Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Police Officer Clayton Joel Townsend

Salt River Police Department, Tribal Police

End of Watch Tuesday, January 8, 2019

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Reflections for Police Officer Clayton Joel Townsend

God rest his soul.

Sgt. Robert A. Henne
Jersey City PD/Retired

January 10, 2019

Can you please start a GoFundme page for Mr Townsend wife and child, I’d like to help.
Deepest regrets, Craig K

Craig Kuse
None

January 10, 2019

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

January 10, 2019

RIP, my brother.....

Sergeant F. Campbell
Salt River Department of Corrections

January 10, 2019

For all of Trooper Townsend’s family & friends- I am deeply, deeply sorry.

M.T.Wiley

January 10, 2019

Please accept our sincere condolences. Our family relives this saddest of events with each and every family that goes through it. The loss never goes away and it test a family in ways you’ll never understand. God bless each and every one of you

Perreira family
Family of patrolman Augustus Perreira Colorado Springs, CO

January 10, 2019

God Bless You, Your Family, & Friends.
Thank you for your unselfish service.

James P. Waggle
Civilian

January 9, 2019

Thank you for your dedication & service Officer Townsend. We are praying for your family, friends, and fellow officers.

Lieutenant Geoffrey Harisch
Town of North Castle Police Department, Armonk, New York

January 9, 2019

We raise up Police Officer Clayton Townsend, of the Salt River, Arizona Tribal Police Department; his family; friends, and; his colleagues in Blue, as they mourn and deal with this tragic loss in the Line-of-Duty, in prayer and thanksgiving for a job well done! Rest easy my Brother-in-Blue. We will take it from here! End of Watch: Tuesday, January 8, 2019. Now, join the Lord and rejoice in Paradise! God speed! Amen.

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
Ordained and Licensed as an Independent Christian Minister of the Gospel
The Steven R. Closs Law Enforcement Chaplaincy
Merrimack, NH 03054

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D. Div.
Nashua NH Police Department

January 9, 2019

God Bless you Officer Townsend. Thank you for your service and ultimate sacrifice. RIP Hero. God Bless your family and friends blood and blue

Debbie Vance
Retired Records Clerk

January 9, 2019

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow co-workers of Police Officer Clayton Townsend during this very difficult time. May they find comfort and support from those around them. May happy moments from the past bring forth precious memories to cherish for a lifetime. May God help heal their aching hearts. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace Police Officer Clayton Townsend.

Gail M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit Police Officer Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

January 9, 2019

R.I.P Brother. Thank You for your service

Prayers to the family and the Department.

Brian Allender
IPS Police Department, Indianapolis, Indiana

January 9, 2019

May the good lord welcome you with open arms, for you have done your job well.

Douglas Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Central Macomb Lodge #187 Macomb County Mich

January 9, 2019

May Our Lord Have A Special Place In His Heavenly Home for Officer Townsend. He is a True Hero. My Deepest Sympathies go out to his family and his Department.

Michael Sullivan, Patrolman
Retired Chicago Police Department, 9th District

January 9, 2019

Thanks for your service! You are a brave man and we will miss you. You did your job well!
REP.

SGT Dennis Norling, RET
Phoenix Police Department.

January 9, 2019

I am sorry to learn of the passing of a brother and hero in Police Officer Clayton Townsend. I believe our Heavenly Father has welcomed him home into his loving arms where he will now patrol the golden streets of Heaven. May the Lord deliver blessings, comfort and peace to his family, friends and peers.

T W Martinez, Retired and FOP member
State of New Mexico/JJS

January 9, 2019

Final Salute Officer Townsend. 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

January 9, 2019

Rest in Peace Officer Townsend. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Townsend Family and the Salt River Police Department.

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

January 9, 2019

Final Salute Officer Townsend. 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

January 9, 2019

My dad works with Officer Townsend at Salt River Pima Police Department he will be greatly missed not just for serving our community but being a light and example to all of our sons and daughters who we hope will grow up to be as honorable as this young man. We are praying for his family and all of the officers out there protecting us.

The Gwaltney-Kerwin Family

January 9, 2019

May God welcome you with open arms. My respect Sir

David Osborne Jr
Tennessee Highway Patrol

January 9, 2019

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 PD, NY

January 9, 2019

Your service, dedication and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
Rest in Peace.

Chief R. A. McCann
Armour College Police

January 9, 2019

Thank you for service. You will never be forgotten or your family for your sacrifice.

Laura Fisher
LEO Spouse

January 9, 2019

On behalf of POINT 27, we would like to offer condolences for Officer Clayton Townsend. Please know we are eternally grateful for Clayton’s service and his ultimate sacrifice.

To honor Officer Townsend, POINT 27 sent 27 Thin Blue Line Dog Tag Necklaces, engraved with “Blessed are the Peacemakers for they will be called children of God” Matthew 5:9, to the Salt River, AZ Police Department for Clayton’s partner and fellow officers. POINT 27 sent Folded Flag Necklaces engraved with “Greater Love has no one than this; than to lay down one’s life for one’s friend” John 15:13 for Officer Townsend’s wife and child.

POINT 27 is a Non-Profit organization with a mission to strengthen and encourage members of the Armed Forces, First Responders, and their families, by sharing scripture on Dog Tags and Jewelry called Shields of Strength.

We will never forget and we are forever grateful.

Respectfully,

Colonel David Dodd,
United States Army Retired
POINT 27

Jerry M. Rhodes
Detective, Dallas Police Department Retired
Law Enforcement Outreach
POINT 27

Jerry M. Rhodes
Dallas Police Department (retired)

January 9, 2019

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