Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP Brother

Deputy Anita Price
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, San Antonio, Texas

July 18, 2016

As a native of Baton Rouge and a law enforcement officer in Texas my heart hurts for my brother and sisters in blue at the Baton Rouge Police Department. Rest in peace Deputy Brad Garagola you will not be forgotten.

Agent Jonathan Prior
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission

July 18, 2016

My Daddy Wore Blue

When he went to work
He’d put on his clothes
With his polished belt
He would pull it closed

Mom fixed his hat
And his silver star
Then kissed his cheek
As he went to his car

Momma would cry
Sometimes at night
And I never knew why
She kept on a light

She would wait for him
To walk through the door
Then she’d hug him tight
And her heart would soar

I loved him so much
I thought my heart would burst
When he came home from work
I had to kiss him first

I didn’t understand
Until later in life
Why Mom worried so much
It was tough on his wife

I was too young
To understand
When all his friends
Wore a black armband

And now they wear it
For him today
Because my Daddy
Has gone away

Lord, how I miss him
And my heart still aches
‘Cause all I knew
Was that my Daddy wore blue

I’m sure God knew
That my Daddy wore blue

Paul Hickey
A concerned citizen

July 18, 2016

Rest in peace brother. You are a true hero.

Deputy J. Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

July 18, 2016

Please accept my sincere condolences for the tragic loss of Deputy Garafola. This is yet another example of the moral decline of the country. My thoughts and prayers are with you and the family concerned.

Rest easy brother.

P.O. (Ret) Donald Current
City of New York PD

July 18, 2016

RIP, my sympathies to Deputy Brad Garafola's loved ones.

ECO Keith Levanway
New York State Environmental Conservation Police

July 18, 2016

The DeKalb Illinois Police Department sends their deepest sympathies! We thank you for your service and sacrifice.

DeKalb Police Department

July 18, 2016

RIP my Brother, RIP.

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13

Your sacrifice was far too great.

God Bless you

Quinten Warren, Investigator
Alaska Special Prosecutions, MFCU

July 18, 2016

Rest in peace brother, we have the watch now. Thank you for your many years of service, you will not be forgotten. God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Deputy Garafola during this time of senseless and tragic loss.

Snr. Ptlmn Donnie Meaders (Retired)
Wewoka, OK Police Department

July 18, 2016

Rest in Peace brother.

"Blue Lives Matter"

Steve Van Slyke, retired Officer
El Cajon Police Department

July 18, 2016

To the family of Deputy Sheriff Brad Garafola, friends, Sheriff Sid Gautreaux III and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office.
You are lifted up in thoughts and prayers. May God comfort, hold you close and give you peace now and always. Thank you for your service. John 15:13 / Matthew 5:9

Patrolman A.S. Batson
Cherry / O'Berry Hospital Police Department, NC

July 18, 2016

BLUE LIVES MATTER R.I.P MY BROTHER

Detective Jersey City Police New Jersey
J.C.P.D

July 18, 2016

So saddened to hear the news.

May you rest in peace after having served those around you. My thoughts are with you, your family, fellow officers and friends.

Reserve Police Officer G. Krystof
Los Angeles Police Department

July 18, 2016

Rest in peace brother.

Det. Andreoli
NYPD-108 pct

July 18, 2016

Thank you for your service. Praying for your Family & Dept

Detective Monica Veney
Baltimore City Police Department

July 18, 2016

May you forever Rest in Peace Brother.... We've got it from here....

Nancy Richards
Aux. LEO (ret), Michigan

July 18, 2016

RIP Brother. Thank you & God Bless.

Lt.Robert M.Petty (ret)
No.Bergen, N.J. P.D.

July 18, 2016

Thank you. Your life was well lived

Retired Chief of Police Johnny Mccurry
West Point Ga PD

July 18, 2016

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

Retired Sheriff, Jim Weaver
Jerome County, Idaho Sheriffs Office

July 18, 2016

RIP Brother

Deputy Zak Rodgers
Boone County Sheriffs Dept

July 18, 2016

Final Salute Deputy Garafola, thank you for your service. You are a hero. Rest peacefully in the presence of God. We are praying for the family and fellow officers.

Former Patrol Sergeant
Johnny Allison
Wylie TX Police Dept

July 18, 2016

A real "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. Billy Russo (Ret.)
Nassau County, NY Police Department

July 18, 2016

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. 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.


Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

Abraham Lincoln

Sergeant E. Kemmer #142
Nevada Highway Patrol

July 18, 2016

Rest in peace Deputy Garafola

Dennis M. Carr, Sheriff (Ret)
Monroe County Iowa Sheriff's Office

July 18, 2016

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne/Retired
Jersey City Police Dept.

July 18, 2016