This page is dedicated to aiding our fellow brothers and sisters in law. If you are an officer or an officer's family and need assistance please contact us. It may be a donation needed or perhaps just a card or letter. If you know of an officer, please contact that person or the family for permission to post their info.
Cpl. Roger Hill of the Washtenaw County SO was intentionally struck by a car. The Driver is a mental patient who took too much medication.
Cards or letters for Cpl. Hill may be sent to:
Cpl Roger Hillc/o Washtenaw County Sheriff Dept 2201 Hogback Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
This was sent to us by another officer:
OFFICERS DEALING WITH SCHOOL MASSACRE NEED YOUR WORDS OF SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT!
Newsline Members Can E-mail Them At: OFFICERSUPPORT@CALIBREPRESS.COM
If you watched ABC's Nightline last night (4/22/99), you saw parents and students in Jonesboro (AR), the scene of a tragic school shooting last year, sharing words of support and guidance with parents and students from Columbine High School in Littleton (CO), the scene of the most recent school massacre. Although this program was likely of great benefit to the parents and students of the Littleton area, what was lacking were words of support and guidance for the law enforcement officers and emergency response team members who were -- and continue to be -- forced to deal with this unthinkable tragedy up-close andpersonal.
These are the men and women who protected and comforted the students and teachers trying to escape during the siege, who risked their lives searching every inch of the school for bombs, who had to document the blood-drenched crime scene and who had to remove the bodies of murdered teenagers from the school. These are the men and women who will have to cope with the nightmare visions of what they saw in the aftermath...and who, if they areparents, will have to send their own children into the world while those visions still loom in their minds. Hundreds of officers who have experienced critical incidents have told us that the most helpful element in their healing process was the support they received from fellow officers.
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO HELP. Calibre Press has created a SPECIAL E-MAIL ACCOUNT for officers around the world to use to send their words of advice, support and encouragement to the officers in the Littleton area who are dealing with this ordeal.
The SPECIAL E-MAIL ADDRESS IS:mailto:officersupport@calibrepress.com
Each message received at this account will be forwarded to Street Survival Newsline member Glenn Howell with the Jefferson Co. (CO) SD (one of the lead agencies handling the investigation of the shooting). Glen in turn will distribute your words of support to the officers in the Littleton area.
Below you will find a copy of an email sent to us by a fellow patch trader.
To all my fellow traders I bring bad news of a fellow brother in blue. Off Ron Spruill. a patrol officer with the Allentown PA pd was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago. It was initially thought to be a stomach ulcer. Upon surgery for same they found large amounts of cancer in abdomen area. They went in for surgery again about 2-3 weeks ago, and discontinued the surgery , after finding his stomach and intestine area to be fully infected with cancer. We were planning another benefit basketball game for him to raise funds for his family. We were given the news today that the cancer is now terminal and they give him less than five weeks to live. He has a wife and young daughter (3yo) at home. The insurance only covers so much and the family is forced to foot the rest of the bill.
His close friends and fellow officers are attempting events that
can raise money for he and his family. They have chosen to sell a tweed black baseball cap with the smaller version of our dept patch on front. It has his badge # 41 embroidered on the back.
I dont have to remind you all that this is happening just as we enter the holiday season! Any help or donations would be greatly appreciated by both his family and fellow officers.
The hats are $20.00 but that includes shipping and handling (US only)
Appreciate you all taking time out to read this. And please keep Ronnie and his family in your prayers.
Correspondence can be sent to me at:
1127 Hamilton Street
Allentown PA 18101
c/o Officer John P. Blair #24
I have gotten a great turn out so far for requests! WE ALL appreciate what you are doing for Ronnies family and the morale of the Allentown PA pd. No finer human beings than those who wear the badge!
Thanks all and BE SAFE,
john b24five0
PS: Place #41 on checks so as not to add to my confusion, with all of the benefits going on for Ronnie.
THANKS TO ALL
Officer Bob Clark with the Cleveland Police Department was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 1, 1998. Officer Clark was in plain clothes and was not wearing a vest. Clark was responding to a drug deal. Police identified themselves and the suspect came out shooting. Clark was shot several times in the torso area. The suspect was shot and killed.
Officer Clark was 36 years old and started on the department in 1992. He is survived by a wife and 3 small children ages 7, 5, and 2. If you would like to send a donation it is recommended to contact Cleveland Police Department or send your donation to.
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