Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service! A true American Hero

Hayden Johnson, Director
Marion County Ky Emergency Management

September 14, 2014

Thank you for your service, Deputy Norris, and may you rest in peace.

Greg Leeb
Grandson of retired NYPD officer/Cousin of Oregon State Police Trooper

September 14, 2014

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (Retired)
Mobile County Child Support Enforcement
Mobile County, Alabama

September 14, 2014

Great guy...Rest well Brother

Deputy Sheriff Brandon McDaniel
Spalding S.O.

September 14, 2014

Rest, brother.

Cpl Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

September 14, 2014

May God bless the family of Deputy Norris, as well as Sheriff Bittick and the family at the MCSO. May God's Spirit give all of you the peace and comfort that only He can provide as you mourn the loss of your hero, loved one and friend.

Chaplain Mark Campbell
Morristown TN Police Department

September 14, 2014

Prayers to his family, friends and department. My heart goes out to you. Thank you Officer Norris for your service. Your brothers will take the watch from hwre.

LEOW Michelle McCoy
LEO Wife-California

September 14, 2014

RIP LEO BROTHER, MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR PARTNER AT THIS SADDEN TIME. I PRAY THAT GOD DID NOT LET YOU FEEL ANY PAIN DURING THIS INCIDENT, MAY GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY AND WATCH OVER THEM AND GIVE THEM PEACE IN THE DAYS AHEAD...

CPL. MICHAEL HOLLOWAY #4504
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (GA)

September 14, 2014

Rest in Peace Deputy Norris. My thoughts and prayers are with the Norris Family and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office Wayne, NJ

September 14, 2014

Prayers for my brothers.. and thier family

Lt. Burdell Schubert
NJDOC

September 14, 2014

I am saddened for the for the loss of Deputy Norris. My thoughts and prayers are with the Norris family and friends, and your department. Rest in Peace Brother and know that your ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Tpr. Scott Wehler
Michigan State Police

September 14, 2014

God's blessings for everyone left behind....So very sorry for your loss....♥

Investigator Cheryl Smith
Haralson County Sheriff's Office

September 14, 2014

IN MEMORY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF MICHAEL NORRIS

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Deputy Sheriff Michael Norris:

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 six hundred and sixty-nine law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of Georgia. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Deputy Sheriff Michael Norris, of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia; who was shot and killed in the line-of-duty on Sunday, September 14, 2014, as he responded to a call of an armed suicidal man in Bolingbroke, Georgia.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Deputy Sheriff Michael Norris. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Deputy Sheriff Michael Norris 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 Monroe County, Georgia, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers with the best tools to protect their county. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of Monroe County, Georgia, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Monroe County, Georgia, to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their county.

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 Deputy Sheriff Michael Norris 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. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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.

In His Service,

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

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

September 14, 2014

Your sacrifice will never be forgotten My Brother. God bless your family and friends.

Lt. Jayson Peppas
Alma Arkansas P.D.

September 14, 2014

R.I.P. sir. Prayers for you family and for the members of your department.

Sergeant (retired) T.A. Pine
U.S. GSA Police

September 14, 2014

My heart breaks for you brother. See you on the other side, we got it from here.

Dep. J Clement
Taylor County Sheriff's Office FL

September 14, 2014

Rest in peace brother you will never be forgotten, my thoughts and prayers will be with your family friends and loved ones.

Christopher Shinn
Jones County Sheriff's Office

September 14, 2014

Another hero taken away. Rest in Peace, Deputy Norris. May you find peace in heaven with all your fallen brothers and sisters in blue.

Taylor Ramerth
Citizen of Chandler, Arizona

September 14, 2014

Eternal Rest

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

September 14, 2014