Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I do not know Jim. That doesn't matter. He's a fellow police officer. I lost two dear friends, also fellow officers, in a similar way. I share your pain. I realize your anger. From a cop in Virginia, my thoughts and prayers are with you all. Rick.

Sergeant Rick Gaddis
Newport News Police (VA)

February 6, 2006

I didn't know you, but I'm sure you were a great person. It's just terrible when something like this happens to someone who is completely innocent. God Bless you; and as for family and friends, please know that he is safe and happy now, waiting ti be with you once again someday.

Melanie S.
Rhode Island

February 6, 2006

Thank you for your dedicated service to your community and your department. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May they never forget your faithful service to your community and department and the brave HERO that you were. To the family, friends and co-workers, our heartfelt prayers and sympathies are with you. May God be with you all during this very sorrowful time. Words will never compensate the loss you have suffered. We pray that He now gives you all strength in your time of need. May you find peace in the thought, that we as friends in law enforcement, take this time to lift you up in prayer.

For your act of unselfish bravery and courage Officer Sell, we salute you. Blessed are the peacemakers.

Denise & Erin Hunter, Widow and Daughter
Sgt. Gregory L. Hunter, Grand Prairie, TX Police Dept., EOW 6-18-04

February 6, 2006

Thank you for helping keep our streets safe for our children. You will be missed by many even those who never knew you. You will be known as a hero forever! God Bless You!!

Massachusetts Citizen

February 6, 2006

IT IS NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS

NOR THE MAN WHO POINTS OUT HOW THE
STRONG MAN STUMBLES

OR WHERE THE DO’ER OF DEEDS COULD HAVE
DONE THEM BETTER

THE CREDIT ACTUALLY BELONGS TO THE MAN
IN THE ARENA!

WHOSE FACE IS MARRD BY SWEAT AND DUST
AND BLOOD

WHO STRIVES VALIANTLY

WHO ERRS AND COMES UP SHORT AGAIN AND
AGAIN

WHO KNOWS THE GREAT ENTHUSIASMS
THE GREAT DEVOTIONS

AND SPENDS HIMSELF IN A WORTHY CAUSE

WHO AT BEST, KNOWS IN THE END, THE
TRIUMPHS OF HIGH ACHIEVMENT

AND WHO AT WORST, IF HE FAILS, AT LEAST
FAILS WHILE DARING GREATLY

SO THAT HIS PLACE SHALL NEVER BE WITH
THOSE TIMID SOULS WHO KNOW NEITHER
DEFEAT NOR VICTORY

CIRCA: 1930’s
TEDDY ROOSEVELT


God Bless! We have the watch!

MPO TR Sherwood
Monroe PD, NC

February 6, 2006

“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

February 6, 2006

Rest in peace sir.

Trooper
Delaware State Police

February 6, 2006

H E R O

February 6, 2006

Words cannot express the gratitude and sorrow we feel. Everyday you risked you life for us and are not thanked enough in life. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. God Bless!

DAUGHTER OF AN OFFICER

February 6, 2006

Another loss for the "Thin Blue Line",The Family,Friends ,Co-Workers,The State of Arkansas and the United States, of Retired Capt Jim Sell who came back to the job he loved to serve on the line again. Go Bless you sir,,you are a Hero.

Officer Thomas Wiederhold #1890
Fort Worth Police,Tx

February 6, 2006

Your family is in our thoughts and prayers. What courage and honor you displayed. I pray for your coworkers. May God give them strength.

Wife of OKC Police Officer

February 6, 2006

my prayers are with your family as they face this difficult time.

Lawonda

February 6, 2006

You are in our thoughts and Prayers. May God watch over you and your family.

Trooper
Pa State Police

February 6, 2006

May you rest in peace. I will keep your family and friends in my prayers as they journey through this difficult grief. My family and I share their pain.
Kathy McEntee, sister of Sgt. Bill McEntee, EOW 7/5/05

February 6, 2006

Rest in peace my brother

Patrolman
Brush PD Colorado

February 6, 2006

A true hero! A man who dedicated his life to service, even though retired, he continued to work weekends. RIP brother!

Officer
St. Louis County PD, MO

February 6, 2006

On behalf of the chicago Police Memorial Foundation, we would like to express our deepest sympathy on the tragic loss of Officer Jim Sell. His name will never be forgotten.

CHICAGO POLICE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

February 6, 2006

my sympathy goes out to the family of offier Sell. May you rest in peace. Thanks for your dedicated service

February 6, 2006

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

February 6, 2006

Rest in Peace Jim, to your family and your department, we feel your pain, we lost a brother too. Our prayers are with you.

Sgt. J. Hagar
Independence Co. Sheriff's Dept.

February 6, 2006

So close to being able to enjoy your retirement. It is a great shame. You gave your life doing the job you clearly loved so much.

Rest in peace friend.

PC Dave STUBBS
Staffordshire Police, England

February 6, 2006

My wife and I would like to send our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Jim Sell of the Grassville Police Department. Thank you for your years of service and dedication. May God Bless.

Timothy T. Royster
Huntsville P. D., AL.

February 6, 2006

My heart goes out the the family and friends of Officer Sell, who gave his life in order to make this world a better place for all of us. God bless the family and Officers of the Gassville Police Department and may you find strength and comfort in your time of need.

Trooper Scott Cobel
Nevada Highway patrol

February 6, 2006

God Bless, Rest in Peace

Chief George Yaccich
Rochester Township Police, PA

February 6, 2006

Officer Sell thank you for your time and service. The watch is ours now..may you rest in peace

PTL. J. Postell
Sylva Police Department

February 6, 2006