Oakland, CA- Four Police Officers Killed

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03-21-09: Two officers were shot, one killed, on a traffic stop this afternoon. After a search, the suspect was located in an apartment building where he barricaded himself and shot three Oakland PD SWAT officer as they made entry. Three of the five officers shot have died. A fourth officer is on life support and the fifth was treated and released.

03-22-09: Officer on life support has now passed.

[x129K 1,393]

RIP

[DOC22 1]

Truly a tragic incident. May the Officers Rest in Peace and may God Grant their Families, Friends and Brother and Sister Officers the Strength to make it through this terrible tragedy.

[tdc202 0]

RIP

[x242Steve 1]

Condolences to the families and comrades of the fallen officers.

[redmack 0]

The Police Officer's Prayer

to St. Michael

Police Officer's Prayer to St. Michael

Saint Michael, heaven's glorious commissioner of police,

who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premises

of all its undesirables, look with kindly and professional

eyes on your earthly force.

Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for

investigation and wise judgement.

Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and

law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores,

strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.

You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences

with the devil that the police officer's lot on earth is not

always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so

pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the

devil, and your angelic self-control give us inspiration.

And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your

heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the

throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all

the people. Amen.

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Thoughts and prayers to the officers' families and the Oakland PD family.

[20y2 43]

Unbelievably bad news. Godspeed Brothers. My sincere condolences to their families, friends and loved ones.

[prucha25 76]

RIP

[SRS131EMTFF 471]

Jesus Christ....Rest In Peace Thank god they got the b******

[99subi 121]

I cant belive it........ RIP

[Guest]

RIP to the officers, condolences to the families and Oakland PD

[SageVigiles 1,194]

Rest in Peace Brothers... What a horrible shame. I am glad they perforated the SOB that did this. I hope the other Motorcycle Officer who is in grave condition recovers.

Edited March 22, 2009 by SageVigiles

[SHAC7301 0]

A horrible day for our brothers.....may the heroes who laid down their lives rest in peace.

[ex-commish 490]

May they rest in peace.

[Oswegowind 17]

RIP...a horrible incident!

[FFFORD 27]

Rest in peace officers...

[RescueKujo 130]

Fourth Officer Dies On OPD's Deadliest Day

Posted: 1:37 pm PDT March 21, 2009

Updated: 2:07 pm PDT March 22, 2009

OAKLAND, Calif. -- An Oakland motorcycle police officer has died after an overnight struggle on life support, according to authorities. His death brings the number of police officers killed in Saturday's shooting to four, on the deadliest day for law enforcement in the city’s history.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/18983600/detail.html

[SageVigiles 1,194]

Damn it, this is absolutely horrible. Godspeed Brothers.

[64FFMJK 21]

RIP officers. Prayers to the famliy's and brother officers.

[dfdallen 13]

RIP

[Guest Bootheng161]

RIP

[25truck26 29]

Tragic day. Oakland 4 RIP

[Remember585 815]

It happened on the other side of the country, yet it still stings like it was here.

RIP.

[Bababoosky 24]

RIP.

[grumpyff 1,159]

One is hard enough, but I can't imagine dealing with four. My condolences to all the families involved.

[FiftyOnePride 100]

RIP

[MFVFD179 0]

RIP

[helicopper 1,050]

Last Friday 25,000 people (the majority were police) attended a three-hour memorial service for these four slain Oakland Police Officers, murdered on March 21. It was an unprecedented show of support for police. Such support is all too often only shown for law enforcement when one of us is killed in the line of duty.

Police officers from throughout the United States and Canada came to Oakland to honor their fallen brothers in blue. Hundreds of police motorcycles, 20 police helicopters in missing man flyover formations, firefighters, dignitaries, concerned citizens, and friends were there to support the families of these four brave men.

All 815 officers of the Oakland Police Department were in attendance – thanks to the generosity of more than a dozen other law enforcement agencies who took over all police functions so all of OPD could attend the funeral.

excerpt from Police magazine, a Bobit Publication.

http://www.policemag.com/Channels/SWAT/200...d-Massacre.aspx

Rest in Peace, brothers!