Los Angeles Police Department, California
End of Watch Monday, May 13, 1968
Reflections for Policeman Oscar Joel Bryant
--------The final goodbye----------
It's been a while since you've been gone,
Guess I always hoped, deep inside,
that the facts weren’t true and someone lied, and instead of goodbye,
I would be saying hello to you.
Now my life carries on without you,
though I can't say that is so,
because each and every day
you fill my thoughts and dreams
and most things I do lately,
involve you it seems,
So how can it be that this is goodbye?
There are so many things we have to share,
So many plans to be made,
I turn to call you, I want to know you are home, but you're not there, you've already gone.
I’m not ready to say goodbye.
Some say that it's time to move on,
I know they are not wrong.
I move on, but I take you along.
I'm not ready yet,
to say goodbye.
It's been so hard to say goodbye,
and every time I try, I cry.
I just cant bring myself to believe,
that this is the final goodbye.
Anonymous
January 2, 2005
Rest in peace.
Sr.Cpl Hunt
Dallas PD
November 1, 2003
You will never be forgotten brother. Thank you...
Sergeant Timothy Long
Long Beach Police Department