Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

May your family find peace and strength in this time of need. Thank you for serving those you have never met. We know that you will continue to protect us along with those that have left us all to soon.

Lauren
Neice of Dep Tim Dunn EOW 10/29/04

March 31, 2005

ALL of our Officers, Both Civilian and Military, mourn the loss of Sergeant Kevin Kight. Our thoughts and prayers are with his Family, Police Family and Friends. Sergeant Kight....we know why you responded with DEDICATION.

Officer
NAVAL WEAPONS STATION, CHARLESTON, SC

March 31, 2005

Heaven has another HERO!! My heart aches for your family and friends! I know our family still hurts from losing my nephew one year ago. May GOD bless your family. Thank you for serving and protecting. Rest in peace, Sir.

Shirley Roberts-Louisiana
Aunt of Fallen Officer John Logan EOW- March 14, 2004

March 31, 2005

Sgt. Kevin Kight you are a HERO!!

God, place your hands around Sgt Kevin Kight's family and friends and help them in this time of need. In your name we pray.
Amen

Sgt Scott Baggett
Harpersville Police Department, AL

March 31, 2005

On behalf of the members of the Sutherlin Police Department, I send to you, our heartfelt condolences and prayers in your time of sadness. May your fallen officer’s legacy live on in the memories of his friends and family. Rest now brother, after a job well done. We’ll take it from here.

Cpl. Justin Marquis
Sutherlin Police Department, Sutherlin, OR

March 31, 2005

My condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Kight. I am only a private citizen, but I am deeply saddened by the loss of any officer. May God take Sgt. Kight home to a better place, while also granting peace and strength to those Sgt. Kight left behind. Rest In Peace.

Jenny Hatfield

March 31, 2005

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS,AND CO-WORKERS OF SGT. KEVIN KIGHT MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH EACH OF YOU. THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO LOST ONE OF OUR BROTHER'S ALSO, WE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU...REST IN PEACE SGT KIGHT.

LT DANIEL M. WIMBERLY
LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

March 31, 2005

Such a tragedy....may God watch over his family. He died as a hero trying to protect his community and it's people. God Bless.

Sgt. J.W. Fish
NC Ports Authority Police

March 31, 2005

Gave your all

You protected and served
Fighting crime
Trying to make this world a better place
Gave your all, did your best
You were killed in the line of duty
By some jerk
Left your family and friends with pain
Thank you for all you did
You'll never be forgotten
Forever you'll be in our hearts
Rest in peace, my brother

Dedicated to Sergeant Kevin Kight

~By April Prewer~

Explorer Prewer

March 31, 2005

Rest in peace my brother.

Police Officer
Burlington Township PD NJ

March 31, 2005

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

March 31, 2005

Rest in peace Sergeant Knight. May god bless your family and the fine men and women who worked beside you.

Trooper
Ohio State Highway Patrol

March 31, 2005

It is sad to see another brother taken from us and my prayers go out to his family. I would personally drive to Panama to give the respect he deserves, however, on the 1st we are having the memorial service for a close friend and former superior Sheriff Jim Rider (retired) God Bless all.

D/S Don Salo
Glades County Sheriff's Office

March 31, 2005

It saddens me to know that yet another wife and child has lost a loved one while he was protecting his family, friends, and community.
To the wife and son of Sgt. Kight, know that your husband/father was doing a job that only few in this world can do. Know that he was and still is a hero even to those that did not know him personally. Always be proud of him and know that he is still watching over you keeping you safe from harm.
Sergeant Kevin Kight you and your family are in our prayers.

Ofc. Smith
Hendersonville P.D.

March 31, 2005

My deepest condolences to the Kight family and members of the Panama City Beach Police Dept.who lost a father,friend and brother in blue. May he rest in peace. God Bless

Detective Pedro Rivera
Hartford Police Department, CT

March 30, 2005

There is nothing I can say that will console the family or the department, as we too have lost an officer and I a best friend,within the past two weeks. My prayers are with you.

Sgt. Kim Harrison
Jackson Police Department

March 30, 2005

Kevin,
Thank you for proudly wearing the uniform and bravely leaving your family every night to do this job. Thank you for the ultimate sacrifice you made to make our world safer.

I pray for your family, friends, and co-workers. My heart breaks for your wife and 4 year old child. Our son just turned 4 in March and telling him that his hero was never coming home again and that a bad guy shot him was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. He is still convinced that his Daddy will get all better and come home to us.

I hope that your family, friends, and co-workers will find peace and happiness at the end of this journey. It is a long, tough road. The ladies from Ohio COPS have shown me that there is hope... It is that hope and my two children that keep me going and determined to make it through each day.

Look Brandy up in heaven. Cruise the great highway with him. He was a wonderful man that everyone loved dearly. Tell him we miss him and love him.

Sara Winfield
Wife of Brandy EOW 10/14/04

March 30, 2005

I am deeply troubled by your loss. I wish you and yours the best through this terribly tough time. I cannot truly express my feelings of sympathy through a message board, but I just want you to know that you and the rest of your family will be in my prayers. May the grace of God be with you.

Officer M. Anderson
Clearwater Police Department

March 30, 2005

This is a hard job. The most innocent traffic stops turn to chaos in a second. My heart goes out to SGT. Kevin Knight and his family. I know his work will be remembered and cherished in his community!

Former Police Officer, Daniel Johnson
Belle Plaine PD, MN

March 30, 2005

We extend our deepest sympathy and heartfelt sorrow to the family and friends of Sgt.Knight.Rest easy brother,we'll take it from here.

PO S.Harris #223
Cicero PD,Cicero IL. 3rd Watch

March 30, 2005

Your Daddy was a brave warrior that did a job most fear and the rest don't want. He was making the world a better place for you and your mommy to live. Always remember this little warrior. God Speed.

State Trooper D Osborne/K-9 Coco
Tennessee Highway Patrol

March 30, 2005

Brother

You're my brother
The one I care about
Pray for day and night
Watch you fight crime
Going through hard times
But you hind it very well
Making a difference in peoples life
There for them
Always know what to say
In your uniform, you're a whole new person
When you have been killed
Gone, not coming back
I cry
Pray for your family
I say rest in peace, my brother
I hear your beat on those streets
Never hear your voice again
On that radio
Never see that face of yours
But you still my brother
Rest in peace

~By April Prewer~


Job well done. Rest in peace, my brother.

Explorer Sgt. April Prewer
WPD

March 30, 2005

Over the last 5 or 6 years I have worked with Kevin and we have even played softball together. Out of all these times we have spent working and playing Kevin never spoke a bad word about anyone, you could always count on him for a joke and a smile. I for one will miss talking and working with you. I know that your not gone nor will you ever be forgoten. You have only been called to serve a higher power. May God hold and keep colse until we meet again.

Deputy Mike Wesley
Bay County Sheriff's Office

March 30, 2005

As a longtime and very recent visitor to Panama City Beach, I was deeply saddened at hearing of the death of Sgt. Kevin Kight. I've had several conversations with officers of the P.C.B. Police and always found them to be fine law enforcement officers. I did not know Sgt. Kight but I am sure he to fit in this mold. From what I have read he was loved by his fellow officers and the community. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes the terrible tragity of a line of duty death for the community to realize the hazards of law enforcement work. We all forget to just say thank you for the fine work done every day by law enforcement officers.
Kevin, Thank You for being who and what you were. Thank you for the sacrifice that you were willing to make to keep the community safe. To Kevins wife, child, family and friends, Thank You for the sacrifice that you have made to keep the community safe. Words cannot express the sorrow that you feel and I hope you understand how truely sorry we fellow officers are at your loss. To the community of Panama City Beach, you have sustained a loss that can never be replaced. Remember to say Thank You to those hero's that protect you Day and night.
To the officers of the Panama City Beach Police Department, our thoughts and prayers go out to you for the tragic loss you have sustained. Continue to work and keep those we have sworn to protect safe, but never forget what can and did happen. May this never happen again to your Department.

Sgt. Bruce VanValkenburg
Eau Claire Police Department, Eau Claire Wisconsin

March 30, 2005

WHAT IS A COP?

Cops are human ( believe it or not) just like the rest of us. They come in both sexes but mostly male. They also come in various sizes. This sometimes depends on whether you are looking for one or trying to hide something. However, they are mostly big.

Cops are found everywhere-on land, on the sea, in the air, on horses, in cars, sometimes in your hair. In spite of the fact that "you can't find one when you want one", they are usually there when it counts most. The best way to get one is to pick up the phone.

Cops deliver lectures, babies, and bad news. They are required to have the wisdom of Solomon, the disposition of a lamb and muscles of steel and are often accused of having a heart to match. He's the one who rings the door-bell, swallows hard and announces the passing of a loved one; then spends the rest of the day wondering why he ever took such a "crummy" job.

On TV, a cop is an oaf who couldn't find a bull fiddle in a telephone booth. In real life he's expected to find a little blond boy "about so high" in a crowd of a half million people. In fiction, he gets help from private eyes, reporters, and who-dun-it fans." In real life, mostly all he gets from the public is "I didn't see nuttin'."

When he serves a summons, he's a monster. If he lets you go, he's a doll. To little kids, he's either a friend or a bogeyman, depending on how the parents feel about it. He works "around the clock", split shifts, Sundays and holidays, and it always kills him when a joker says. "Hey tomorrow is Election Day, I'm off, let's go fishing" (that's the day he works 20 hours).

A cop is like the little girl, who, when she was good, was very, very good, but, when she was bad, was horrid. When a cop is good, "he's getting paid for it." When he makes a mistake, "he's a grafter, and that goes for the rest of them too." When he shoots a stick-up man he's a hero, except when the stick-up man is "only a kid, anybody coulda seen that."

Lots of them have homes, some of them covered with ivy, but most of them covered with mortgages. If he drives a big car, he's a chiseler; a little car, "who's he kidding?" His credit is good; this is very helpful, because his salary isn't. Cops raise lots of kids; most of them belong to other people.

A cop sees more misery, bloodshed, trouble, and sunrises than the average person. Like the postman, cops must also be out in all kinds of weather. His uniform changes with the climate, but his outlook on life remains about the same: mostly a blank, but hoping for a better world.

Cops like days off, vacations, and coffee. They don't like auto horns, family fights, and anonymous letter writers. They have unions, but they can't strike. They must be impartial, courteous, and always remember the slogan "At your service." This is sometimes hard, especially when a character reminds him, "I'm a taxpayer, I pay your salary."

Cops get medals for saving lives, stopping runaway horses, and shooting it out with the bandits (once in a while his widow gets the medal). But sometimes, the most rewarding moment comes when, after some small kindness to an older person, he feels the warm hand clasp, looks into grateful eyes and hears, "Thank you and God bless you."

Officer David Carroll
Choctaw Oklahoma

March 30, 2005