Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

May GOD bless the family of Sergeant Ken Brown.


The Men and Women of the Amtrak Police Department extends our deepest sympathy to the Atlantic City Police Department and to the family of Sergeant Ken Brown.


GOD bless!!!

Criminal Investigator
Amtrak Police Department NY & NJ Division

March 13, 2004

Our thoughts and prayers are with you. God speed Sgt. Brown.

Wife of a Sgt.
Macomb County Sheriff Dept, MI

March 13, 2004

To Sergeant Ken Brown family and friends our hearts and prayers go out to you.

God Bless you

Terry Miyars, surviving spouse
Officer Emilio Miyares e/o/w 11/6/86, Hialeah PD, FL

March 13, 2004

R.I.P. Brother. My deepest sympathy goes out to your family and co workers.

Ptlm. Christopher Kelly 1092
Camden City, NJ PD

March 13, 2004

DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF SGT. KEN BROWN.

Anonymous

March 13, 2004

Rest in peace Sgt Brown, We will pray for you and your family.

SGT (RET)
NJDOC SOG K9 UNIT

March 13, 2004

I am so sorry for your loss. Please know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers. I pray that God gives you comfort and strength in the weeks and months ahead.

Valarie Bell Wright

Valarie Bell Wright
Daughter of Ptl. William B. Bell

March 13, 2004

Brother, may God bless you and your family. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Special Agent
FBI New York

March 13, 2004

May you rest in peace and continue your patrol in God's Kingdom.

Retired Detective Reggie Allen
Atlantic City Police Dept

March 13, 2004

God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Sergeant Ken Brown at the Atlantic City Police Dept. Your loss is being shared with each officer around the country who works in this profession. No loss is any worst than another, whether the officer has been on the dept for just a few years or has spent his life dedicated to the citizens of his community. WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!!!!!

Retired Officer LaVerne Sanborn
Indianapolis Police Dept

March 12, 2004

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Sergeant Ken Brown … and the Atlantic City Police Department… our hearts and prayers are with you all...... Thank you for a job well done Ken... rest in peace as you continue your watch from the heavens......your memory will never be forgotten...

God Bless....Be Safe..... and wear your vests...

Vin, Pook and all of us at beyond-the-blue

Vin and Pook- Site Owners
beyond-the-blue

March 12, 2004

Yet another hero has been taken from us too soon. My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Sergeant Brown. May the Lord give you strength and bless each of you during this time.
Rest in peace for your watch here is over; walk in heavens beat and guide us all to protect and serve others safely

US Ranger Catroppa
National Park Service Kennesaw GA

March 12, 2004

Thank you for your service. Rest easy, we've got it now.

Anonymous

March 12, 2004

May you Rest In Peace.

Constable Dave Austin
Dekalb Co. Alabama Constable/K9 Handler

March 12, 2004

Another hero was lost...my thoughts go out to his family and the ACPD. Rest in peace...

Patrol Officer - 3rd Pct
VBPD

March 12, 2004

My heart and prayers are with the wife, family, friends and coworkers of Sgt. Brown. May you rest in peace Sergeant and continue your watch on safer streets. God bless you all.

Deb Azure
Mother of Deputy Renee Danell Azure, EOW 08/06/02

March 12, 2004

REST IN PEACE SERGEANT!!!!!

The The following short take describes what members of the EMS, Fire and Police Departments, doctors and nurses go through every week.

I WANT TO TELL YOU LIES
(author unknown)
I want to tell that little boy his Mom will be just fine,
I want to tell that dad we got his daughter out in time,
I want to tell that wife her husband will be home tonight,
I don't want to tell it like it is.....
I want to tell them lies.
You didn't put their seat belts on,
you feel you killed your kids,
I want to say you didn't... but in away, you did.
You pound your fist into my chest, you're hurting so inside,
I want to say you'll be okay....
I want to tell you lies.
You left chemicals within his reach and now it's in his eyes,
I want to say your son will see, not tell you he'll be blind.
You ask me if he'll be OK, with pleading in your eyes,
I want to say that yes he will....
I want to tell you lies.
I can see you're crying as your life goes up in smoke.
IF you'd maintained that smoke alarm, your children may have woke.
Don't grab my arm and ask me if your family is alive.
Don't make me tell you that they're dead....
I want to tell you lies.
I want to say she'll be okay, you didn't take her life,
I hear you say you love her and you'd never hurt your wife.
You thought you didn't drink to much, you thought
that you could drive.
I don't want to say how wrong you were,
I want to tell you lies.
You left her for a moment, it happens all the time.
How could she have fallen when you thought she couldn't climb?
I want to say her neck's not broke, that she will be just fine.
I don't want to say she's paralyzed.....
I want to tell you lies.
I want to tell this teen his buddies didn't die in vain,
Because he thought it would be cool to try and beat that train.
I don't want to tell him this will haunt him all his life,
I want to say that he'll forget,
I want to tell him lies.
You left the cabinet open and your daughter found the gun,
Now you want me to undo the damage that's been done.
You tell me she's your only child, you say she's only five.
I don't want to say she won't see six.....
I want to tell you lies.
He fell into the pool when you ran to get the phone,
It was only for a second that you left him there alone.
If you'd let the phone just ring perhaps your boy would be alive,
But I don't want to tell you that....
I want to tell you lies.
The fact that you were speeding caused that car to overturn,
And we couldn't get them out of there before the whole thing burned,
Did they suffer? Yes, they suffered, they were slowly burned alive.
But I don't want to say those words...
I want to tell you lies.
But I have to tell it like it is, until my shift is through,
And then the real lies begin, when I come home to you.
You ask me how my day was, and I say it was just fine.
I hope you understand, sometimes.....
I have to tell you lies.



Dedicated to all the Police Officers, Firefighters, EMT's, Paramedics, Emergency Flight Crews, Hospital Police, Security Officers and all Civil Servants who deal with the tragedies of life and death. The saddest of all being those that could have been prevented.

The next time you hear a siren in the distance, don't just say a prayer for the victims and their families. Say a prayer for the people that face these tragedies every day and do the best they can to save someone that is loved.

We never see the tears of these brave men and women, but God does.

Say a prayer for each and everyone who is out helping to make a difference in the darkness of the shadow that has surrounded us. Support them and let them know you care.

Tonya Stephenson
Private Citizen, PA

March 12, 2004

RIP...........

Detective
Burbank PD (CA)

March 12, 2004

Aufrichtige Anteilnahme - REST IN PEACE

Det. Detectiv Hans FRIES
Germany

March 12, 2004

TO: The family,loved ones,friends and fellow officers: A POLICE OFFICER'S PRAYER: O, gentle Lord! Keep the day/night watch with me.As I begin my tour of duty, I ask your protection from all mental, physical and spiritual harm. Sustain me with the knowledge that I am doing your work, endeavoring to keep the peace among your people. Help me to be just as I enforce the law without prejudice or favor to anyone. May I be courageous but not reckless in carrying out my duties.Let me respond to all calls with haste realizing that so many are dependent on me for life and safety. Support me with your consoling power when I am tempted to think no one really cares and that I am taken for granted.Sustain in me the conviction that so many thousands do care and are grateful for my presence.Grant that I may be loyal to my partner and my fellow officers, and that I may back them up effectively when called upon for assistance. Lord, I ask that I may return safely, after my tour of duty, to my loved ones and those who love me. I pray that I may be a good and honorable police officer ; and after my tour of duty is over here on earth, may I enjoy the peace and happiness of heaven that you have promised to those who serve you well. AMEN Sent to you by the father of First Class Officer J.D.Koeppen Capital City Raleigh NC, and Trooper D.C.Koeppen N.J.State Pollice. REST IN PEACE !

Chief (ret) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

March 12, 2004

Although we never had a chance to meet, we shared a common goal.
To make the world a better place to be, but now it's taken a toll.
Now I say to you in words of a prayer, I will remember what you've done.
Your death was the ultimate in sacrifice, how tragic that you're gone.
One day we'll meet and talk about our common goal and then,
The heartache that I'm feeling now, will no longer need to mend.

The Men and Women of the Green Bay Polic
Green Bay P.D. Green Bay WI

March 12, 2004

God bless the blue angels.
Those willing to go, everyday into the valley of the shadow.
and those who now find peaceful shelter on the other side.
You are forever in our hearts and prayers.

ACooper
Emt

March 12, 2004

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Anonymous

March 12, 2004

“When God made Peace Officers….”

When the lord was creating Peace Officers, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said, “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”

And the Lord said, Have you read the spec on this order? A Peace Officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn’t touch, and not wrinkle their uniform.

They have to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and testify in court the next day.

They have to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half- eaten meals. And they have to have six pairs of hands.

The angel shook her head slowly and said, “Six pairs of hands….No Way.”

“It’s not the hands that are causing me the problems,” said the Lord, “It’s the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have.”

That’s on the standard model? asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before he asks, “May I see what’s in there sir?” (When they already know and wishes they had taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of their head for their partners’ safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, “ You’ll be alright ma’am, when they know it isn’t so.”

“Lord,” said the angel, touching his sleeve,” rest and work tomorrow.”

“I can’t,” said the Lord, “I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family of five on civil service paycheck.”

The angel circled the model of the Peace Officer very slowly, “Can it think?” she asked.

“You bet,” said the Lord, “It can tell you elements of a hundred crimes, recite Miranda warnings in it’s sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five judges to debate the legality of the stop…and still it keeps it’s sense of humor.

This officer also has phenomenal personal control. They can deal with crime scenes painted in HELL, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim’s family’ and then read in the daily paper how Law Enforcement isn’t sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects.

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Peace Officer. “There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model.”

“That’s not a leak,” said the Lord, “It’s a tear.”

“What’s the tear for?” asked the angel.

“It’s for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, and for justice.”

“You’re a genius,” said the angel.

The Lord looked sober. “I didn’t put it there,” he said.


Anonymous

Senior Instructor
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

March 12, 2004

My heart goes out to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Brown. I learned of his death through reading my old hometown newspaper, The Press of Atlantic City. Being the survivor of a fallen NJ police officer and a Jersey girl, I know the members of COPS from throughout NJ will be there to help. Please know each of you is in my prayers always. May Officer Brown rest in peace.

Stacy Cullinane Smith, Montgomery County, MD
Widow of Patrolman Mickey Cullinane, EOW 8/26/92
Sea Isle City, NJ Police Department

March 12, 2004