Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

To the family and friends of Officer DeHerrera: I can tell by reading all of these other reflections just how deeply he touched so many lives. I hope that you have found healing together and will always find comfort in the memories you keep alive. God bless you.

Anonymous

You had dreams, much like i do, of doing good, and helping people. I hope that i will not meet up with the same fate as you, but i am willing to accept it.
It takes someone special to face the unknown, the uncertain and i hope that someday, i myself will be ready to do what you and some sixteen thousand others have done; put my life aside for others. I hope that you are where you dreamed to be. And that no more pain lies in wait for you, or any other peace officer that dares to put on their badge for another tour of duty.

PT Jailer/Dispatcher and student
Nicollet County, MN

Thursday January 23,2003 Dear Ronnie Im not certain why I thought of looking for you on the internet.Id never considered that you'd be there before today.What I discovered moved me beyond;to a place thats hard to explain.Maybe it has to do with your killers third bid for parole;his unquenchable thirst for freedom.Once again it,s un-nerving KIddo.....Why? Seeing him, being in the same space with him and his family, knowing fully there is no remorse or ownership of your death.It,s nearly six years and there has never been an attempt to say I,m sorry not by him not by his family......and it takes me back to Wednesday March 26th 1997.I,ll revisit the pain and the sorrow.A wound thats not completely healed will once again be reopened.When I close my eyes I,m back in the ICU Unit at Denver Health....Isee you....your body battered and ravaged,totally broken because of Gil Webbs so called mistake/the incident(sic)....I see you not alive yet not really dead.I,ll sit with your mom while she makes arrangements for yor funeral. I,ll attened your funeral mass and I will stand in the rain at the cemetary and we will bury you.I,ll have to revisit the sheer brutality of life for the first four years after you died.The stark reality of it's harshness took it's toll; it took your mom. I miss my sister KIddo. Last night I told Joe that the hardest thing about the week of March 26th to April1 1997 wasnt your dying; it was watching you live without life..As I read through the reflections dedicated to your memory on the internet it came to me why I looked you up------------JESUS' TIMING IS ALWAYS PERFECT! Going to the killers parole hearing will be un-nerving, yes but I would,nt miss it for any thing.It all has to do with your honor and integrity and a promise to be there for the duration. Here,s to you Kiddo....Love----Your Aunt Chris

Anonymous

Dear Ron,

It has been a while since you have left us, but it feels like yesterday everytime i drive pass that very spot or see your smiling picture hanging on the wall. It is hard to imagine what your family went through, but i only hope that one day they will find peace as you do in Heaven. You are a hero that will never be forgotten...
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MG96047

I Have read so many reflections on this website, however, I have never been so touched by one like this. The love that a mother has for a child is undescribable. I can almost feel the pain she felt in the words she used. However, when I read that Officer Ronald Leon De Herrera was reunited in Heaven with his mother, it brought so many tears of sadness for the family for another loss but yet tears of joy for his mother being able to hold her Baby again.
As a mother of two and a wife of an officer, I pray each day for my husband to come safely to our children and to me.
May peace be with Officer DeHerrera and his mother.
And to the family, all my love and prayers be with you always....

Anonymous

I can only offer my sincere Apologies for the Loss of Officer Deherrera, in reading your Memorial page I must also give prayers to your mother, who is no longer with us, R.I.P. Mother and Son are now together, the way it's supposed to be. Take care of us, and watch over us.

Constable J. Rivera
Toronto Police Service

It's been three months since moms passing and it only feels like yesterday. Words cannot explain how deeply you and her are missed. I know you're together now and that you'll always be with us. It's just hard getting used to the fact that two very important people in my life are now passed. No one can tell us they know what we're going though. Us being Richard, Donald and myself. Your siblings hurt with pain and devistation. To no degree is this what we thought our family would be like. We miss you both and still need you very much in our lives. Love you!

Christine
Ron's baby sister

Ron-
I was sorry to hear of the passing of your Mother. However now after reading all that she left for you on this page, I am sure that it wasn't too hard for her to leave her earthly existence to live with you in heaven, for eternity.
I was honored to be your family's escort for National Police Week in 1998. I had the opportunity to show my family the Memorial in DC this summer, and we all took a moment to pray over your name.
Proverbs 28, 1 says: "The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are as bold as a lion." This is engraved in the marble on the Memorial, underneath one of the huge lions that guard the entrance. Your middle name is Leon, which means lion in Spanish. You were righteous and bold, and already thought of as a lion at birth when your parents named you. I only wish that you had been blessed with more time on this earth, and on the job.
Your sacrifice will never be forgotten! God bless you and all of your loved ones who still suffer from you loss.
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