Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you Sergeant Johnston for your hard work and dedication and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in the great state of New York. You are a true American HERO. My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers. May you forever rest in peace, my brother.

HEROES NEVER DIE...

Sergeant Mitchell G. Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

December 20, 2019

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (retired)
Mobile County Child Support

December 20, 2019

Rest in Peace Sgt. Johnston. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Johnston Family and the NYPD.

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

December 20, 2019

Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service. God's speed sir.

Lieutenant John C. Moore
Wisconsin State Conservation Warden

December 20, 2019

God bless your family, and thank you for your service to the people of NYC during this tragic time in our country.

A survivor sister A S
Florida

December 20, 2019

Rest in peace hero.

Lt. Jim Russo

December 20, 2019

Rest in peace, Sergeant Johnston. You deserve your divine reward.

May God comfort your family, friends, and fellow officers at this difficult time.

God bless and protect the Thin Blue Line that protects us all.

Private Citizen Kathryn Felts
Mother of & Family Member of Law Enforcement

December 20, 2019

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whose blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell

Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

Investigator David L Bell (Retired)
Richland County Sheriff's Dept.
Columbia, SC

December 20, 2019

Rest well brother. Another 9/11 hero! "Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and perpetual light shine upon him, "

Bishop Edward Skiba
Stuart, Fl Police Chaplain

December 20, 2019

Rest in peace brother. You are a true hero.

Jamie Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office, Ret.

December 20, 2019

God bless you Sergeant Scott Johnston for your service and sacrifice. Thoughts and prayers go to your family and friends, and to your brothers and sisters from the New York Police Department. Rest in Peace Brother.

Officer Jim Drabos (Retired)
San Gabriel (CA) Police Department

December 20, 2019

Rest in Peace Sergeant Johnston. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, coworkers and friends.

Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department

December 20, 2019

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

December 20, 2019

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 New York City Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

December 20, 2019

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP.

Lieutenant Brian J. Wills II
Oswego County Sheriff's Office
New York

December 20, 2019

The thoughts, hearts and prayers of everyone here at Cape Carteret PD go out to the families, both blood and blue, of Sergeant Johnston. May the Good Lord give you strength, comfort and peace.
He swore an oath to serve and protect and he made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of that oath.

Go with God.
Lt. Michael V. Caldwell, Chaplain

December 20, 2019

Rest In Peace Sergeant Johnston

DOD Officer James Friedman (Retired)

December 20, 2019

Rest in peace Sgt Johnston, we have the watch now. Thank you for your service, you will not be forgotten. God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Sgt Johnston during this time of tragic and painful loss.

Sgt Donnie Meaders
Wetumka (OK) Police Department

December 20, 2019

Rest In Peace Brother

Deputy Shannon Yates
Covington County Sheriff Department

December 20, 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

December 20, 2019

Rest in peace hero.rest in Gods arms.Peace to your family andto your brothers and sisters of Blue.God be with your family .Prayers to them.

MOTHER OF A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER Linda
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December 20, 2019

The best cane forward on our worst day. RIP brother.

Retired Officer Rick Romoff
Harris County Probation Dept

December 20, 2019

Rest In Peace brother.

Corporal (Retired) Glenn Elliott
Temple Police Department--Temple,Tx

December 20, 2019

We will remember.

Miss Eleanore Trupkiewicz
Civilian Supporter of Law Enforcement

December 20, 2019

RIP Brother

- Charles Guin
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December 20, 2019