Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice is one that will never, ever be forgotten. Rest In Peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

July 3, 2020

Frank Bird was one of the people that murdered officer Grogan. Frank was released from prison and immediately went back to his robbing ways. He and Robert Lee Orr attempted to rob the Centerfield Lounge at 3111 No. Grand in St. Louis on 14 April 1956. BIRD was shot in the stomach by an off duty St. Louis Detective Nick Valenti and my father who played piano at the lounge engaged Bird after the shooting began and beat the rotten bum to death breaking his left hand in the process.

Justice for Officer Grogan. REST IN PEACE!

Chuck Nowotny
HUNTINGTON BEACH POLICE DETECTIVE (Retired)

March 28, 2020

Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
GOD Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

July 4, 2015

To fully appreciate the heroes of the present, we must recognize our heroes of the past. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 87th anniversary year of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered. Rest In Peace

Phylllis Loya
mom of fallen Pittsburg (CA) Officer Larry Lasater

December 27, 2012

The grandfather I never met or got to know. Rest in peace.

Anonymous

May 10, 2010

IN MEMORY OF OFFICER GROGAN

THERE'S A REASON

FOR EVERY PAIN THAT WE MUST BEAR,
FOR EVERY BURDEN,EVERY CARE,
THERE'S A REASON.

FOR EVERY GRIEF THAT BOWS THE HEAD,
FOR EVERY TEAR DROP THAT IS SHED,
THERE'S A REASON.

FOR EVERY HURT AND EVERY PLIGHT,
FOR EVERY LONG, PAIN-RACKED NIGHT,
THERE'S A REASON.

BUT IF WE TRUST GOD AS WE SHOULD,
IT WILL ALL WORK OUT FOR OUR GOOD,
HE KNOW'S THE REASON.

WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IN THIS LIFE WHY THEY ARE TAKEN FROM US, BUT WE SHALL CARRY ON IN THEIR MEMORY.

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTON.

July 3, 2005

A PART OF AMERICA DIED

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 his counsel demanding his rights,
While a 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.

Jim Moore
New Orleans P.D., Retired

September 30, 2004

You are not forgotten by your fellow officers. You are a hero to us all. God bless you and your family.

DE
St. Louis City Police

July 3, 2004

RIP brother, you are not forgotten.

December 22, 2003