Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher.

May 6, 2020

Mis sinceras condolencias a la familia, amigos y compañeros de trabajo.
Descanses en Paz Hermano

Watch Commander (Ret) Efrain Sella-Perez
US Border Patrol

May 6, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother

Deputy Shannon Yates
Covington County Sheriff Department

May 6, 2020

PRAYERS R.I.P

G P P D. C565

May 6, 2020

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (retired)
Mobile County Child Support

May 6, 2020

RIP from Florida FOP

President Bobby Jenkins
Florida State FOP Lodge

May 6, 2020

Rest easy brother, thank you for your service. May your sacrifice or memorynever fade.

Jerry Matalone #8046 (Retired)
Des Moines Iowa Police Department

May 6, 2020

God bless you Officer Miguel Martinez-Ortiz for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the Puerto Rico Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

May 6, 2020

May his soul forever rest in Heaven.

First Sergeant Thomas Webb, Retired.
New York State Police - Troop D

May 6, 2020

Rest easy brother. God bless

Deputy Chief Steven Seagal
Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office Louisiana

May 5, 2020

Rest in Peace Agent Martinez-Ortiz. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Family and the Puerto Rico Police Department.

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office New Jersey

May 5, 2020

Rest in peace Agent Martinez-Ortiz!
You will not be forgotten!

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

May 5, 2020

Vuela alto mi hermano de sangre Azul, Dios te cuidará y brindará su espíritu por tu haber dado tu vida por cuidar la de los demás. Gracias por tu amor hacia el prójimo,

Agente Froilán Colon
Policia de Puerto Rico

May 5, 2020

Rest In Peace...

Retired Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

May 5, 2020

Agent Martinez-Ortiz, during your long and selfless service, you put yourself in danger each and every day, but it was a tiny virus that took your life. May our Lord immerse you and your loved ones in His Divine Mercy and reward you abundantly. Rest in peace, good and faithful servant.

Jess Espinosa
Civilian

May 5, 2020

Faithful Unto Death | Eternal Rest | Salute

S. I. Drake - Lt/IPD | IMPD (Ret)

May 5, 2020

Rest easy brother, thank you for your service. May your sacrifice for memory never fade.

Jerry Matalone #8046 (Retired)
Des Moines Iowa Police Department

May 5, 2020

Rest in Peace my brother.

Captain Bernard Flint
Department of Defense Police Division

May 4, 2020

¡Descansa en paz! ¡Gracias por tu servicio!

Adult Probation and Parole Officer; Erie
Erie County Adult Probation and Parole

May 4, 2020

Rest In Peace, know that you will be remembered.

Your work was not in vain, you made a difference.

God bless you. Vaya con Dios.

Agent
Lakewood Police Department-Colorado

May 4, 2020

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

May 4, 2020

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

May 4, 2020

Rest in peace Agent Ortiz.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 4, 2020

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

May 4, 2020

Rest in Peace, brother!

Ptl. Bryan Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

May 4, 2020