Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you Corporal Espericueta for your hard work and dedication and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in the great state of Texas. 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...

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

June 26, 2019

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. 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.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

Abraham Lincoln

Lieutenant E.Kemmer
Nevada Department of Public Safety

June 26, 2019

Rest in peace brother. We have the watch from here. May God Bless your family and friends.

Lt. A. Orozco
ADOT/ECD

June 25, 2019

Thank-you for your service and your sacrifice. My heart and prayers are with your family and friends.

Freya Fitzpatrick
Mother of a police officer

June 25, 2019

May God bless his family members. He will never be forgotten.

First Sergeant Thomas Webb, Retired
New York State Police

June 25, 2019

I would just like to say thank you (although that doesn't seem to be enough) for your service and sacrifice (trying to make this crazy world a better and safer place). You will not be forgotten. Deepest sympathy to your friends, family and coworkers. RIP.

Marie C
NJ Citizen

June 25, 2019

Officer Espericueta, Thank you for your dedicated service. It is this service we honor as we mourn your sacrifice at the hands of a nobody. YOU are a hero.

So long as those who love and miss you most keep you in their hearts and minds, you will never truly be gone from them.

God Bless and may your eternal rest be ever peaceful.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Department

June 25, 2019

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God”. Matthew 5:9

Thank you for your service. May you rest in peace, my brother.

Retired Chief of police Jim Spratlen
Durango Police Department

June 25, 2019

Rip sir god speed

Civilian Mike Kleinfelder
None

June 24, 2019

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

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

June 24, 2019

Thoughts and prayers for the immediate family and fellow officers. God bless you Officer Espericueta. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. God bless all our Heroes and first responders.

Former Reserve Deputy Sheriff, Osceola C
Osceola County Sheriff Office, Florida.

June 24, 2019

Thank you for your service sir GOD BLESS

Mrs.C Singleton /Concern Citizen

June 24, 2019

The Soul of a Warrior:

The Soul of a Warrior is divinely bestowed. It’s given to those God entrusts to be humanity’s servants and protectors. As such, those who embrace the calling are to society what the Sheep-Dog is to the Sheep in protecting it from the Wolf.

It’s because of the innate Warrior Spirit that the chosen ones cannot resist the passion that beckons the indefatigable engagement of all that is unrighteous. The unbridled pursuit and eradication of the wicked is the Warrior’s most magnificent obsession, yet he is able to balance meekness and power, temperedness and aggression, gentleness and firmness, concern and compassion with each anchored to an indelible love for all humanity.

The honor and privilege to wear the Badge that signifies the Warrior’s Knighting are unparalleled by any other earthly calling. The regalia adorned by the Warrior often draw social contempt, rejection and hate. It places a target squarely on his back, and despite the dangers, he completely gives of himself to fulfill his divine calling - because giving any less would be unsettling to his Spirit. And, though divinely chosen by God, sometimes the wolf wins the earthly battle, but it can never extinguish the Soul of a Warrior!

Rest in Peace, Cpl. Jose “Speedy” Espericueta. May you find eternal peace in the comforting embrace of our Lord and Saviour. And, may God grant your family, and all who love you, the fortitude to endure the pain caused from losing you. Pray for those of us you’ve left behind, my brother . . . . KVB

Kenny VanBuren
Louisiana State Police

June 24, 2019

Cpl. Espericueta,

May you rest in the arms of God and may God be with your family.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD

June 24, 2019

My condolences to the Espericueta family and the Mission Police Dept. family. Rest in peace my brother.

Omar Ybarra
Donna Police Department

June 24, 2019

God Bless and Be With the Family and also the Police Department from a Live PD fan

Gloria Smith
georgia department of corrections

June 24, 2019

Rest in Peace Corporal Jose Espericueta.
Thank you for your service.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Espericueta Family and the Mission Police Department.

Officer Janet Sanchez
Yuma Police Department

June 24, 2019

Deepest Sympathy to the family of Corporal Espericueta, and to his Brothers and Sisters of the Mission Police Department, Texas. May God give comfort and understanding to their loss and feel PRIDE in the knowledge that he did what he loved, RIP Brother.

Chaplain Terry L. Longacre (Ret.Manor Tw
Red RoseLodge FOP# 16 Lancaster, County Pennsylvania

June 24, 2019

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and co-workers. Rest In Peace my Brother in BLUE.

D.A. Investigator Esrael Silva
Deaf Smith County District Attorney Office, Hereford, Texas

June 24, 2019

I am sorry to learn of the passing of a brother and hero in Corporal Jose "Speedy" Espericueta. I believe our Heavenly Father has welcomed him home into his loving arms where he will now patrol the Golden Streets of Heaven. May the Lord deliver blessings, comfort and peace to his family. friends and all members of the Mission Police Department, Texas

Retired, T W Martinez
FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

June 24, 2019

RIP officer speedy it was a pleasure to watch you on TV and see how great of a person your truly are.

Former County Constable David Hersh
Kenton County Ky district 3

June 24, 2019

Brother we love and respect you. I love you family but dont worry there are plenty of us to make this tragedy a positive one just like you were. God speed to you brother you're missed already the state of Texas loves you and your family
Sgt. Steve Clark U.S. Army

No one
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June 23, 2019

Heart breaks at ANY news of such loss. Prayers for the family and the department.

Brandon Smith - Instructor Texas Department of Criminal Justice Parole Officer Training Academy

June 23, 2019

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Lt Tim Morris
Minden Police , Minden, La.

June 23, 2019

May you rest rest, Corporal. We'll hold the line from here

MPO John Shultz
Office of Protection Services

June 23, 2019