Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

It is special men like your loved one that make The United States of America truely great.

May the God of all comfort place his tent over you. Please remember to throw all your burdens upon the Lord and he will sustain you. PS.55-22

MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY OF TROOPER KELLY POYNTER AND ALSO TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. MAY GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU AND MAY HE KEEP YOU IN HIS ARMS. STAY SAFE BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

PTL DUANE CARPENTER
GONZALES PD

" I think now looking back, that we are not fighting an enemy. Sometimes we are fighting ourselves and the enemy is within us. Make yourself no mistake; give all to your brothers in blue. Never let their badge go tarnished only because, Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. When we meet again brothers, then we will smile, if not then we know that this party was well formed"!

This is what I said when my partners was slain. I hurt every time a brother in blue leaves us for any reason. Please pray for their families and make sure the babies, and wives of our brothers survive.

With the deepest sorrow and the never forgotten honor,

Detective Matthew Heckman
New Bern Police Department
New Bern, North Carolina

Our prayers are with you. God bless you all.

Trooper Steve Howell 712
Oklahoma Highway Patrol

I want to express my sympathy to Mrs. Poynter. My husband Frank was also struck by a drunk driver 3 months ago. If you ever want to talk. Give yourself time to grieve. It is important to be strong for your children (we have 3) but don't overlook your feelings. I tried to be strong, but at 3 months, I feel the shock wearing off and the sadness is still as strong as ever. But my children seem to be doing much better than I expected, and I know Frank is okay now and watching over us. God bless,

Kristina,
widow of Trooper Frank Vazquez,
Ohio State Highway Patrol

Kristina Vazquez

God Bless this fallen trooper and his family. Rest in peace brother.

Jim in Hershey, PA

What a loss for the family and the citizens of the State of Missouri. No words can express the sorrow I feel for the family of Officer Poynter. No words can replace this husband, father and friend to many. I never met Officer Poynter, but I feel the loss of this member of my police family. May God lessen the pain of his family and friends and let Kellys light shine bright in this time of darkness.

P.O./Evidence Tech. Doug Eatherton
St. Louis Metropolitan Police

On behalf of the National Drug Interdiction Association, I would like to express my deepest regards and sympathy to the family, friends and fellow officers of Trooper Kelly Poynter. Nobody can ever be prepared for the unthinkable. We will all miss you fallen hero. Rest in peace brother, rest in peace.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:13

Douglas R. Wright / Board of Directors
National Drug Interdiction Association

Kelly was my cousin. He was an exceptional father. It is so hard to believe that he is gone. I wish for everyone that reads this to pray for his wife Alison, his sons, Caleb and Nathan, his mother, Kathy, stepfather, Kenny, and his sister Crissy. He was a great guy whose life ended too soon. I know that he is looking down on us from heaven and that we will see him again someday.

Ginger

Ginger Guess
cousin to Kelly

On behalf of the officers and civilian employees of the Metro Nashville Police Department, I would like to express heartfelt sympathies and prayers for strength to the family of Trooper Poynter and also to our brothers and sisters of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Our department lost an officer (Candace Ripp, E.O.W. 12-8-2001) under very similiar conditions recently and it is such a senseless, needless waste to lose an officer in this way. However, Trooper Poynter's heroic final moments of life speak volumes of the kind of man he was. As a native of the great state of Missouri, let me say how thankful we are for his all too brief tenure of service. To his family, we love you and will always be there for you, now and in the days and years to come. May God bless you and keep you always. As law enforcement officers, may we all emulate the example of selfless sacrifice and tremendous bravery that Trooper Kelly Poynter has set for us. God bless law officers everywhere.

Sergeant W. Scott Robinson, 44860
Metro Nashville-Davidson County, TN Police Department

Our prayers are with the family and friends of this dedicated Trooper. May God be with each of you!

Lance Corporal Butch Stith
South Carolina Highway Patrol

I am very sorry for your loss, I can only hope that his memory will live on in your sons and that they can one day appreciate the Ultimate Sacrifice he made. God Bless you and your family.

Corporal Scott Reps
Minnesota State Patrol

Thank you Trooper Poynter for your service to your state and local community. Rest in peace.

Anonymous

The Minnesota State Patrol Trooper's Association extends its' deepest regrets at this time of sorrow. People always ask us "Aren't you afraid of being shot?". I always answer no because be shot at isn't what scares me, it's being hit by another vehicle.

We will be remembering Trooper Kelly Poynter and his family in our prayers.

Cpl Jeff Westrum, SP141
Minnesota State Patrol

Another innocent victim of our inadequate court system in dealing with people who have no regard for human life, to Trooper Poynter's wife and children, my heart breaks for you, and I will do the only thing I can, PRAY, your memories will sustain you and keep him alive in your hearts Your Heavenly Father will be your rock. Godspeed Trooper Poynter, your watch here is finished....

JV Jackson
FCPS / Division of Law Enforcement

I would like to offer my most heartfelt sympathy to the family of Trp. Kelly Poynter, and to the Missouri State Patrol. It saddens me deeply when I read of this type of incident. My thoughts and prayers are with you, and may you find condolence in your faith.

Lt. Dan M. Vickmark
Minnesota State Patrol

god bless you man!

Family and Friends of Trooper Poynter,

We are with you as you grieve.
Our hearts are heavy too.
We feel the loss and struggle to comprehend it.
We pray for strength and comfort, for understanding and for perfect peace.
We pay our respects and give honor to the one you love and have lost.
We are all around you.
We will stand by you.
We are sincere when we say, “If you need anything, you just have to ask.”
You will know us by our badges.
We will not forget.

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Chaplain Chuck Baker
Abilene Police Department

May Trooper Poynter rest in peace. Another senseless act of drunk driving has taken a fellow brother, May his friends and family know are they are in our prayers. It is about time the courts put drunk drivers where they belong, behind bars so tragidies like these don't occur. Rest in peace my brother.


Maryland State Trooper

Maryland State Police

I read about the taking of Officer Kelly Poynter life at the hands of a drunk driver and was heart broken. When I read about this in the paper I could not get the wife and children of Officer Poynter off my mind. I am so very, very sorry. I cannot possibly know your pain or understand your loss, but I share in your anger. I am simply outraged. Much has been accomplished to strengthen the laws against drunk driving, but more must be done. This was not an assault, it was a murder. If I can be of help to Officer Poynter's family I would consider it an honor. May God Bless and keep the family and friends of this downed officer.

Kay Crockett-Victim Service Coordinator
Missouri Department of Corrections

Thanks so much for your service to your community. My heart goes out to your family, friends, co-workers, and community who have suffered a great loss. Officer Poynter left many beautiful memories that will be with you forever.

Marilyn Goodheart w/95, President
Kansas Concerns of Police Survivors

May God Be a Father to this officer's now Fatherless Children. Rest In Peace.

Special Agent Darin L. Paul
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Detroit Division

To Family, Relatives, Friends & Work Colleagues of Kelly Poynter;

Many times words are simply not enough. However I send each of you my condolences. I pray for all of you and know that the Lord will give you the strength to carry on, for now and in the future Kelly Poynter will live forever in the lives he touched.

Peace Be With You,
Julie J.
Southwest Missouri

J. Johnson

IT IS WITH GREAT TRAGEDY THAT YET WE LOSE ANOTHER OFFICER IN THE LINE OF DUTY TROOPER. POYTNER MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WHEN HE PUSHED THE TWO TOW TRUCK OPERATORS OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE THEY WERE STRUCK. HE SAVED THEIR LIVES ONLY TO LOSE HIS. THE JOB OF A PUBLIC SERVANT IS A HARD JOB TO TAKE KNOWING THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU WILL ALWAYS PUT YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE FOR STRANGERS NO MATTER IF YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER OR A FIREMAN OR A PARAMEDIC. WITH MY CONDOLIANCE'S MAY GOD BLESS ALL THAT KNEW HIM AND LOOK OVER HIS FLOCK FOR NOW HIS IS WITH HIS HEAVENLY FATHER AMEN

PTN S. BAKER 2205
LAKE TIMBERLINE POLICE (ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MO)

To the family of Trooper Kelly Poynter and the members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol....you are in our prayers...

I echo the thoughts of the NCSHP Trooper above...the judicial system must look at the effects of drunk driving and deal with it adequately....we in law enforcement deal with this on a daily basis....and understand its severity....the judicial system must pick up the pace and come to terms with this problem in society....for now we can only grieve the loss of a fellow officer...and uphold his family in our prayers....

Thank you Trooper Kelly Poynter for doing a thankless job and may God Bless and keep your family, both personal and professional....

Patrolman L.C. Sloan
Cameron, MO Police Department