Grand Rapids Police Department, Michigan
End of Watch Sunday, July 8, 2007
Reflections for Police Officer Robert Anthony Kozminski
You are another hero who has made the ultimate sacrifice for the people you swore to serve and protect. Your loss will be felt by your colleagues not just in the US but the world over.
My thoughts are with your family, friends and colleagues. May they get some comfort from the fact you died a hero doing the job you loved.
God Bless you and your colleagues that also put themselves in danger. Below is a fitting poem titled "In the line of duty".
What is the meaning of "In The Line Of Duty"
It means that an officer made the Ultimate sacrifice.
It means that someone took an officer's life.
A hero has fallen.
Officers who gave their all
To protect and serve
Have been killed by someone whom they swore
To protect and serve.
It means that their badge will no longer be on their chest
And they will join
"The Best Of The Best"
It means that family and friends are left behind
To deal with the lost of a loved one.
Only having the memories of that loved one
Close to their hearts.
Something no one can ever take away.
It means that family members will stand at the officers grave
And wonder why ...
Why would someone take an officer's life
And leave them there to die?
If we only knew.
Today an officer will place their badge on their chest
To fulfill the dreams of heroes killed
"In The Line Of Duty"
PC DAVE STUBBS
STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE, ENGLAND, UK
July 8, 2007
My heart and prayers go out to the family and friends you leave behind. Bob, you will be missed and never forgotten. We will serve each day remembering our dear brother who was taken all too soon.
Officer Brandyn Heugel
Walker Police Department
July 8, 2007
Rest In Peace Brother. Your family and friends are in my prayers.
Officer Dwight Rackley
Louisville Metro Police, Louisville, KY
July 8, 2007
Our thoughts are with your family and GRPD. It's with a heavy badge that we must carry on but your service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
Officer C. VanderLaan
Grandville Police Dept.
July 8, 2007
My thoughts and prayers are with those
friends and family members left behind who
cannot follow...rest in peace my brother
in blue...we will take it from here.
Officer Adam F. Laser
Westminster City Police Department
July 8, 2007
Rest in peace my brother in blue. Now you can walk Heaven's beat. Your family, friends, and co-workers with the Grand Rapids Police Department, are in my thoughts and prayers.
God Bless
Sr. Officer D. Johns
City of Sandy Springs Police, Georgia
July 8, 2007
May God bless you and your loved ones, We will take the watch from hear just look over all of us.
Deputy R. Brady
La Paz County S.O.
July 8, 2007