Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"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 whose 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

Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

December 3, 2019

Fair winds, MA3. We have the watch. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

MA1 Matthew A. Westfall
Naval Station Everett, WA

December 3, 2019

Fair winds and following seas shipmate. You stand properly relieved.

FC1(SW) Griffin Kirsch
United States Navy

December 3, 2019

Fair Winds and following seas no more ... For Courage , Honor Commitment to Life, Property and to this greatful nation , and a proud US Navy came first for this amazing sailor warrior. Thank you for you ultimate sacrifice , carry on, we have the watch...

Transit Police Officer Julian Sage
Detroit Transit Police

December 3, 2019

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

December 3, 2019

Pray of comfort to your family and may you rest in peace my brother. You will be greatly missed and long remembered by your brothers and sisters in arms as well as your military law enforcement brothers and sisters. Thank you brother for your service. Slow Salute....

James Campbell
US Army MP Corps (1981-84)

December 3, 2019

Praying for peace and comfort today and in the days ahead. With deepest sympathy,

Rita Rocker
Deputy Executive Director
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles

December 3, 2019

Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service. God's speed sir.

Lieutenant John C. Moore
Wisconsin State Conservation Warden

December 3, 2019

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP.

Lieutenant Brian J. Wills II
Oswego County Sheriff's Office
New York

December 3, 2019

RIP, Master-at-Arms Temores. Praying for you and your loved ones.

Officer C Curione
Rochester Police Department, NY

December 3, 2019

RIP MA3 Temores
Our memories and friendship from MA A school will always be with me. Prayers for your son, wife and family.

MA3 Bertapelle
USS George Washington

December 3, 2019

May the good lord welcome you with open arms, for you have done your job well.

Douglas Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Central Macomb Lodge #187 Macomb County Mich

December 3, 2019

All give some, some give all. Rest in Peace!

Ptl. Bryan Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

December 3, 2019

Rest In Peace brave warrior. Your watch is now over. You have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect your fellow Shipmates and their families. You served us well. I pray for you and your family and friends in this time of mourning. We have the watch Shipmate. Until Valhalla.

CUCM (SCW) (Ret.) Daniel Parkhurst
Navy/ NYSDOCCS

December 3, 2019

Rest In Peace shipmate. Thank you for your sacrifice and dedication to protect and serve.

Deb Flynn
US Navy MA1 Veteran

December 3, 2019

Rest in peace Master-at Arms Temores.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

December 3, 2019

Temores family and friends may God grant you all with a speedy healing. MaA Temores thank you for your Service and for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

Res.Sgt.Rudy Jones
Cuyahoga Falls,OH Police Dept

December 3, 2019

On behalf of Moms Back the Blue of the St. Louis County Police Family Association, we offer
our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Master-at-Arms Temores.
We will be forever indebted to you for your selfless service and sacrifice.
Always Honored; Never Forgotten

Proud Moms from
Moms Back the Blue of the
St. Louis County Police Family Association

December 3, 2019

RIP

Agent Isaac Vales
Autopista Arecibo Policía Puerto Rico

December 3, 2019

RIP Brother. We now have the watch. You served with honor, “Semper Fi!”

Officer Donald Beal
81st Security Forces Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base

December 3, 2019

Rest well shipmate. Died with honor in the line of duty. "Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and perpetual light shine upon him. "

Lt. Ed Skiba, USN ret.

Bishop Edward Skiba
Stuart, Fl Police Chaplain

December 3, 2019

May your family find comfort in knowing that their loved one put himself in harm's way for the protection of others and his country. Rest in peace shipmate. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Special Agent P. Taylor-US Navy Veteran
US Treasury-IRS Criminal Investigation

December 3, 2019

As a Navy and Naval Security Forces Veteran I can recall the dangers we face at the gate of any facility. Fair winds and following seas MA3.

Investigator Robert Morgan
Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, Bastrop, TX

December 3, 2019

Fair winds and following seas. Thank you for selfless and dedicated service to our country. Until Valhalla.

Deputy Ezekiel Zimmerman
Howard County Sheriff’s Department

December 3, 2019

R.I.P Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Oscar Temores

BRIAN MOLYNEAUX
citizen

December 3, 2019