Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

JOSH,
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FAMILY'S PAIN BECAUSE I HAVE LOST MY OWN MOTHER, AND NOW I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO LOSE A BROTHER. WE DID IT JOSH....GRADUATED THE ACADEMY.....SERVED OUR TIME IN THE JAIL....AND FINALLY GOT CUT LOOSE, AND GOT OUR OWN UNITS. I REMEMBER THE DAYS IN THE ACADEMY WE ALL JUST WANTED TO GET OUT THERE AND BE POLICE OFFICERS....WE DID IT BROTHER.......YOU DID IT!!! ILL NEVER FORGET PICKING ON YOU OUR LITTLE "CHUCK" NORRIS...FIGHTING WITH YOU OVER WHO WAS GOING TO GET TASERED FIRST. LITTLE CHUCK YOU HAD THE HEART OF A GIANT. I PRAY THAT GOD CAN EASE EVERYONE'S PAIN, YOU TOUCHED SO MANY IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. YOU DID IT JOSH...YOU EVEN PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE,AND I PROMISE NO ONE WILL FORGET IT. YOUR A HERO IN MY EYES, AND ALTHOUGH IT HURTS YOUR WHERE HERO'S BELONG.....WALKING A BEAT IN HEAVEN. MAY GOD EASE YOUR FAMILY'S PAIN AND HELP THEM THROUGH THESE HARD TIMES. GET A PLACE READY FOR US UP THERE, BECAUSE WE WILL MET AGAIN. REST IN PEACE BROTHER.

DEPUTY M. MONSON
JPSO THIRD DISTRICT

July 8, 2007

YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL MORE THEN ANY OTHER OFFICER. BOTH OF YOUR BROTHERS (J.P.S.O. POLICE OFFICERS) SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOU.

NOW IT'S TOUR TURN TO WATCH OVER US AND TO KEEP US SAFE. YOU ARE 10-8 EVERYTIME WE ARE 10-8.

July 8, 2007

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO. MY SYMPATHY TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND DEPARTMENT.

Deputy Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office

July 8, 2007

Rest in peace Deputy Sheriff Norris, you and your family willl be in my prayers.

Shelly
Citizen

July 8, 2007

Working as a Dispatcher, we don't usually have a face to go with the voice & JP number we talk to everday. Well, JP276, Josh, I feel I was honored to have met you. It is so ironic that less than a month ago you got into your first 108, I was joking with you about being tough. Well, not only do i think your tough, but a hero. A promising officer's life cut tragically short. Please know that you will not be forgotten. On behalf of everyone at the Communications Center, I send my condolences to his family. We will keep you in our prayers & close to our hearts.

Angela Huggins-OP29
Dispatcher-Nightwatch

July 8, 2007

My prayers go out to your fiance, family, friends, and fellow brother and sister officers.Also to the citizens that you gave the ultimate sacrifice for in serving and protecting. As a dispatcher all I pray for each shift I work, is the safe return of "my" officers. This breaks my heart, another senseless death. "A Hero does not become a Hero by their death, but by how they lived their life."I know that Angels have carried you into the heavens above where God has you 10-4 forever in his care. God Bless!

Police Dispatcher Sara Singleton
Howard County Maryland Police Communications 911 Center

July 8, 2007

Thank-you for your dedication and service to your community. You have truly given all. Our prayers are with your family and you department. God Bless you Deputy Norris.

sergeant
Portage MI PD

July 8, 2007

Rest in peace.

Deputy M. Purvis
Former Kenner P.D.

July 8, 2007

God bless you brother.

DFC Daniel O'Donnell
Orange County Sheriff's Office (FL)

July 8, 2007

Thank You for your dedication and sacrifice. You performed your job admirably. Rest in Peace Brother.

I AM A WARRIOR
by Jon F. Hooper

I fight not for glory or fame,
For they are momentary.
I fight for those who can't.
I fight for Justice.
I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden.
And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets,
For I serve to protect the innocent.
It matters not where or when,
For evil knows no boundaries.
Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny,
I will not flee.
Justice is my weapon.
Faith is my shield.
Hope is my armor.
Cry not at my passing,
For it was my Honor to fight for you.
Shed not tears of sorrow,
But tears of joy,
For now,
I stand with God.

CBP Officer - Port of Honolulu
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

July 8, 2007

Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Sparling
Mesquite PD

July 8, 2007

Your courage - never failing,
your intent - never waivering,
your honor - never ending.

Rest easy, brother, we've got it from here.

To Deputy Norris' family and friends, and all of the JPSO - our prayers for peace and comfort in this time.

Ofc. Alan Mitchell
Alaska DJJ

July 8, 2007

I WISH I HADN'T SIGNED ON AND GOTTEN THIS EMAIL.....BUT I DID.... ALL I CAN SAY IS MY HEART BREAKS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY~!! TOO YOUNG, TO MEET SUCH EVIL~!! I ALSO MARRIED TO AN OFFICER THAT HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR THE PAST 22 YEARS AND HAS JUST GRADUATED FROM THE "FBI ACADEMY"...AND TO THIS DAY, I WILL NEVER, EVER UNDERSTAND THE LODGIC, WITH THE VESTS WE WEAR~!!! WHY CAN'T THEY MAKE ONE THAT HAS SOME KIND OF FLAP, THAT PROTECTS YOUR "UNDERARM"???"
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE DEPUTY NORRIS. WE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE~! Gail Hosmer
Retired CO.....married to Senior Investigator Narcotics, NY

retired c/o Gail Hosmer

July 8, 2007

"It's remarkable. When one falls, they just keep going until the job is done. They refuse to stop and show their feelings. But when its all over, these same men and women come from all around. Places you've never heard of. They even manage to smile, though the tears are hanging off their cheeks. Many had never met before but they still called eachother names like brother and friend. It's like they'd known eachother for years. They're the closest group of strangers I ever met.... like one big family"

-Janice Soulette

Rest in peace Joshua. Our sincere thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and fellow officers. Your brother and sister deputies to the north will never allow you to be forgotten.

Patrol Division
Knox County Sheriff's Office, Rockland Maine

July 8, 2007

Heaven has another hero. Rest in peace brother, we have the watch.

CO M.S.
AZCOPA-Tucson/ADOC

July 8, 2007

Thank you! You will be sadly missed! May you rest in peace!

Chrissy Nelson
friend and co-worker of jessica's

July 8, 2007

May God bless you, Josh Norris. Your time here is done. Follow the path to heaven paved by the many who've taken the path before you. They are waiting for their brother, their friend, their HERO.

Paincourtville Volunteer Fire Department

July 8, 2007

Rest in peace, Joshua! Your duty here has ended.

Darren Cavalier
Friend

July 8, 2007

rest in peace brother.

Dep. Anthony Peshoff
Calcasieu Parish S.O

July 7, 2007

The prayers of myself and my family go out to the family of Deputy Joshua Norris. He made the ulimate sacrifice and should be remembered as a true hero. My prayers also go out to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

Cpl. Casey Lafargue
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office

July 7, 2007

My thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and agency of Deputy Norris. May the wings of Angels wrap around you and comfort you. It saddens my heart this man was taken at such a young age. He had his whole life before him.

Linda D.
Dispatcher, Wyoming Highway Patrol

July 7, 2007

May God Bless you with all he has to offer...may your fiance know that God had a greater need.....
rest in peace young brother...rest in in peace

Deputy Constable LC Downing
Wharton County Texas Pct 2

July 7, 2007

Saint Michael, heaven's glorious commissioner of police,who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premisesof all its undesirables, look with kindly and professionaleyes on your earthly force.

Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for investigation and wise judgment.

Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores, strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.

You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences with the devil, that the police officer's lot on earth is not always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the devil, and your angelic self-control give us inspiration.

And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all the people. Amen.

Brian Bonanno

July 7, 2007

May you Rest In Peace Brother officer. We'll take the watch from here on. My condolences to your fiancee, family, and fellow officers.

PO Fred Nordt
Lake Success PD, Long Island, NY

July 7, 2007

Gods Speed, Rest in Peace

Ptlm. Ben Ash
Parkside Police, Parkside Pa.

July 7, 2007