Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

So sorry for the loss of Patrolman Bennett. Thank you for your service to us and the ultimate sacrifice paid by a true hero. God bless your family.

Laure May
Mom to Police Officer

May 26, 2015

Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. Matthew 5:9

Rest peacefully our brother, may God bless and watch over your family.

Sgt. Edward Mogus
Allegheny County Housing Authority PD

May 26, 2015

May the family's fond memories help them through this difficult time.

Terry L. Vice
Patrol Officer (1979-1984)
Greeley PD
Colorado

May 26, 2015

God Bless and Godspeed.

Lisa B.
GEORGIA CIVILIAN LE SUPPORTER

May 26, 2015

A law enforcement officer should always be remembered not by the way he died, but how he lived! One of our Peacekeepers has moved on to his next journey to ensure that we all have a safe path to follow. Thank you very much to you, your family and the HANO Police Department. The community is now a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother...

Inspector GJ Lepine
Federal Government of Canada

May 26, 2015

R.I.P. BROTHER Bennett!!!

Nebraska Police Officer

May 26, 2015

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

May 26, 2015

The NPDF is outraged by the apparent assisination of Officer Anderson and will contact the Police Chief to post a $10,000 Safe Cop reward for public information leading to the arrest and conviction of that cop killer. Anyone having information can call 888-SAFE COP

JOSEPH OCCHIPINTI
NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION

May 26, 2015

Rest in peace brother. Thoughts are with your family both blue and blood during this difficult time. Thank you Patrolman Bennett for your 15 years of service and dedication to your community.

Sergeant David Post
Reno County Sheriff's Office Hutchinson, Ks

May 26, 2015

IN MEMORY OF PATROLMAN JAMES BENNETT, JR.

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Patrolman James Bennett, Jr.

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 one hundred and eleven police officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Patrolman James Bennett, Jr., of the Housing Authority of New Orleans, Louisiana, Police Department; who was shot and killed in the line-of-duty, on Sunday, May 24, 2015, from ambush as he patrolled the construction site of the Guste Homes Public Housing Complex in his patrol vehicle on an overtime detail. Subsequently, his patrol vehicle was found by responding police officers crashed near the intersection of Erato Street and Freret Street with Patrolman James Bennett fatally shot behind the wheel.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Patrolman James Bennett, Jr. He died serving us. Help us never to forget him. Help us celebrate the life of Patrolman James Bennett, Jr. 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 New Orleans, Louisiana, 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 New Orleans, Louisiana, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana, 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 Patrolman James Bennett, Jr. 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.

Now, Patrolman James Bennett, Jr., 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,

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police of the Nashua NH (USA) Police Department
Police Chaplain of the Merrimack NH (USA) Police Department
Senior Pastor of “The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry”

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

May 26, 2015

Avenue of the Fallen

Standing at attention in their class “A“uniforms, badges gleaming and shoes like glass, are your brothers and sisters of Law Enforcement. All of whom have previously paid the ultimate price.
Today, like many others, they welcome you to this wonderful place.
As you march down the Avenue of the Fallen, all eyes focus on you as if to say “it’s OK, you’re with your eternal partners.”
A salute is followed and a tear can be seen on so many faces.
Welcome, you served well.
Now come join us in the ranks, another is coming home.
Officer Jim Weaver (#11452), Los Angeles Police Department retired
12-25-2010

Sheriff Jerome County, Idaho Retired
Jerome County Sheriff's Office

May 26, 2015

RIP, prayers for the family.

Sgt. Ron Cromer
Martin Co. Sheriff, FL.

May 26, 2015

Rest In Peace Brother. Know that you will be missed. Thank you for your service.

Terry Barcelona Captain (retired)
Fort Pierce Police Dept

May 26, 2015

Rest in peace brother.

Lieutenant Arrend Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Va.

May 26, 2015

Rest in Peace...

Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

May 26, 2015

Officer Bennett, may you rest in peace our brother. God bless!

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester Police Dept

May 26, 2015

1st PSALM!!

Earnest Hawkins Jr.
Prince Georges County Police Maryland

May 26, 2015

Rest in Peace my brother it is our watch now.
My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends, and all my brothers and sisters of the Housing Authority of New Orleans Police Department.

GODSPEED

Officer B. Ruth Retired
Baltimore County Police Department

May 26, 2015

To Patrolman Bennett,

Thank you for your service to your community. May the coward who did this unspeakable deed be caught quickly. Your brothers and sisters of "The Thin Blue Line" have the watch from here. You will not be forgotten. Rest in peace sir.

To the family, friends and co-workers of Patrolman Bennett,

There not enough words to express my sorrow at Patrolman Bennett's untimely passing because of a despicable coward. May your good memories of him help to carry all of you through the up coming weeks and months.

Respectfully submitted,

R. A. DEA

R. A. DEA
Volusia County Sheriff (RET.) Dept. Homeland Security (RET.)

May 26, 2015

Rest in peace Brother James, you are a true Hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.


Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham (retired)
Sand Springs OK PD

May 26, 2015

We'll talke it from here my Brother.

Detective Michael Flynn (ret.)
Waterbury Police (Ct)

May 26, 2015

May you rest with the Lord as He comforts your family. May God guide the investigators to the coward(s) that ambushed you.

Patrol Officer C. Alvarado
Rochester Police Department

May 26, 2015

RIP Brother. May you be with GOD and may GOD be with your family.

Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD

May 26, 2015

Rest in peace Patrolman Bennett!
You will not be forgotten!

Willie Bell Hopewell VA!
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!

May 26, 2015

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

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

May 26, 2015