Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

TO: The family; loved ones; friends and department members: 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 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 upon 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. *** REST IN PEACE ***

Chief ( retired ) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

October 1, 2005

Rest in peace Brother Jamie, you are a true hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.


Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

September 30, 2005

On behalf of the men and women of the La Habra Police Department we send our thoughts and condolences to the Waynesboro Police Department and the family of Corporal Walker. It doesn't matter where we work, when one of our brothers or sisters fall, we all feel the pain and the loss. Rest in peace Corporal Walker. You will never be forgotten.

Sergeant Jeff Baylos
La Habra PD, California

September 30, 2005

My prayers go out to your family and friends, this will be one of the hardest things they will ever have to do. May they find comfort in each other, and in the memories they have with you. Thank you for your sacrifice, and may it or you never be forgotten.

September 30, 2005

Jamie answered the call and made the ultimate sacrifice. My sympathy and prayers are with Cpl. Walker's family and friends.
I am a better person for having known him.
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me."
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Clay Jones (Instructor)
Southern Regional Public Safety Inst.

September 30, 2005

My heart and prayers are with the wife, young children, family, friends and coworkers of Corporal Walker. May this fine officer's children know that their dad is a true HERO and will not be forgotten. God bless you all.

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

September 30, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Corporal James Walker, his good deeds to his community and country will always be remembered. May God bless you.

Chief Ferrell J. Stewart
Cooter, MO Police Department

September 30, 2005

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

September 30, 2005

Our Greatest Fear

Yet once again the Thin Blue Line is diminished,
an officer’s final tour of duty is finished.
"Officer down", it’s our greatest fear,
and once again, I hold back a tear.
They patrol in the state, city, county and town,
in uniforms colored white, green, blue and brown.
The shape of their badges may vary,
but it’s a symbol that they all, proudly carry.
They leave for work with a kiss goodbye,
but some don’t come home, no matter how hard they try.
To uphold the law is the job that they pick,
with such high aspirations, why must some die so quick?
They leave behind loved ones, family and friends,
after their lives have met tragic ends.
Some die in crashes, others hearts not too stout,
to many have been lost when gunshots ring out.
Our Heavenly Father has called them home,
no more these dark streets do they roam.
Through trial and error they have given their best,
please Lord, now grant them eternal rest.
Yet once again the Thin Blue Line is diminished,
an officer’s final tour of duty is finished.
"Officer down", it’s our greatest fear,
and once again I hold back a tear.


Corporal Walker, thank you for all you have given! You will never be forgotten!!

Officer Justin W Yohe
Sweetser Police Department, Sweetser Indiana

September 30, 2005

May you Rest in Peace and God Bless

Detective
Albuquerque Police Department

September 30, 2005

OFFICER WALKER REST IN THE PEACE GOD GIVE.

GILBERT DANIEL

September 30, 2005

Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

Be at peace Brother.

Heartfelt sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Corporal Walker.

Ofc. Scott Bachman/BCOPD

September 30, 2005

May the Lord bless you and your family during this difficult time. Rest in peace Sir.

Cpl. Thomas Derrer
Swiss Army, MP Service

September 30, 2005

May the Lord bless you and your family during this difficult time. Rest in peace Sir.

Cpl. Thomas Derrer
Swiss Army, MP Sr

September 30, 2005

A total waste of a good man over a stupid car may the EVIL COWARD that decided that a stupid car was worth a officers life pay with his life. I prey that the laws of Mississippi are more harsh than ours. May God be with the family and co-workers. The city of Waynesboro and a greatful nation will be forever in your debt

Cpl Gary Mintz, Director Traffic Enf.
Henderson Co. Sheriff's Office North Carolina

September 30, 2005

The policeman stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, policeman.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"

The policeman squared his shoulders and said,
"No lord, I guess I ain't,
Because those of us who carry a badge
can't always be a saint."

I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
Because the streets are awfully tough.

But I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at time I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fear.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly,
For the judgement of his god.

"Step forward now, policeman,
You've born your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in hell"

GREGG HOUSTON
SOUTH CAROLINA

September 30, 2005

My deepest sympathies to the family, friends and co-workers of Cpl. Walker; may he rest in peace.

Linda Lamm - LEO Wife and Sister of
Jay Balchunas EOW 11.05.04

September 30, 2005

Rest in peace brother, you are a hero to us all.

Officer Shaun McCready
Allegheny Township (PA) Police Department

September 30, 2005

My wife and I would like to send our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Corporal James C. Walker. Thank you for your years of service and dedication. We all share in the loss of losing one of our own. May God Bless.

Officer Timothy T. Royster
Huntsville Police Department, AL.

September 30, 2005

Cpl. Walker, your family in blue across the world mourns your loss but I know none feel your loss more deeply than those who worked with you, knew and loved you, and to whom you dedicated your life. God bless you all in Waynesboro and know that Jamie will never truly leave so long as he's in your hearts.

Ptl. Jim Leahy Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

September 30, 2005

Thank you Corporal Walker for giving your life to serve and protect the people of Waynesboro. I am certain that though you may not have always been told how much you meant to your community, I am almost sure you were aprreciate way beyond words could ever describe. GOD BLESS YOU!! Please continue to watch over from up above.

Ryan Temple
Pike County Sheriff's Dept.

September 30, 2005

“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

September 30, 2005

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Corporal Jamie Walker, and the Waynesboro P.D. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of great sadness. Please take comfort in knowing that your extended law enforcement family grieves with you. Corporal Walker, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

September 30, 2005

Again we mourn as another hero is taken from us. My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Corporal Walker. 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 to protect and serve others safely.

US Ranger Catroppa
National Park Service GA

September 30, 2005

On behalf of the men and women of the Camillus Police Department, our deepest sympathy's to the family, friends and co-workers of Corporal James Walker. Rest in Peace Brother, we now have the Watch.

PBA
Town of Camillus Police Department, NY

September 30, 2005