Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Rodney Joseph Johnson

Houston Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Thursday, September 21, 2006

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Reflections for Officer Rodney Joseph Johnson

May you always rest in peace and may your family know that you died a hero.

Ofc. S.D. Hall Jr.
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police

September 22, 2006

My prayers and thoughts to all who knew and now miss Officer Johnson.

May God lay His healing hands upon the family.

Retired Captain Joe L. Gilliland
Danville, KY PD

September 22, 2006

Thank you for your service to your country and your community. My prayers are with you and your family. Rest In Peace

Patrolman
League City Police Department, Texas

September 22, 2006

My deepest thoughts and prayers are with Officer Johnson's wife, children, family, friends and co-workers. I was married to Alabama State Trooper Brian Nichols EOW 2/17/2002 and I am now married to Washington County Sheriff Deputy A.V. Carpenter. All of your COPS family is here for you and hurting for you. We all became a family when our loved ones became police officers and now we have even a stronger bond when one of our family members go down. We are here for you to help you along this journey you now have joined with us. God bless you all.

Denise Nichols Carpenter
Vice President of Alabama COPS

September 22, 2006

Officer Johnson thank you for your service to your fellowman. You are a hero. May God bless you and your loved ones. Rest in peace my brother. May God grant your loved ones the strength to endure during this difficult time.

State Constable J.L. Green
S.C. State Constables

September 22, 2006

Rest in peace my brother

Patrolman
Brush PD Colorado

September 22, 2006

To the family, friends, and officers that knew Officer Johnson, my thoughts and prayers are with you as you face the trying times ahead of you. Please know your not alone.

Here I am, lost in the light of the moon that comes through my window
Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you and the roses

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Here I am, lost in the ashes of time, but who wants tomorrow?
In between the longing to hold you again
I'm caught in your shadow, I'm losing control
My mind drifts away, we only have today

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way
I will sacrifice 'til the blinding day when I see your eyes
Now I'm living in your afterglow

When the veils are gone as I let you go, as I let you go

Touch me and I will follow in your afterglow
Heal me from all this sorrow
As I let you go I will find my way, I will sacrifice
Now I'm living in your afterglow

Bathed in blue, the walls of my memory divide the thorns from the roses
It's you who is closest

Erin Gibson
Wife of a CSPD Officer

September 22, 2006

GO IN PEACE MY BROTHER

OFC RUTH
BALTIMORE COUNTY P.D.

September 22, 2006

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Officer Rodney Johnson, and the Houston 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. Officer Johnson, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

September 22, 2006

What a terrible situation.

Officer Johnson, thank you for your service to the citizens of Texas and of the United States.

Watch over your family as they move through this terrible period in their lives. Watch over your brothers and sisters in uniform as they continue the watch.

Rest in peace.

Michelle - wife of Retired LEO

September 22, 2006

Thank you for your bravery and courage and your sacrifice will not be in vain. You are a hero and a hero never dies! Rest in peace and always watch over your family and your brother sister officers from up above.

Cpl/1 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police

September 22, 2006

Such a tragic ending to a Hero who swore to protect and serve the city of Houston. My heart goes out to the family of Officer Johnson and to the Houston Police Dept.

Derek

September 22, 2006

Thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and all of the HPD during this time of grief. Officer Johnson, rest in peace.....a true hero gone too soon.

Officer J.M. Lane
McKinney Texas PD former Suffolk Virginia PD

September 22, 2006

On behalf of the men and women of he Camillus Police Department, our deepest sympathys to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Rodney Johnson. Rest in Peace Brother, we now have the Watch.

PBA
Town of Camillus Police Department, CNY

September 22, 2006

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

September 22, 2006

I was saddened to hear of the death of Officer Johnson. While I do not know him personally, he was a person who placed his life in danger daily on the streets to protect people such as me. I am a correctional officer with TDCJ and Officer Johnson was a former officer. His dedication to law enforcement and corrections is commendable. The State of Texas has lost a true hero.

Ricky Minton, Correctional Officer III
Texas Department of Criminal Justice

September 22, 2006

Rest in peace, brother.

Officer R. Law

September 22, 2006

My sincere condolences to the family and friends of Ofc. Rodney Johnson and to the entire Houston Police Department. Thank you Ofc. Johnson for your years of dedicated service and ultimate sacrafice to your country and community. God Speed.

Ofc. Eric Chiang
San Francisco Police Department - Bayview District

September 22, 2006

Fairwell brother. RIP

Police Officer Brian Koehn
Archie Mo Police Dept.

September 22, 2006

Words can not express the sadness I feel for your family. May God rest your soul Officer Johnson. Thank you for your service. We will take it from here brother....

Sr. Corp. Rhonda Richeson
Dallas Police Department

September 22, 2006

YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY AND TODAY IS A GIFT.

OFFICER JOHNSON, YOU REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND. I SALUTE YOU! MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU DID NOT LOSE YOUR LIFE, YOU GAVE IT IN SERVICE TO OTHERS. A TRUE HERO INDEED.

THOSE CLOSE TO THIS HERO, PLEASE TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS ACROSS THIS LAND, GRIEVE WITH YOU. KEEP HIM IN YOUR HEART, AND PASS HIS STORY ALONG. MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

JIM SWEENEY CIVILIAN NEW JERSEY
A FRIEND TO ALL PEACE OFFICERS

September 22, 2006

I will say a prayer for you and your family. Rest in peace my brother.

Officer Randy M Taylor
DOJ

September 22, 2006

Though we only met a few times downtown at the jail, I remember you as a great person and an awsome police officers. I am so sorry what happened this evening and we will be there for your family. Rest in peace and let us handle it from here. All of our prayers are for your family to be conforted the best they can through this awful tragedy.

S. Hall
Harris County,Tx

September 22, 2006

My condolences to the family of Officer Rodney Johnson, may he rest in peace.

Ofc. Albritton
UTPD

September 21, 2006

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God.

Dispatcher Ted Smith
Martin, TN Police Dept.

September 21, 2006

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