Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

15 years later and we remember.

You will NEVER be forgotten.

RIP Deputy Holloway.

Anonymous

October 16, 2010

Deputy Holloway - I know the one who switched assignments with you that day. He knows how fortunate he is to be alive, and how sad it is that you were taken from us.

Three weeks ago, on a very rainy morning, I stood in the State Assembly chambers when your name was one of almost 250 read off during a motion regarding next month's Police Memorial Week. You are not forgotten.

Thank you for you service to the people of Teller County and the state of Colorado. May God grant you eternal rest and may His perpetual light shine upon you.

Chief K. Moreland (Ret. Sgt.)
Palmer Lake, CO PD (Ret. LAPD)

May 7, 2010

Deputy Holloway,

Thank you, sir, for your service, dedication and sacrifice. This world is a better place because of the lagacy of courage / bravery that you have left... but oh how I and so many others wish Oct 16th 1995 had never happened. Every day, every single day men and women of law enforcement go forth to serve and protect even when off "shift" ... because they are NEVER off "duty." Every day each officer does not know if that will be their last day on this earth, yet, they venture forth. Thank God for you, and your brothers & sisters in law enforcement.

As others have stated, you will never be forgotten.

Tom Jensen

Father of Detective Jared Scott Jensen, EOW 2/22/06
Colorado Springs Police Department

Tom Jensen

October 6, 2009

This is such a tragedy to read about. My thoughts and prayers are with the Holloway family.

Special Agent
FBI - WFO

March 18, 2009

Brent,

"Come walk your beat on heaven's street.... you've done your time in hell".

I was only 14 years old when you were taken. I recently learned about you in a class I attended for police officers. As we talked about you and learned about what happened to you, there was barely a dry eye in the house.

I am not much for words but I feel your loss like a ton of bricks. The reason I am writing is beacuse of the impact you had on me, and the sorrow I feel for your loved ones.

Never will a day go by that I don't think about you both in my daily life and on patrol.

Rest in peace my brother, you will never be forgotten.

Anonymous

December 13, 2008

You are not forgotten.

Sgt. Jeff Jensen, Colorado Springs PD
Brother to Det. Jared Jensen, CSPD EOW 2-22-06

June 5, 2008

Remembering you today and always.

May 16, 2008

Brent,
It's hard to believe it has been this long. I think of you often and remember going out for "breakfast" on midnights at Maggie's with Mark. I make very trainee I get read the letter from the S.O.B. that took you from us. You will never be forgotten my friend.

Jim Mahan
El Paso County Sheriffs Office

April 30, 2008

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. - Cicero

Deputy Holloway, you served this city as a brave man and we thank you for your service and dedication to making it safer.

Erin
Wife of a CSPD Officer

April 7, 2008

Brent, I remember you in the academy in Trinidad, Colorado. You were so quiet. The day we graduated and they called your name to get your post certificate, you had the biggest crowd that cheered you one. From that, I knew you were a special person and greatly loved. Your name will always be remembered.

Deputy (Traffic) Ron Brandt
Adams County Sheriff's Office

November 1, 2007

You are remembered today ad thank you Sir for your service

Pat Van Den Berghe, Manchester, NH
Neighbors for a Better Manchester, NH

October 16, 2007

Brent,
I imagine you were just calling in service for your last shift 12 years ago right now. Although our paths never crossed, as I joined the department some years after your passing, I often think about what happened as I patrol the same midnight streets. I work with your team on your old shift and hear fond words spoken of you from those who knew you. Rest in peace brother, for your shift and the night is in good hands. GOD Bless.

Corporal A. Baker
Teller County Sheriff's Office

October 15, 2007

"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 whos 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
Sergeant
Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1999 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

September 25, 2007

You will always be a HERO!! NEVER FORGOTTEN!!

Colorado Citizen

July 10, 2007

Brent, you were the first Officer that I knew who EOW. It was a sad day. I remember being on duty and hearing the TCSO radio start talking, but it was all in "scramble" coded, so no one could hear what was going on. I was called in and told what had happened and then the hunt was on. "A day when the world stopped turning." We all remember where we were and how we heard. It's not fair that someone committs such a cowardly act on a awesome, loving, caring, and protector. You stood and protected all of us that memorable morning. I remember that you took the place of another Deputy who was asked to stay, but he had parental duties to attend to, so you stayed volunteering yourself. You were that Deputy's angel. Thanks for being a brother. You are remembered, and save me a spot up there. You'll have to give me the grand tour.

Babs
CSPD/WPPD

May 31, 2007

Your ultimate sacrifice has not been forgotten. Rest in peace Brother. Rest in peace. HERO ALWAYS

Patrol Officer
W.P.P.D , Colorado

May 24, 2007

Only a coward takes the life of another person by sneaking up on them and shooting them in the back of the head.

Deputy Holloway, thank you for your service. Rest in peace.

Michelle - wife of retired LEO

February 8, 2007

May you sleep safe with Our Lord and may He Bless your loved ones.

October 16, 2006

Dear Deputy Holloway,
On this the anniversary of your leaving us in the physical sense we pay tribute to your spirit. Tonight the Evening Watch of the Henry County Georgia Police Department’s North Precinct will hit the street in your honor. Please watch over us as we continue your fine work.

For the entire shift,
Sergeant V.T. Rosen

Sergeant V. T. Rosen
Henry County Police Department

October 16, 2006

Deputy Holloway,
I was only 14 years old when you gave your life in the line of duty but I can still remember how it hit our small community. As an 8th grader at Woodland Park Middle School I didn't understand how much your service meant to the community, but now I'm beginning to know. I am now serving with this vary agency and you have not been forgotten. Every time I go across the street to the sheriff's office I see your picture in it's case and it makes me remember what it means every day when I put on this uniform. Rest in peace my brother.

Deputy Jeffrey White
Teller County Sheriff's Office

August 14, 2006

Brent,

Unfortunately I just learned of this site through the tragic loss of one of our officers last month. His death has effected me in many ways that I would not have imagined. This is in part to the fact that when I started my journey in the path of a police officer,it was in the wake of your death at the Teller County Sheriff's Office. I attended your funeral prior to my employment with the S.O. During my fto, Mark took me to the spot where your life ended way too soon. Even though I had not had the honor of knowing you personally, I felt a great deal of pain, as though I had lost a member of my own family.In 1991 while in Washington D.C. the only monument that was a must see for me was the Law Enforcement Memorial so that I could view the place where a "True Hero" was forever scribed in stone never to be forgotten.Brent, Rest in Peace my Brother in Blue.

Officer Chris McCleary
Colorado Springs Police Department

March 12, 2006

Ten years later, and you are still in our hearts and prayers. Rest in Peace Blue Angel!

"STITCH"
1/1 MEDIC

November 16, 2005

To the family and friends of Deputy Holloway and his fellow officers with the Teller County Sheriff's Dept., and most especially to Deputy Brent Holloway:

Today it has been ten years and one day since your brutal murder. Deputy Holloway, your valor and dedication are not forgotten.

I hope that his family is still embraced by the care and comfort of their law enforcement family, and other police survivors.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the service Deputy Holloway gave to his community and the citizens of Colorado, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on October 16, 1995.

Phyllis Loya, mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD eow 4/24/05

October 17, 2005

DEPUTY HOLLOWAY, May your family and loved ones always know that you are appreciated for what you did and gave so that others could live a safer life. He IS a true hero. Thank you.

OHIO

October 9, 2005

Brent,
Working the night shift with you was the greatest, we never had a dull shift. The practical joke we put our fellow deputies through are legendary.

You funeral was spectacular, the patrol cars went on for miles and miles, what a site. Your tour of duty is over now so kick back and relax, you desire it.

God Bless You Brother

CPL. Ryan Garrelts
Colo DPS

June 21, 2005