Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

MY GRANDFATHER, RETIRED POLICE OFFICER FARRELL, JAMES SHIELD 31048, KNEW CECIL FRANK SLEDGE AND HAS TOLD ME STORIES ABOUT HOW GREAT OF A MAN HE WAS. I NOW AM HONORED TO WORK AS A POLICE OFFICER IN THE 69PCT AND I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO LET THIS COP KILLER BACK OUT ON THE STREETS.

PO TENNESEN, KYLE
NYPD 69PCT

September 2, 2016

Proud to send my No Parole letter today. You have not been forgotten sir and prayers for God's blessings to those left behind.

Snr. Ptlmn Donnie Meaders (Retired)
Wewoka, OK Police Department

September 1, 2016

Another parole in August, 2016. Please take the time and go to nycpba.org go to top of page to main site, click and follow the directions to "keep cop killers in jail". Go down to the name Sledge, click on and the petition will appear.

We need as many petitions as we can get. Behalf of my family and myself we thank you. Linda Sledge

NYPD
Widow of Officer Sledge

July 11, 2016

Remembering you on this Memorial Day. Never forgotten and forever loved.

Linda

May 30, 2016

Alabama-

Thirty-six years-not forgotten!
RIP my friend.

TPF/SCU
NYPD

January 28, 2016

Rest in peace....Brother.

P.O.
Suffolk County Police Dept.

January 28, 2016

Po Sledge and I worked the scooter chart together,,, Sledge was assigned to the 69, I was in HPD.... he was relentless in keeping the streets safe.
I admired his approach to police work and his dedication was unsurpased.
I lost many nights sleep after his death. Our charts overlapped except for saturday... I was RDO on that unforgettable day... Cant express how many times I would think,,, if only I was working that day....
RIP my brother...

Ret. Sgt. John Riccio
NYC HPD

July 11, 2015

Frank-
Driving from Tennessee to Florida-passed through Alabama.
Spent the whole drive thinking of you and all the good times we had
at Big John's Knotty Pine.

You are not, nor will ever be, forgotten!

Rest in Peace my brother.

TPF/SCU
NYPD

February 11, 2015

Thirty-five years ago today you were taken from us. You will never be forgotten. You will live forever in my heart and your memory will never fade with your family and friends. Love is forever.

Linda

January 28, 2015

I was there that night
Dark, snowy, cold
A passenger in my teens
Sitting at a red light in my friends new trans am
Sitting in the opposite direction
Waiting, watching horrified
A police car approaches
The police car perpendicularly blocks the car opposite us
Officer approaches the window, flashlight out
Bang Bang ohhh my god
Officer falls car reverses
Officer is lodged under his front bumper
Car speeds away
I am shocked
I open the car door and run
I am in the police car
Another car makes a u turn causing an accident
The other car pursues the shooter
I follow
What am I doing
I follow in the police car
In the snow
In the dark
In the horror
History.
Some things in life stay with you.
Sorry.

Shay Windmiller
Witness

January 10, 2015

YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOUGHT THE FIGHT AND PAROLE WAS BEEN DENIED FOR YOUR KILLER. WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET YOU. YOU LIVE IN OUR HEARTS.

WE THANK EVERYONE WHO SENT IN THEIR PETITIONS.

LINDA SLEDGE

September 24, 2014

A "No parole" letter has been sent, so your cowardly killer remains locked up and denied the pleasure of living in a world that you made safe for all of us.

Det. Billy Russo (Ret)
Nassau County Police Department, New York.

September 8, 2014

Rest in peace. May the family always fight for change in memory of you and all of your fallen brothers and sisters across this country

Family of Police Officer Augustus J. Per
Colorado Springs, CO Apr 1980

July 31, 2014

A parole hearing is coming in early September, 2014. May you never be forgotten and may justice be served. You live forever in my heart.

Linda Sledge

July 17, 2014

Shep,
I will never forget that night. He will never be forgotten.
Gary

Police Officer Gary Gorman (Ret)
NYPD ESU

March 14, 2014

Frank was My Neighbor, My Friend, and My Brother in Blue, You are NEVER forgotten.......

Detective Al Sheppard (Ret)
N.Y.P.D. Major Case Squad

Never Forget Jesus Christ Died for Your Soul, and The American Solider Died for Your Freedom

March 13, 2014

My dad retired from the 69 in 1978 and passed away in 2001. I never met PO Sledge but I remember my dad's reverence and love for him. God bless you PO Sledge and your family.

Harry Dorman
son of PO William Dorman, NYPD

March 9, 2013

Alabama

A Canarsie legend

33 years-you are not forgotten

TPF/SCU
NYPD

January 28, 2013

I was one of the auxiliary police officers from the 69 pct that responded to a 10,13 that Sledge was involved in at the school on 85 st and Flatlands Ave on Thursday night. On Monday night Sledge was dragged to his death. I will always remember Sledge as a friend and someone to look up to. May good rest his soul.

A/Lt Jack Arons Ret
A/P NYCPD

January 23, 2013

Parole has been denied for cop killer Salvatore DeSarano. Our deepest gratitude for all who supported us to keep this killer behind bars.
Sledge Family

Linda Sledge
Husband

October 23, 2012

GOD BLESS THIS FINE OFFICER.MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

RET.DET.
NYPD BRONX NARO.

October 9, 2012

NO Parole letter is on the way.

Brendan Montague

October 8, 2012

I remember Frank chasing me off the corner as a teenager, he was fair, he had a certain way. Mr. Desarno, whom I knew from the area is where he belongs, NO Parole letter is on the way.

Rich Goldsmith

September 24, 2012

Its sad not to see more reflections from police friends/co-workers of Cecil's, from the 69, he was truely one of a kind. He worked with a Black friend, Benie Fyre, and together they drove Capt Friedman crazy. He'd send them North and the Black community complained (they were too tough). He'd send them South and the Italians and Jews complained (they were too tough). Mainly they were just doing their jobs and breaking up the Hang-outs. All of his co-workers loved him and Benie. They were both great cops!

Its hard to believe so much time has passed since that night with "Crazy Sal", but Cecil's death brought many of us to face our our mortality. I respected Cecil as one of the toughest men I ever knew and I realized if this could happen to him it could happen to anyone who wears a badge. Sal should have been given "Death", life is too good for him!

Art Kirwan, Lieutenant (Ret)
NYPD, served as police office in 69

September 18, 2012

Our family is fighting the fight to keep the criminal who took your life to remain in jail. You never forgotten, forever missed and forever loved.

Linda Sledge

September 15, 2012