Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

So sorry for the loss of your partner. Praying for comfort for you and your family

Deena Hulen-citizen

January 22, 2015

To Sultan's family and his brothers and sisters of the Riverside County Sheriff's Dept.. The brothers and sisters of RED ROSE LODGE #16,FRATERNAL ORDER of POLICE, Lancaster, Pa. Sends it's deepest sympathy, Long may his service be remembered.

Chapalin T.L. Longacre
Fraternal Order of Police Pa.#16

January 22, 2015

May you rest in peace after having served those around you. My thoughts are with your law enforcement family, fellow officers and friends.

Reserve Officer G. Krystof
Los Angeles Police Department

January 22, 2015

We ran Sultan's story on our KRCR newscast this morning. Sultan was a very brave and courageous boy. I have read a lot of good stories about him. Sending hugs to Sultan's boss and handler, family and colleagues. RIP Sultan!

Sincerely,
Aimee Mack

Aimee Mack, News Editor
Channel 7 News

January 22, 2015

Thank you for your service, the dedication and hard work. May your handler and family remember the love and not the pain. Thank you for your years of service. Run free.

Dawn Smith, Citizen
K9 Admirer

January 22, 2015

Thank you for your service, Sultan. You were just doing your job and what was asked of you. My prayers are with your handler/best friend. God Bless and Godspeed. Cross that Rainbow Bridge and run free sweet boy!

Lisa B.
GEORGIA CIVILIAN LE SUPPORTER

January 22, 2015

My heart is so hurting for his handler and all his family at the force. a true american hero... Sultan is truly a dog among dogs!!!

Kee
Just an admiror

January 22, 2015

RIP Brother

Deputy Anita Price
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, San Antonio, Texas

January 22, 2015

I am so sorry to hear this, may Sultan rest in peace.
May all who knew Sultan find some measure of peace in this poem about the Rainbow Bridge

Brenda Palmer
Volunteers in Police Service - Vancouver,WA Police Department

January 22, 2015

IN MEMORY OF K9 SULTAN

To the family, friends, and colleagues of K9 Sultan:

From the beginning of time after Cain killed his brother, Abel, there has been a need for law enforcement officers to protect the weak and to bring evildoers to justice. This work is necessary in a sinful world and is dangerous. In 2015, thus far, one law enforcement canine has sacrificed his life to protect his handler and the citizens of this great nation. Today, we honor the sacrifice of K9 Sultan, of the Riverside County, California, Sheriff’s Department, who was shot and killed in the line-of-duty on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, while tracking and then attempting to apprehend an armed felon in the area of San Jacinto Street and Mayberry Avenue in Hemet, California.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of K9 Sultan. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of K9 Sultan and honor his sacrifice. Be with the family, friends, and colleagues of this fallen hero. Comfort them and give them your strength. Guide those who seek to take care of the family of this hero. May those empowered to do so, care for them with integrity. In commemorating the death of this hero, help those who mourn to remember that death is not the end. Death does not have the final say, but is simply the transition to the glorious life to come. Dogs do go to heaven! They should look forward to that life to come with joy and thanksgiving.

As for the citizens of Riverside County, California, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers and canines with the best tools to protect their county. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of Riverside County, California, to remember to fund their law enforcement canine programs adequately and treat their canine heroes with respect. Help the citizens of Riverside County, California, to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their county.

The time for mourning will soon pass. We have now remembered and celebrated the life lost in this great tragedy. As the family, friends, and colleagues of K9 Sultan go forward, they must celebrate the good things in their lives; and to celebrate life itself!

Finally, Lord God, we pray for the families, friends, and colleagues of all the law enforcement officers and canines who have been killed in the line-of-duty and we thank you for their sacrifices. Bless the lives of their families, friends, and colleagues so they might find healing. Help their law enforcement organizations support the families of these fallen heroes. Even though their deaths might have been senseless, make something good come out of these situations so that their law enforcement organizations and the communities in which they lived and served might be stronger because of their lives and their deaths.

Now, K9 Sultan, may the Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen.

Now, K9 Sultan, go and crossover the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ for there is much work to do against Satan and his demons!

In His Service,

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department
Police Chaplain of the Merrimack NH Police Department
Pastor of The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace Boy.

Lt. A. Hoopes
Spotsylvania County Shriff's Office Va.

January 22, 2015

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SULTAN.

To Deputy Mark Wallace, I am very sorry for your loss.

What do you do when a good friend dies?

What do you do when a good friend dies?
Do you lash out in anger and curse at the sky.
Or grasp hard denial, the means of the weak,
In an effort to kindle the comfort you seek.

What do you do when a good friend dies?
Once life's breath, so precious, gives the chest final rise.
In haste you take blame, no other at fault,
You kneel upturned earth and deem all happiness to halt.

What do you do when a good friend dies?
When with him the times, both good and bad, lie.
Do you cast aside the past, for memories hurt much too much,
Or struggle and fight for that last lingering touch.

What do you do when a good friend dies?
When all of the tears have all but been cried.
No matter how much, no matter how hard you try,
The only thing to do is say farewell.
Goodbye.
Copyright © Marc-David Cohn 1996

Sent to you in memory of my beloved CHYNA GIRL. Prayers to you.

Patricia Aylward, LSA
Riverside Cnty District Attorney

January 22, 2015

Thank you for your service and ultimate sacrifice K9 Sultan and prayers to your partner Dep. Wallace.

Investigator
DPSS Riverside County

January 22, 2015

For Sultan's great and courageous service, I am grateful. My God comfort Deputy Wallace and the department on this tremendous loss. RIP, four-legged brother.

Chaplain Paul Worley
San Antonio, Texas Police Department

January 22, 2015

K-9 Officer Sultan,
Sultan, as you cross the rainbow bridge, please know that your legacy will forever be remembered and honored. I promise you Sultan to ALWAYS DONATE TO POLICE K-9 PROGRAMS... I WILL DO THIS TO HONOR YOU AND ALL K-9's WHO SERVE!

K-9 HANDLER / TRAINER/ JOSH SALQUENETTII
OREGON PROTECTION/ K-9 UNIT

January 22, 2015

This breaks my heart, I'm having a real hard time putting into words what I'd like to say, but I'm very glad you were able to get this criminal off the streets, it really hurts that a coward shoots a K-9 officer just doing his job, and doing it greatly. Thank you Sultan. My thoughts and prayers are with your department, especially Sultans handler/partner and family. This will hurt for a long time, just know he went down doing what he did best, protecting everyone!!!! Nothing more could ever be asked!!!! My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Christopher F. Firefighter/Medic (Retire
FFD/CFD

January 22, 2015

My heart breaks for your handler & all of those who loved you. You were a brave officer and did your job well on that day! You can now be free from threats while you run through the green meadows of Heaven. Prayers go out to your handler & loved ones.

Denise
Survivor of Trooper Calvin Taylor NCSHP

January 22, 2015

Thanks, buddy. You went where most are unwilling to go. A true hero.

Officer E. Moser
Phoenix PD

January 22, 2015

My thoughts & prayers go out to the family, friends & coworkers...Thank You for your service...RIP K-9 Sultan

Val Naugle

January 22, 2015

Just another example of the selfless dedication, whether K9 or human, that those in law enforcement exhibit daily protecting the community against the predators amongst us. God Bless and Rest in Peace partner...

Lt. Lee Tainter
Riverside County Sheriff's Department

January 22, 2015

Rest In Peace K-9 Sultan. We will miss you dearly. Thanks for your outstanding service. It's a sad day for our Department, Your Handler and Our Community. You will be missed and remembered.

Deputy Otero
Riverside County Sheriff / San Jacinto P.D.

January 22, 2015

Thank you for your service,for you have done your job well.All good k9s go to heaven.

Chaplain Douglas J. Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #187 Mt. Clemens Michigan.

January 22, 2015

Such a hero and his work will never leave our minds. He saved the life of many people and brought many to justice who had broke the law. A dog such as this deserves the best funeral that a police officer receives so we must do our part to let him know his work will never be forgotten. God bless them all.

Alice Bryner
Disabled Veteran

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace Sultan.

Ofc. Timothy M. Furlong
Nahant, MA PD

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace K9 Sultan and thank you for your service. My prayers and thoughts are with your family and coworkers as they go through this most difficult time.

Captain Deborah Myers
Amtrak Police Department, K9 Unit

January 22, 2015