Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

FOR THE FAMILY THE AND THE AGENCY OF Corporal Charles Richard (Chuck) Nesbitt Jr., We Are sorry for your lost, our thoughts, and prayers are with you all. God Bless that man.

PFC. McWethy
Berkeley County Sheriffs Office-Detention Center

January 22, 2011

RIP brother....May God Bless your family and Agency in this time of loss

Officer JS Eschert
City of Concord,NC

January 22, 2011

Sorry for the loss of such a good person who would do anything for anyone . He will always be remembered as a great man who loved his community.

Jan Whitaker
friend

January 22, 2011

Chuck was an amazing person. He always smiled, laughed and spoke to everyone he saw. We were on the department softball team together and enjoyed every game. We are truely blessed to have him as a Sumter Police Officer. God speed my friend.

Master Patrolman W.E. Little
Sumter PD

January 22, 2011

For Corporal Charles Richard (Chuck) Nesbitt, Jr.:

Our duty takes us onto one of the most dangerous battlefields - a United States highway. The patrol officer's risk is intensified by the increased amount of time behind the wheel and during the mulitiple tasks that subject us to hazards in traffic. We regret that our brother Chuck would become the next statistic in a crash on patrol. Fate, it appears, has deemed it to be so.

We pray for Chuck's family, friends, co-workers and all who care about him. We pray that they reach-out to one another in the days ahead.

I am proud to render Corporal Charles Nesbitt a final salute.

Cpl. Ralph D. Fiorenza (Ret.)
Pennsylvania State Police

January 22, 2011

My thoughts and prayers are with your family, true and blue. May God give you strength and comfort you. God has now given my brother in blue wings and he will always be remembered.

PSO Leslie Moore
Medical University of S.C. Public Safety

January 22, 2011

Sending prayers to Cpl. Nesbitt's family & c0-workers at this very sad time. RIP Chuck and thank you for your service.

Ofc. Rob Trevino
Clinton Village Police Department (MI)

January 22, 2011

My thoughts and prayers are with Corporal Nesbitt, his family, friends, and the entire Sumter Police Department. Thank you for your service Corporal Nesbitt. We've got the watch from here.

Sergeant
Fredericksburg Police Department

January 22, 2011

Thoughts and prayers to your family and friends. Gone but not forgotten.

Deputy N. Bell
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office

January 22, 2011

Thank you for your years of service and dedication to your community. Bless your family. Brother, we now have the watch. Godspeed.

Deputy R. L. Matthews N.C.
Father of Deputy C. Brian Matthews EOW 9-30-05

January 22, 2011

God Bless Cpl Nesbit, his famly and friends. "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." Abraham Lincoln

Ofc Jeffrey Blose
Lake Alfred Police Department (FL)

January 22, 2011

Rest in peace, Corporal Nesbitt. Thank you for your service to your community. Your sacrifice and that of your family will never be forgotten. Prayers for your family, friends, and fellow law enforcement brothers & sisters. Godspeed, Hero.

Kathy B
Citizen

January 22, 2011

My prayers are with your friends and family. Rest in Peace. Thank you for your service Corporal Nesbitt.

PO
NYPD 44pct

January 22, 2011

I hope Chuck will rest in peace. I enjoyed our time together working the streets, and looking out for each other. He will be missed greatly. Sumter police dept has lost a really great officer.

Former CPL Rob Bryan
Sumter PD CShift

January 22, 2011

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whose blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell

Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
Used with Special Permission of the Author
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and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell (Retired)
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

January 22, 2011

you are now serving alongside honorable and serving brothers and sisters who like you have paid the ultimate in protecting and serving God's children in their communities. Those brothers and sisters left behind will keep your record on loyalty, honor, courage and integrity alive in your community for years to come and they will care for your family. Rest in peace, God is your new leader. In Christ.

T
Phoenix AZ PD, AZ State Chap. FOP

January 22, 2011

My deepest sympathy to the family, friends, and colleagues of this Corporal, who paid the ultimate price for protecting us all. May God bless and comfort those who are mourning his loss at this sad, sad time.

Beverly Frederick, retired dispatcher
Miami-Dade Police Department

January 22, 2011

My condolences to the family, friends and department!! RIP!

Retired Linda Fleming
Euclid Police~Ohio

January 22, 2011

RIP Chuck. The Sumter PD & Furman High Families have lost a good man. You will be missed.

Vanessa Durant
Sumter County Summary Court

January 22, 2011

Chuck, I appreciate being able to know you all through school and then continuing through our career that we loved dearly. It has been an honor working with you as a brother in blue. God bless you my brother as you continue your watch over us with the rest of our guardian angels. You will be truly missed, but always carried in our hearts.

Sr. Inv. Tripp Mays
Sumter County Sheriff's Office

January 22, 2011

RIP Corporal Chuck Nesbitt Jr.

Our prayers to your family & friends.

Sgt. Randy Keenan (RET)
Alameda, CA Police Dept.

January 22, 2011

Thank you Corporal Nesbitt Jr. for your unselfish and heroic duty for the fine citizens of Sumter, South Carolina. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and your department. You are a true American hero !!! May you forever, rest in peace, sir !!!!

Mitch Cheselka
Sergeant, CA/OR Retired

January 22, 2011

My thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and co-workers of Corporal Charles Richard ( Chuck )Nesbitt Jr. Another Hero taken too soon. May God comfort you and your family as you go and touch the face of God.
Your service and sacrifice and bravery to the citizens of Sumter South Carolina will not be forgotten. God Speed and God Bless. Rest in Peace Sir.

VIPS 750 Jeff Claybern
Alexandria Kentucky Police Department

January 22, 2011

Chuck we had good times in Basic Class 415. May you now reSt in peace.

Trooper M.O. Southern
SC Highway Patrol

January 22, 2011

R I P

Kelly Brooks
Houston PD

January 22, 2011