Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in Peace Officer Lyday, my sincere condolences to your family and to your department. God speed as you now patrol the streets of gold. Your ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten.

TERRY ZECH, OFC(RET)
DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS POLICE DEPARTMENT DETROIT MICHIGAN

May 30, 2020

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

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

May 30, 2020

The National Police Wives Association would like to extend their heartfelt prayers to the family of Officer Lyday and the Ogden Police Department during this time. Thank you, Officer Lyday, for your service.

National Police Wives Association

May 30, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother in Blue. Thank you Hero for your courage, sacrifice and service. Thoughts and prayers for your family, friends and brothers/sisters in blue. Always remembered.

Officer Mike Robinson (Ret.)
Upland Police Dept. CA

May 30, 2020

To Officer Lyday:
From the bottom of my heart I thank you for your sacrifice and service. You have made a difference in life and now with your sacrifice that difference will be magnified. I am so very sorry this price had to be paid you are the reason my family gets to sleep easy every night! So again I thank you.

To the Lyday family:
In 2014 we lost our dad and grandfather to some coward with a gun like you have had to. I miss him everyday but in his honor every angel with a badge I’ve ever met has stood up to be a brother or sister, an aunt, or uncle, to me and mine. In know it hurts, but I can promise you that you to can make it through this. I know it does not replace your hero but your family has grown by millions of hero’s like him who will be there through it all. Reach out. You are and will never again be alone. The blue family has you! We pray for you. We love you. We’re always with you, and so I your hero.

Nathan Mohler
Son of Sgt. Cory Wride UCSO EOW 1/30/14

May 30, 2020

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF OFFICER LYDAY, AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF OFFICER LYDAY. 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

Retired Officer David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Canada

May 30, 2020

I will do everything I can to make sure this is spread. To make sure he did not die in vain.

Kristen Dove

May 30, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother!!

Lieutenant ( Retired ) Victor Manata
Newark Police Department , Newark NJ

May 30, 2020

R.I.P Officer Nate Lyday

Brian Molyneaux
Citizen

May 30, 2020

God Bless You, Your Family, & Friends.
Thank you for your unselfish services.

James P Waggle
Civilian

May 30, 2020

Rest easy brother. May god watch over your department, your community, and your family; all which you served with valor. You’re selfless sacrifice for others will never be forgotten.

Deputy Kallen Cox
Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office

May 30, 2020

RIP, Officer Lyday. Thank you for your service. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione, ret.
Rochester Police Department, NY

May 30, 2020

RIP Officer Lyday. My sympathies to your family, friends and fellow officers.

SFC William Farrell
US Army Military Police, Ret

May 30, 2020

Rest in peace young brother, we'll take it from here. Thank you for your brave service, you will not be forgotten. God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Lyday during this time of tragic and senseless loss.

Please be safe out there brothers and sisters.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. Matt 5:9
Deputy Donnie Meaders (Retired)
Okfuskee County (OK) Sheriff's Office

May 29, 2020

I did not know this fine officer personally, however over the years I interacted with several Ogden police detectives and knew those detectives as great officers as I am sure Officer Lyday was and will be remembered as a Great Officer. May the Lord comfort Officer Lyday's family and Law Enforcement family.

Gregg Newman Master Officer(retired 29yr
West Valley Police

May 29, 2020

Rest in peace.
Thank you for your service.

Sergeant David Sheetz (retired)
Houston Police Dept.

May 29, 2020

"Somebody killed a policeman today,
And a part of America died.
A piece of our country he swore to protect
Will be buried with him at his side.
The suspect who shot him will stand up in court,
With counsel demanding his rights,
While a young widowed mother must work for her kids
And spend alone many long nights.
The beat that he walked was a battlefield, too,
Just as if he'd gone off to war.
Though the flag of our nation won't fly at half mast,
To his name they will add a gold star.
Yes, somebody killed a policeman today,
It happened in your town or mine.
While we slept in comfort behind our locked doors,
A cop put his life on the line.
Now, his ghost walks a beat on a dark city street,
And he stands at each new rookie's side.
He answered the call and gave us his all,
And a part of America died."

Author Unknown

E.C. Proft Chief Deputy retired
ICSO

May 29, 2020

PRAYERS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND OUR FAMILY OF BLUE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND REST IN GODS ARMS.

MOTHER OF A DALLAS POLICEWOMEN Linda Ke
None

May 29, 2020

Condolences to the family, friends and fellow officers from Blue Knights NC II

Chaplain Frank Spears
Blue Knights NC II

May 29, 2020

Rest in Peace Officer Lyday. May the Lord grant your family, friends and co-workers peace during this difficult time. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Deputy Parole Administrator Howard Wykes
Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

May 29, 2020

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired

May 29, 2020

Rest in peace Officer Nate Lyday. You are a true hero.

Jamie Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office, Ret.

May 29, 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 29, 2020

Rest in peace Officer Lyday.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

May 29, 2020

Rest In Peace Officer Lyday

DOD Officer James Friedman (Retired)

May 29, 2020