. SULLIVAN
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

April 10, 2014

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Rest In Peace Officer Cortijo. Our deepest heartfelt condolences to all of your family, friends, and brothers and sisters at Los Angeles Police Department.

Scott Horne U.S. Postal Inspector
US Postal Inspection Service

April 10, 2014

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (Retired)
Mobile County Child Support Enforcement
Mobile County, Alabama

April 10, 2014

Police Officer II Chris Cortijo,

When you made your decision to enter law enforcement some twenty-six years ago you became blessed:

For the Lord said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." Matthew 5:9 ESV

When you were on motor patrol on Saturday, April 5, 2014, you answered God's call to serve:

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." Isaiah 6:8 ESV

As a result, you sacrificed your life so that others might live and be protected when your motorcycle was rear-ended by an impaired driver:

And the Lord said, "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 ESV

I, along with your family, friends and comrades, will mourn your sacrifice and loss in the line of duty:

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4 ESV

Now go! Rise up! And do battle against evil as an angel for the Lord!

In God's merciful love,

Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department

April 10, 2014

RIP. God bless you and your family.

Retired P.O. Joseph mcdermott
26 th Pct. NYPD

April 10, 2014

Rest in Peace Brother. We have the watch.

SGT THOM STEWART
LAKEWOOD PD, WA

April 10, 2014

Go with God, My Brother. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. You will not be forgotten.

DET GREGORY PRATT
BEAUMONT PD BEAUMONT, TX
FORMER LAPD OFFICER- VAN NUYS AND DEVONSHIRE DIV

April 10, 2014

Rest in peace Officer Cortijo!
You will not be forgotten!

Willie Bell Hopewell VA!
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!

April 10, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Cortijo's family and his Brothers and Sisters in Blue. Rest in peace.

Deputy Johanna Polo
Monroe County Sheriffs Dept, Rochester NY

April 10, 2014

So very sorry. RIP Officer Chris Cortijo

Debbie
Citizen

April 10, 2014

Whatever our duty, or wherever we serve, we are all brothers and sisters in this most honorable calling. We have lost yet another brother who we must never forget. He has served well both his community and our country.

My deepest sympathy to both his family and his law enforcement family. My thoughts and prayers are with them. May he rest in eternal peace.

Sgt. Tom Waller, Cincinnati P.D., Ret.
Greater Cincinnati Police Museum

April 10, 2014