Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

May God and St. Michael hold the soul of Police Officer Christopher Goodell, his family, friends and co-workers, in the palms of their hands, as Officer Goodell transitions from earth to Heaven.

Debbie Dempsey

retired 9-1-1 Operator
Prince George's County (MD) Public Safety Communications

July 17, 2014

Police Officer Christopher Goodell, during your tour of duty you served your country first as a United States Marine and then community as a police officer with honor and dignity. It is now your time to rest with all of the other heroes that have gone before you, we will carry on from here. To the family of Police Officer Christopher Goodell you all are in our thoughts and prayers, the Law Enforcement family will stand beside you. To the men and women of the Waldwick Police Department hold your heads high as you all carry on during these difficult times. Stay safe. Fair Winds and Following Seas Devil Dog

Detective Grade One Robert F. Jackson
Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Branch

July 17, 2014

My condolences and I pray that the strength and blessings of our Lord are received by Chris's family and his extended family at the Waldwick Police Department. Having not known Chris is my loss; but having retired from law enforcement and having served in the Corps, I have lost a brother in arms. The loss of a brother is the hardest thing, as it shows that we cared and that we loved. I know this, Chris cared and he loved this is of what he came from and what he did.

Rest in peace brother; please protect the streets of heaven until we are there to assume our shift.

Tim Bollig, Director / Cpl. (Ret) / Cpl
Snoqualmie Casino Safety & Security/San Diego Sheriff (Ret)/USMC

July 17, 2014

I will never forget you and all the great times we had together in the Marines. You brightened the lives of everyone around you. You were a true friend. I was an honor and a privilege to know you and serve with you. You will be missed Goodie, you were the best of us.

Matt Racioppo
Friend

July 17, 2014

The Mount Arlington Police Department sends our thoughts and prayers to Officer Goodell's family and the Waldwick Police Department. We are all to familiar with the situation, losing Officer Wargo almost 3 years ago in a very similar incident.

Rest in Peace Officer Goodell. You will never be forgotten.

Chief Keith Licata
Mount Arlington Police Department, NJ

July 17, 2014

God is with the Goodell family as are the prayers of everyone in law enforcement and their families. A tragic event which will cause a void that can never truly be filled, though if those who know and love Officer Goodell best keep him eternally in their hearts and minds, he will never really be gone.

God Bless and may you forever Rest in Peace, Brother.

To the out of state Deputy who rushed to assist Officer Goodell, you too are a true hero. You selflessly hastened to the assistance of a Brother Officer without hesitation or thought of your own safety. I thank God you are well and than you for your heroism.

Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

July 17, 2014

Rest in Peace Brother Goodell -Jersey Strong-

CSI Tom Ross
Coconino County Sheriffs Office, Flagstaff, AZ -SRPDNJ 1977-1989

July 17, 2014

First and foremost, my heart goes out to the Goodell family and his beautiful fiancé. You are all in my thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time.

I am lucky to have had the opportunity in this lifetime to call Chris my friend. He was a truly unique soul and wonderful person, no matter how much time passed between phone calls or run-ins, it was always as if we had just seen eachother. I will always remember his laugh and how he got everyone around him to laugh even more. He loved serving our country. He loved being a Marine and I remember so clearly how excited he was when he got the position of being a police officer in our home town. I haven't lived in Waldwick in years but my parents still do and I always felt a sense of security knowing he was there looking out for our lovely town and my family. This is quite a loss, one I can't even fully comprehend at the moment. It just doesn't seem real.

Thank you for your service, your friendship and all the laughs and memories throughout the years, Chris. You may be gone but you will never be forgotten.

Jessica Collins, WHS class of 2000
Friend

July 17, 2014

RIP Brother, thoughts & prayers for you, your family & fellow officers.

John DiLello, SCO Retired
NJ Dept of Corrections

July 17, 2014

Rest in peace Brother....my thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of the WPD during this most difficult and tragic time.....

Lt. Joseph Ward, Ret.
Jackson, NJ PD

July 17, 2014

Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

S. I. Drake, Lt/IPD (Ret)
Indianapolis Police

July 17, 2014

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Waldwick Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Anonymous

July 17, 2014

Rest In Peace brother, we will take it from here. Semper Fi to you sir. You are a hero to your country and your community. Our prayers go out to the family, friends, and his fellow officers.

Sgt Trevor Barber
Polk County Sheriff's Office/Iowa

July 17, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Goodell. I lost my boyfriend, David Loeffler (Minneapolis Police Department) on May 29, 2009. Please know that you are not alone in this journey of grief. We, the survivors of fallen law enforcement heroes, will be here to support you.

Denise Held
WI Concerns of Police Survivors - Board Secretary
Significant Other of Officer David Loeffler, EOW 5/29/09

Denise Held
WI C.O.P.S.

July 17, 2014

I also lost my Brother James Dickinson, Palm Beach Co Sheriff's Office in line of duty. You have given the ultimate sacrifice to your country and community. May God have mercy and comfort your family in this time of great loss. I also know how the family feels. God Bless you all.

Sgt. Gary Dickinson (Ret)
Broward County Sheriff's Office, Fl.

Sgt. Gary Dickinson - Ret.
Broward Sheriff's Office, Fl

July 17, 2014

Another "Hero" taken.
You helped make this world a safer place to live.
May God grant you eternal peace.
Prayers to your loved ones and to your department.

Det. (Ret) Billy Russo
Nassau County Police Dept., NY

July 17, 2014

Prayers for the Family, Officers , Friends. and the community.

Lt Koch (Res)
Bremen PD IN

July 17, 2014

Rest in peace, Officer Goodell. Thank you for your service to our country and to your community. Your ultimate sacrifice and that of your family will not be forgotten. Prayers for your family, friends, Waldwick PD and many law enforcement brothers and sisters. Godspeed, Hero.

Kathy B
Grateful Citizen

July 17, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Goodell's family and his Brothers and Sisters in Blue. Rest in peace.

Deputy Johanna Polo
Monroe County Sheriffs Dept Rochester NY

July 17, 2014

Officer Goodell.

I am so sorry for what happened as I can tell you are a true patriot. First having served with the Marine Corps and then following on as a Law Officer.

I know that you served with honor and dignity. I pray for your family and friends. May you Rest In Peace my friend

Detention Officer Texas

July 17, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your famil. You are a Hero Officer Goodell. Thank you for doing your job. Rest in peace Dear Brother. God Bless. "HEROES LIVE FOREVER"

CATHERINE A. GARIBAY SANCHEZ
SURVIVING SISTER of DEPUTY SHERIFF
STEVEN GARIBAY EOW 2/10/1987

July 17, 2014

Thank you for your service and commitment to your agency, community, and country. RIP Brother.

Chief of Police (Ret) Dennis Neary
Coal City, Ill.

July 17, 2014

Rest in peace brother.

Trooper Anthony Tettis
Pennsylvania State Police

July 17, 2014

IN MEMORY OF POLICE OFFICER CHRISTOPHER GOODELL

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officer Christopher Goodell:

From the beginning of time after Cain killed his brother, Abel, there has been a need for law enforcement officers to protect the weak and to bring evildoers to justice. This work is necessary in a sinful world and is dangerous. In modern times, some four hundred and seventy law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of New Jersey. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Police Officer Christopher Goodell, of the Waldwick, New Jersey Police Department; who was killed in-the-line of duty when his patrol vehicle was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer unit, while parked along the shoulder and running radar on Route 17, in Waldwick, New Jersey, on Thursday, July 17, 2014, and forced into a retaining wall.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Police Officer Christopher Goodell. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Police Officer Christopher Goodell and honor his sacrifice. Be with the family, friends, and colleagues of this fallen hero. Comfort them and give them your strength. Guide those who seek to take care of the family of this hero. May those empowered to do so, care for them with integrity. In commemorating the death of this hero, help those who mourn to remember that death is not the end. Death does not have the final say, but is simply the transition to the glorious life to come. They should look forward to that life to come with joy and thanksgiving.

As for the citizens of Waldwick, New Jersey, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers with the best tools to protect their community. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of Waldwick, New Jersey, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Waldwick, New Jersey, to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their community.

The time for mourning will soon pass. We have now remembered and celebrated the life lost in this great tragedy. As the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officer Christopher Goodell go forward, they must celebrate the good things in their lives; and to celebrate life itself!

Finally, Lord God, we pray for the families, friends, and colleagues of all the law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line-of-duty and we thank you for their sacrifices. Bless the lives of their families, friends, and colleagues so they might find healing. Help their law enforcement organizations support the families of these fallen heroes. Even though their deaths might have been senseless, make something good come out of these situations so that their law enforcement organizations and the communities in which they lived and served might be stronger because of their lives and their deaths.

Amen.

Lord God, hear our prayers.

Now, may the Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen.


In His Service,

Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department

July 17, 2014

Officer Goodell,
May you rest in Heavenly Peace. May your family be forever watched over and blessed. May your friends and colleagues find comfort. Please watch over us from on high.
We will see you again dear Sir.
Thank you for your service. I will never forget your sacrifice or the sacrifice of your family.
Greater Love Hath No Man....
Prayers for all involved.

Kristi
Surviving Daughter of Special Agent J. Robert Porter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E.O.W. 8/9/79

July 17, 2014