Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

The First & The Last

The first to sense the hostility of a suspect,
The first to react to protect his master,
The first to enter where danger lurks,
The first to detect the hidden intruder.
The first to take action against violence.
The first to sense his master’s joy.
The first to know his master’s sorrow or fear.
The first to give his life in defense of his master.
The last to be forgotten by those who work with others like him.
They know him as a “Partner”, not just an animal.

- Author unknown -

Javier Cornejo
Police Officer, Retired
City of Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

August 21, 2021

We will remember.

Miss Eleanore Trupkiewicz
Civilian Supporter of Law Enforcement

August 3, 2021

Rest in peace boy. Thank you for your service. Have fun at the rainbow bridge and wait for your partner.

Lieutenant John C. Moore
Wisconsin State Conservation Warden & State Trooper (Retired)

May 23, 2021

K9 Joker, thank you for your service and sacrifice. We are grateful for the time God put you on earth to spend with your handler and department. May your legacy live on.

Brian & Betsy Zielinski
Michigan War Dog Memorial K9 Salute Team Members

May 7, 2021

Rest in Peace, good and faithful servant.
God has already reserved a final resting place for our peacemakers.
Please continue your careful and diligent watch over us.
When Law Enforcement perishes, a proud and caring nation mourns.
Thank you for your heroic sacrifice!
Thank you for your selfless service!
Thank you for your guardian protection!

Our prayers to the family and department.

Charles F. Holloway, Jr.
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
Elizabethtown Police Department

May 5, 2021

Rest in Peace K9Joker. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are the handler and the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office New Jersey

May 1, 2021

Lord God of unfailing love, to those families who are suffering in the wake of the loss of a Law Enforcement K-9 family member, help us to provide support. Allow us to be their rock and fortress in a time of immense pain and uncertainty. Help us to keep them safe and nourished in their time of grief, suffering beside them as we move toward healing and reconciliation. Lord, in Your mercy, hear my prayer. Amen.

Pastor Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS, OLICC
Associate Pastor - United National Church

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret)
Nashua NH Police Department

May 1, 2021

PRAYERS FOR YOU AND YOUR HANDLER AND OUR FAMILY OF BLUE
ALL K 9 OFFICERS DO GO TO HEAVEN
MEET FELLOW K9 OFFICERS AT RAINBOW BRIDGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF YOUR COMMUNITY. REST IN GOD'S ARMS

MOTHER OF A DALLAS POLICEWOMAN LINDA KEM
NONE

May 1, 2021

K9 Joker a TRUE HERO.Thank you for your service to your Community and Department. Im sorry for your short life because of something that could have been avoided.May God grant your Partner and everybody involved with a speedy healing.

Rudy Jones (Retired)
Former Reserve Ofc.Cuyahoga Falls OH Police Dept.

April 30, 2021

K-9 Joker May God carry you home over that Rainbow Bridge. I saw on another post a comment that I believe is so true so I will share. When a Police or Military Working Dog crosses that Rainbow Bridge all playing stops. All the others gather at that Rainbow Bridge and welcome the Hero home out of respect. What a grand sight that will be. I know you are in the best of company. My thoughts and prayers with your handler/partner. God Speed K-9 Joker take care of my boys.

Sgt David Osborne
Tennessee Highway Patrol

April 29, 2021

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Hero in Police Officer K9 Joker. May our Heavenly Father welcome him home into his Kingdom. May the Lord deliver Blessings, to his Handler, Family and all members of the Indian River County Sheriff's Office, Florida.

Retired, T W Martinez
FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

April 28, 2021

RIP Joker

Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

April 28, 2021

RIP K9 Joker. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Indian River County

Sergeant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police

April 27, 2021