Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Bill Sapolu

Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii

End of Watch Tuesday, August 8, 2023

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Reflections for Officer Bill Sapolu

Rest in peace fellow Motor Man!

Retired Trooper/Motor Man Chris Bommarit
Michigan State Police

August 12, 2023

RIP thank you sir, for you unwavering service and all those you have touched.

May your family find comfort in knowing and remembering the kind of person you were.

God Bless you

Jim Caruso
WFD

August 12, 2023

On behalf of the 68 dedicated volunteers associated with POINT 27 across the United States, we would like to offer condolences for Officer Bill Sapolu. Please know we are eternally grateful for Bill’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Officer Sapolu, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Blue Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the Honolulu Police Department in Honolulu, Hawaii for Bill’s partner and fellow officers. POINT 27 also sent a Folded Flag Necklace engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Officer Bill Sapolu.

Also sent to the Sapolu Family was a Forever Grateful Military Challenge coin to honor Bill’s dedication to the US Army.

POINT 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, by sharing scripture on Dog Tags and Jewelry called Shields of Strength.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
Executive Director-POINT 27

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes #R309
Dallas Police Department-Reserve Division (Retired)
POINT 27 National Outreach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison
[email protected]
214-908-2617

Detective Jerry M. Rhodes (Retired)
Dallas Police Department Reserve Division
POINT 27- National Out Reach Coordinator
Law Enforcement Liaison

August 11, 2023

Bill,

The man with the beautiful singing voice. The Soldier, who spent time on deployments. The Officer that worked with me and always had a smile during lineups. My friend, you will be missed, and the world has lost a good man.

K. Nakamura, (LT, Ret)

August 11, 2023

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Officer, Bill Sapolu, from complications from a motorcycle accident. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Officer succumbs from injuries due to a motorcycle accident. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. We thank Officer Sapolu for his service as a United States Army National Guard Veteran.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

August 11, 2023

Thank You Uncle Bill For Your Service. My Condolences go out to your Family and Extended Love Ones! May You Finally Rest In Peace.

Son Of Retired Sergeant E.Walters
HPD

August 11, 2023

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP.

Lieutenant Brian J. Wills II
Oswego County Sheriff's Office
New York

August 11, 2023

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died but by how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you for your military and law enforcement service,to your family, and to the Honolulu Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Ohana in your Rest brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

August 10, 2023

Officer Sapolu ,

I'm very sorry to hear of your passing. Thank you for your service to our nation, and for your service to the city of Honolulu. I will pray for your wife and children, friends, loved ones and colleagues. Rest in peace.

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

Daniel Ryan
Private Investigator (Retired)

August 10, 2023

Praying for peace and comfort today and in the difficult days ahead. With deepest sympathy,

Rita Rocker
Deputy Executive Director
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles

August 10, 2023

May God and St. Michael watch over you in Heaven, Officer Sapolu.

Patrolman Kenneth Collins
South Amherst Police Department

August 10, 2023

Rest in peace Officer Sapolu.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

August 10, 2023

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Ret.

August 10, 2023

Godspeed My Brother- Rest in Peace

Retired Sgt. D.R. Harvey #628
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
Arizona

August 10, 2023

Thank You for your service Officer Sapolu. Prayers to your family and the men and women of the Honolulu Police Department.

Chief William M. Renye
Grand Blanc Township Police Department

August 10, 2023

Rest in peace brother. We have the watch from here. Thoughts and prayers for you, your family and your department.

Officer Tommy Thomason
Oklahoma National Memorial Museum Security

August 10, 2023

Rest In Peace Officer Bill Sapolu! Thank you for your 21 years of service with the Honolulu Police Department, in Hawaii. We thank you for your devotion and your sacrifices, and also to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your wife, your children and your friends during this terrible tragedy, and we want them to know that you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers also go out to all of your sisters and brothers in Blue that protect us. God bless you all!! (Matthew 5:9)

Eddie & Kelly King

August 10, 2023

Rest in Peace Brother.

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

August 10, 2023

God bless you Bill Sapolu. Thank you for protecting your community and defending us from evil for 21 years. Thank you for being a U.S. Army National Guard. I hope to shake your hand and salute your bravery in Heaven one day. Much peace, honor and empathy for your wife and children.

Grateful citizen Ryan P.

August 10, 2023

Rest In Peace Brother

james oneill
NYPD

August 10, 2023

Thank you for your service Officer Sapolu. May God's grace bring peace to your family and fellow officers during this tragic time.

Sgt Wm C Elliott (retired)
Campbell County Sheriff's Office VA

August 10, 2023

On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Officer Bill Sapolu and the extended law enforcement family of the Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii.


End of Watch Tuesday, August 8, 2023


Rest in Peace brother and watch over us. We will protect and serve from here on in your honor.

I fight not for glory or fame, for they are momentary. I fight for those who can't. I fight for Justice. I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden. And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets, For I serve to protect the innocent. It matters not where or when, for evil knows no boundaries. Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny, I will not flee. Justice is my weapon. Faith is my shield. Hope is my armor. Cry not at my passing, for it was my Honor to fight for you. Shed not tears of sorrow, but tears of joy, for now, I stand with God.

By Jon F. Hooper

"Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

August 10, 2023

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers during this difficult time. Your service and ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Thomas H. Kelly Jr.
Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (SAC)
Orlando Field Office
Federal Air Marshal Service

August 10, 2023

RIP Sir. May God watch over and bless your family.

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

August 10, 2023

Rest in Peace my Brother in Arms

Anrae G Godley-Cooper
U.S. Army Military Police

August 10, 2023

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