Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Torres,
On today, the 3rd anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our our Country as well when you served with the USMC. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

Semper Fi Devil Dog!

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

October 14, 2025

Officer Torres,
On today, the 3rd anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our our Country as well when you served with the USMC. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

Semper Fi Devil Dog!

BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol(Retired)

October 13, 2025

My Friend. I miss you every day. In fact, there’s not a day I don’t think about you and your family. Your ODMP page has been up for a few months and this is the first time I had the courage to post. Last week I went to the wall and paid a visit to you. I’m sorry that I couldn’t spend more than 2 or 3 minutes at that wall. The grief was more than I could handle. You’re in great company, in the presence of the best our world has to offer. I’ll be back to visit you and hopefully for longer than this past week. Although your passing has made me question my continuation in this job, it has also made me desire nothing more. Officer, Marine, brother, that night in the NWD kitchen before that day was a gift from God . A gift I can never repay. We shared laughs, the last we would share in this life. It was almost as if God himself wanted us to spend that precious time together as a “cya later”. But we’ll share the laughs again one day, in a life where there is no pain , no fear, and no anger. Watch over us my friend and watch over your family. We’ll take care of everything else here.

Anonymous Detective
Raleigh PD

June 30, 2025

Earlier this week I attended the annual National Police Week in Washington D.C. I got to spend time with your family and our old squad mates. We talked for hours about the incredible times both good and bad we’ve all had. Grief can be full of emotions, when I first went to the LEO memorial wall and saw your name rightfully engraved on the stone among all the others it didn’t hit me. I was with all of the other RPD members and it just felt overwhelming to see the amount of people there. A few days later I returned at night to find only a few dozen people walking around the memorial grounds. I reproached your engraved name and all of the emotions came rushing as I stood in silence staring at the picture Layla had drawn for you. I thought of my own children in that moment and how incredibly blessed I am to have them. As I fought through tears, I felt the warmth of a strangers hand patting me on the back. The young man behind me began to cry too and said that Layla’s picture broke his heart. We embraced in a hug. Two complete strangers with one thing in common, broken hearted police officers. We introduced ourselves and thanked him for his compassion and for helping me to remember that the thin blue line runs across this country. I only caught his name as “Matt Rhodes” and will likely never see him again. I left the memorial incredibly thankful and believe that our God had sent a servant to comfort me in that moment. To the young officer (Matt Rhodes) thank you and I pray that God continue to bless you and bring honor to His name.

Officer Gabe Torres EOW: 10-13-2022

Senior Officer/FTO Z.R. Wagnon
Raleigh Police Department

May 18, 2025

You will always be remembered. Your sacrifice and bravery not forgotten.

-JP

December 30, 2024

Rest easy my brother in blue. Thank you for being a role model to me while we were both in the academy (class of 123 & 124). Seeing you and your classmates come to the academy every day and give it your all inspired me through all of the smoke sessions to never give up and to one day be where you guys were. Until I see you again.

Officer K.A Ellsworth 4789
Raleigh Police Department

December 27, 2024

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service (Retired)

December 25, 2024

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

December 24, 2024

Hey Brother,

I am so thankful this morning to see your page has finally been made. For 2 years I’ve searched for your name in hopes of seeing it up here where it rightfully belongs. I miss you and I talk about you often. I haven’t removed my memorial band since it came in the mail. It has become a tradition that the only time I take it off is when I tell people the story of how you tricked me for weeks during training that you couldn’t speak Spanish. I’m sure most have heard the story some have probably heard it several times but to me it never gets old. It’s one of my fondest memories that I have with you and I can vividly see you grinning in the patrol car that day at the BP the day I heard you speaking Spanish on the phone with your grandmother. I smile every time I tell it.

I saw your little girl earlier this month. You’d be so proud of her and how much she has grown. She is a spitting image of you and I am so blessed to still get to watch a piece of your life blossom, I just wish you were here to see it and share the photos like we use to during shift change.

Continue to Rest Easy and in Comfort knowing that we will continue to watch over them.

Gabe Torres Raleigh Police EOW:
10-13-2022.

Senior Officer/FTO Z.R. Wagnon
Raleigh Police Department

December 24, 2024

Good to see you finally take your rightful place among the other heroes here. We'll keep fighting brother.

Major Brian Harrison
Raleigh Police Department

December 24, 2024

Thank you for your sacrifice for our nation. May you be with the Lord and may he be with your family.

Det. Russ Cain


Pittsburgh PD

December 23, 2024