Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

May the Lord give strength, comfort and peace to your family and brothers and sisters in Blue. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
Officer Dwayne Epling
JAG&F, Law Enforcement Division

Dwayne Epling
Jicarilla Apache Game & Fish, Law Enforcement

October 9, 2016

Thank YOU FOR A LIFE TIME OF PROTECTING AND SERVING!! MAY YOU BE REJOICING IN HEAVEN IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR GOD!! RIP!

Detective Hommy Cruz
Paterson Police (NJ)

October 9, 2016

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

Chaplain Douglas J. Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #187 Mt. Clemens Michigan.

October 9, 2016

Final Salute Officer Vega, thank you for your service. You are a hero. Rest peacefully in the presence of God. We are praying for the family and fellow officers.

Former Patrol Sergeant
Johnny Allison
Wylie TX Police Dept

October 9, 2016

Rest in Peace

Reserve Police Officer (Ret) Sean F.Alex
Desert Hot Springs Police Dept

October 9, 2016

It's been a tough week for all of us around here. Please know that I will be praying for you and your family. You've put in your time and we will carry your memory in our hearts forever.

To my brothers and sisters and Palm Springs PD. I share in your pain brought on by your loss. Just like us over here in LA County, I know you will carry on to honor your partners. God bless.

Deputy Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

October 9, 2016

To the families of Officers Vega and Zerebny, May God surround you with comfort and peace during such a difficult time. Your loved ones won't be forgotten.

To Chief Reyes, the wounded officer and the entire Palm Springs Police Department, Each of you are in our thoughts and prayers. Words can't express the sorrow we feel. May God grant you the strength,wisdom and comfort to carry on during such troublesome times.

Our hearts ache!

Lieutenant Todd Rasmussen, Ret
Granite District Police
Salt Lake City, Utah

October 9, 2016

Two more Police Officer's are gone, a new MOM, a loveing SON, two COPS. Their family's, friends, fellow officer's from Palm Springs, and from around the country, are devastated from the loss and will need a welcome hand, a shoulder to cry on, and a hand to hold. Lets not just move on and forget, Lets Be better than that, for our selfs, and those officer's who are looking over us now, LESS NOT FORGET. Rest in Peace, Brother and Sister, we have the watch from here.

FTO Joseph Lister
Seabrook, NH, Police Department

October 9, 2016

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF PALM SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE OFFICER JOSE GILBERT VEGA.

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, although our uniforms may be a different style and vary in color, a badge, shield or star may be pinned upon our chest.
Our areas of enforcement may vary but our goals are the same, to Serve and Protect our communities. We consist of many different agencies from across the nation, for we are: Municipal Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputies, State Police Investigators, State Highway Patrol Troopers, Conservation Police Officers, College Campus Police Officers, Correctional Officers and Federal Agents just to name a few.
We patrol small towns, large cities, college campuses, county roads, state highways, state prisons, county jails, state parks and the United States Borders.
Whether active duty or retired, we are one family, a Law Enforcement Family, the thin blue line of protectors, brothers and sisters bonded together by HONOR, SERVICE and PRIDE.
Daily we honor our fallen brothers and sisters never forgetting their sacrifice and the sacrifice of their families.
Daily our position is clear that we will Serve and Protect our communities without faltering and with no hesitation.
Daily we show pride in our chosen profession LAW ENFORCEMENT, for we willingly walk the line of good over evil facing the unknown with courage keeping our trust and our faith in GOD.
We know that evil roam 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.
ALL LIVES MATTER - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHOULD BE RESPECTED - If we don't respond to that call for help, or investigate that suspicious subject(s), or stop for that stranded motorist, or rush to that call of shots fired then who will?
OFFICER VEGA
You did not die in vain.
You sacrificed your life in the service to the citizens of Palm Springs in the State of California with HONOR, PRIDE and DISTINCTION.
I'm proud to have worn the uniform of a law enforcement officer like you did.
I'm proud to have pinned the badge upon my chest like you did.
I'm proud to have Served and Protected my community as you did.
I'm proud to call you my BROTHER!
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.
FOR THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR IT, "LIFE HAS A FLAVOR THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW".
FINAL CALL
Officer Vega status................Officer Vega status.............. Officer Vega status...............Attention All Units................ Palm Springs Police Department, Police Officer Jose Gilbert Vega having served the citizens of Palm Springs in the State of California with HONOR, PRIDE and DISTINCTION is now 10-42.
Rest in Peace my fallen BROTHER, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!

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

October 9, 2016

I wish I could hug your chief and all of the officers of the PSPD. I'm sure they all love you and your memory will never be forgotten. Thank you for your service. How honorable is it, that you stayed on well past the time you could have retired. I'm sure many PSPD cops learned from your wisdom. You are a superhero. Rest in peace.

Lt. GJG (Retired - Reserve)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

October 9, 2016

Rest in peace Brother.

Lt. Arrend Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Va.

October 9, 2016

My sincerest condolences to Officer Vega's family, LEO family, and friends. Many thanks to him and his family for their service and sacrifice. I pray for peace for all of you and for an end to the violence in this nation perpetrated against those who serve and protect.

Mayor Marie Trisollini
City of Camden AR

October 9, 2016

Rest in peace Brother

Deputy Dunlap(ret)
DallasCity Marshal's Tx

October 9, 2016

Please accept my sincere condolences for the tragic loss of Officer Vega. This is yet another example of the continuing moral decline of society.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and his family. At this very difficult time.

Rest easy brother.

P.O. (Ret) Donald Current
City of New York PD

October 9, 2016

Rest In Peace Brother.

Det. Andreoli
NYPD-108 pct

October 9, 2016

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Palm Springs Police Department. Our country is much less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother.

Anonymous

October 9, 2016

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the St. Louis County Police Department. Our country is much less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother.

Anonymous

October 9, 2016

Rest in peace. Our outmost sincerest condolences to the Vega family.

Gilbert Gomez

October 9, 2016

Thank you Officer Vega 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 LIVE FOREVER...

Sergeant Mitchell G. Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

October 9, 2016

Rest In Peace...

Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

October 9, 2016

The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
The Lord helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.
Psalm 37:39-40
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno- Honor Guard Member
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

October 9, 2016

Rest in peace my brother in arms.

Detective Robert Ruminski
CCSPD

October 9, 2016

Rest in peace Brother Jose, you are a true Hero and will never b forgotten for your service and courage.
Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73.

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham (retired)
Sand Springs OK PD

October 9, 2016

My condolences to Offs. Vega and Zerebny's families and to the Palm Springs Police Dept. and it's community. What a terrible tragedy.

Sgt. Paul Carroll (retired)
MBTA Transit Police Dept., Boston

October 9, 2016

Dear Jose:

What can I say that would help, make a difference or ease the pain I am certain your family now has to deal with? I wonder at times when we lose an officer to some act of cowardice by vermin such as this, why I survived my shooting many years ago, and you, and so many others have not?

I like to think that Almighty God has a plan for all of us, including you, and that something good will come from this cowardly act. Thank you for the professionalism you exhibited and the dedication to "protect and serve". What I find interesting is the fact that so few Americans will answer the cry of the wolf at the door, yet so many Americans owe so much to so few of us. You answered that call and paid the ultimate price.

I pray that your family will heal and Almighty God will bless them, our police officers everywhere, maybe, just maybe, the rest of the country will come to realize how much, not only we, but our families sacrifice to guarantee their safety and freedom.

Rest in peace, my brother, we have the watch.

Sgt. Ron Tomassi, Retired
Lake Mary Police, Fl.

October 9, 2016