Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Gibson,
I am at a loss of words when I leave a reflection like this. It saddens me so, to think of how the families of these fallen officers must be feeling when these tragic events take place. Allen, I met your mother the other day at a church here in the Town of Wise, where she was speaking on your behalf. She and Chief Bates speak to people in the community, and educate them on a police officers life, and teach the younger citizens about drugs and so forth. Your mother was very proud of you my brother, and she loves you very dearly. She has to be the bravest person I have ever had the opportunity to meet. And might I add, the most proud person I have ever met, to have had you as a son. She spoke of your daughter, and that little girl misses her daddy, and seems to think of you every minute of every day. I didn't know you personally Allen, but I can honestly tell you that after meeting your mother, and listening to her speak of you, I missed out on meeting one of the best police officers that the Good Lord put a badge on. Allen, I am a stranger to you I know, but I want you and your family to know, that I think of you all every day that passes. God bless you and your family Officer Allen Gibson.

Patrolman K. Yates
Wise Police Dept.

At the beginning of every shift I supervise, myself and the other officers on shift dedicate the day to the memory of a fallen officer. Tonight, April 25, 2003 we dedicated the shift to the memory of Patrolman Allen Gibson Jr., who died on this date 5 years ago.

When one law enforcement officer falls, we all stumble for a while, but we will carry on.

Patrolman Gibson's sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Sgt. Paul Bissonnette
Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Surrey, BC

Allen, Where do I start..I cannot believe it’s been five years since you’ve been gone. I swear sometimes it seems like yesterday and sometimes it feels like it happened an eternity ago. All I know is I will never be the same. Through your death, I've try to learn a lot. I try to never take life for granted anymore and I try to always live every day to the fullest and enjoy the “little things” in life. I treasure the very gift of life and thank God for it daily.

I am still a police officer and after three years I am still trying to do my best to uphold the “laws of the land” and make you proud. I’ve went on and gotten remarried and have a new baby girl. I know you already know that, but somehow I feel compelled to write it here for you to see. I figured since I wasn’t getting any younger that I’d better start on my journey through motherhood before I lost all patience. The night she was born we both almost died and I am still trying to recover from all the complications from the birth. And, only three months after she was born, she and I were in a very serious motor vehicle accident, along with my mother, in which we all should have been killed. It was nothing short of a miracle that we lived. As I say…we never take life for granted and I am constantly thanking God for receiving such miraculous gifts.

The fact that you were taken from us will never be explained, but I know you’re in a better place.

God Bless You, Allen…as I’m sure he is!

Love Always,
Laura

Laura Gibson-Szerokman

02-23-03 MAY GOD BLESS THE GIBSON FAMILY. A HERO THEY HAVE TRULY LOST. REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER. I ALSO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE THE PROSECUTOR FOR HIS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. BROTHER GIBSON, YOU ARE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RETIRED
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

HI DADDY!I MISS YOU A LOT.I STILL CRY OVER YOU.FOR "FATHERS DAY" DANIELLE AND I ARE GOIN TO SING A SONG FOR YOU AND HER DADDY.MY TEDDY BEAR THAT YOU GOT ME FOR "VALENTINES DAY"OF 98,STILL GIVES ME KISSES AND SAYS "I LOVE YOU".I AM GROWING UP,BUT I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR"LIL PRINCESS".WE ALL MISS YOU VERY MUCH,EVEN SUMMER AND DANIELLE.

I WILL 10-25 YOU AGAIN IN HEAVEN.
LOL

LIL'PRINCESS CRISSANA
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ALLEN,TODAY IS APRIL 23,2002. APRIL 25 WILL MAKE FOUR YEARS SINCE YOU LEFT US. WE ALL FOUGHT AND PRAYED FOR JUSTICE, IN SEPTEMBER 17,2001 GOD FINALLY LET THAT JUSTICE HAPPEN. THE JUDGE SENTENCED TERRANCE RICHARDSON AND FERRONE CLAIBORNE TO LIFE IN FEDERAL PRISON WITHOUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE.WE ALL LOVE AND MISS YOU AND IT'S BEEN A ROUGH FOUR YEARS. BUT NOW WE ALL SERVE GOD AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE WITH YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN AND WE WILL ALL MEET YOU THERE SOME DAY. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. A WONDERFUL PERSON LIKE YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. LOVE ALWAYS, MOM, DAD, CRISSANA, DOUG, TANYA, KRISTOPHER, AND BABY ALLEN

MOM & FAMILY
BIG STONE GAP,VA

HEY BUD IT'S BEEN A ROUGH FEW YEARS WITHOUT YOU. BUT YOU KNOW THAT. OUR LITTLE GIRL IS GROWING UP TO BE A BEAUTIFUL REFLECTION OF HER DADDY. EVERY TIME I LOOK AT HER I SEE YOU. I HATE THAT IT TOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO PULL ALL OF US TOGETHER. YOU WERE ALWAYS THE PEACE MAKER. YOUR DEATH HAS MADE ME REALIZE THAT LIFE IS A GIFT AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. SO LITTLE TIME IN THIS WORLD SO WE SHOULD NOT WASTE IT. I KNOW YOUR LIFE WAS CUT SHORT, BUT YOU HAVE CRISSANA'S LIFE EVEN MORE SPECIAL. NOW YOU CAN WATCH OVER HER ALWAYS. I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY AND MISS YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW OUR MARRIAGE DIDN'T LAST BUT THE LOVE WE SHARED RESULTED IN A BEAUTIFUL CHILD. THE MOST PRECIOUS THING WE COULD HAVE EVER ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER OR APART. SHE IS A VERY SPECIAL CHILD TO EVERYONE. PEOPLE LOOK AT HER AND THEIR EYES JUST SHINE. BECAUSE I KNOW YOU LOVED HER ENOUGH THE EIGHT YEARS YOU WERE IN HER LIFE TO LAST FOREVER. SO DON'T BE SAD BUD BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU AREN'T HERE ON EARTH YOU LIVE THROUGH US ALL IN OUR HEARTS. YOU LEFT A MIRACLE FOR EVERYONE TO LOVE. SHE IS A MIRACLE.OUR MIRACLE. LOVE YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER! PAM

pamela Wells
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Hey Allen,
I can't believe it has been over three years now since you've been gone. I had a REALLY hard time after you were killed. I spent the first year wanting to die and refusing to live my life without you. Then, with a lot of help from family and most of all God, I realized that I had to pick up the pieces of my shattered life. I decided to move to a city a few hours from home and "start over". In February of 2000, I was hired as a Police Officer...Patrol Division!! I graduated the Police Academy in July 2000 and have been on the road since. Can you believe it? It's a great feeling to know your making a little difference in this sad world.

I still think about you and Crissana. I don't get to see her, but I pray that God helps her through all the things she must face in this life and that she knows I love her and always will. I was thinking the other day about some of the good times we all had. Those were the "simple days" I guess, when we just assumed we would live forever.

Allen, you watch over me while I'm on patrol and help guard me from danger. And remember I will 10-25 you again....
Love Always, your wife Laura
a/k/a Officer Gibson - Bet you never thought your name would be on another uniform, did you?

Laura Gibson