Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest on my brother and thank you for dedicating your life to helping others...

Deputy Mary Boseman
Columbia County Sheriff's Office Appling, GA

September 28, 2006

Rest in Peace Brother Holcomb, your watch has ended and your brothers and sisters will carry on in your memory.
To Sgt. Holcombs family my most sincere condolences, another Hero was gone to Heaven.

Officer
Chillicothe PD

September 28, 2006

My deepest thoughts and prayers are with Sgt. Holcomb'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 28, 2006

May you rest in peace. We will keep the fight. May god bless your friends and family during these trying times.

Patrol Officer
Gadsden Police Bomb Squad

September 28, 2006

Rest, brother.

Cpl Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

September 28, 2006

God Bless Sergeant Holcomb

September 28, 2006

To the family, friends, and officers that knew Sgt Holcomb, 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 28, 2006

May you Rest in Peace and may Our Lord send His angels to comfort your loved ones.

September 28, 2006

A POLICEMAN'S PRAYER
BROTHER WHEN YOU WEEP FOR ME REMEMBER THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
LAY ME DOWN AND WHEN YOU LEAVE REMEMBER I'LL BE AT YOUR SIDE...IN EVERY DARK AND DREARY ALLEY I'LL BE THERE AS YOU SLOWLY TREAD, ON EVERY STREET CORNER IN THE DRIVING SNOW I'LL HOLD YOUR COAT AND YOU WILL KNOW.
IN PLACES WHERE THE DEVIL IS AFRAID TO WALK...
AT DOORS WHERE YOU MEET RESISTANCE...
IN HOUSES WHERE CHILDREN HIDE...
YOU KNOW I'LL BE AT YOUR SIDE.
THE PLACE FROM WHICH I NOW RESPOND IS OVERSTAFFED WITH HEROES GONE...MEN WHO ANSWERED ONE LAST JOB AND DID IT WELL.
AS POLICEMEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CARD DEALT IN OUR HAND...A CARD WE HOPE WE NEVER PLAY BUT WE HOLD IT THERE ANYWAY.
THE CARD IS SOMETHING WE IGNORE AS WE STAND ON THAT THIN BLUE LINE EVERY TOUR...FOR WE KNOW THAT WE ARE THE ONLY PRAYER FOR MANY OUT THERE.
SO REMEMBER, AS YOU WIPE YOUR TEARS, THE JOY I HAVE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS...AS THE JOB I LOVED TO DO I PRAY THAT THIS THOUGHT WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.

-AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Detective John Halligan
Philadelphia Police Department

September 28, 2006

My sympathies to the family of Sergeant Holcomb.

Nantucket FD

September 28, 2006

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Sergeant Dale Holcomb as well as to the Ohio Highway Patrol. Rest in peace Sergeant Holcomb, you are gone but will not be forgotten...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

September 28, 2006

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

September 28, 2006

Thank you for your service....still protecting and serving.

Teresa S.
In Memory of Ethan Collins, E.O.W 1/4/06

September 28, 2006

What a tragedy! God bless your families, your post and your agency during their time of need! Lean on each other during this terrible time for support!

Sgt. Holcomb
Thank you HERO for your service to the Highway Patrol and the citizens of Ohio! May you continue your watch from the heavens above!

Ohio Dispatcher

September 28, 2006

My family would like to send our condolences to the family, friends, and fellow co-workers of Sergeant Dale Holcomb~you're in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time. May God give you the strength to carry on and help heal your hearts. May you find comfort and support with those around you.
God Bless You and Rest In Peace, Sergeant Holcomb!

Gail M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit P.O. Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

September 28, 2006

Fellow Sergeant and Brother,

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. May you rest in peace.

Sergeant Jeff Beazizo
WSP

September 28, 2006

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

Det. Duke #1642, CPPA 2nd VP
Cleveland PD/Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Assoc

September 28, 2006

Rest in peace my brother in blue. Now you can walk Heaven's beat. Your family, friends, and co-workers with the Ohio Highway Patrol are in my thoughts and prayers.

God Bless

Sr. Officer D. Johns
City of Sandy Springs Police, GA

September 28, 2006

REST IN PEACE BROTHER! WE GOT IT FROM HERE.

TROOPER
NJSP

September 28, 2006

It is a time of sorrow, it is a time of grief, and it is a sad time for officers and families during this sudden loss of life. We here at Cops Evangelist Ministries will have you in our prayers daily for the following days of grief. Remember that officers are honored to protect us on our homeland and we thank them for their sacrifice.

Joe Taylor
Cops Evangelist Ministries

Joe Taylor (Former FL LEO)

September 28, 2006

Sergeant Holcomb,
Your loss will be felt by all in law enforcement. You and your family are in our prayers. Rest Easy Brother!

Dep. Paul Sperandeo, Ofc. Amy Sperandeo
Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office, Gretna Police Dept. La

September 28, 2006

God speed, Sarge...

Wife of A Trooper

September 28, 2006

Sergeant Holcomb thank you for your many years of service to the citizens of Ohio. May God bless you and your loved ones. May God give your loved ones the strength to endure during this difficult time. Rest in peace my brother.

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

September 28, 2006

Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.

Police Officer

September 28, 2006

On behalf of the men and women of the Camillus Police Department, our deepest sympathys to the family, friends and co-workers of Sergeant Dale R. Holcomb. Rest in Peace Brother, we now have the Watch.

PBA
Town of Camillus Police Department, CNY

September 28, 2006