Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Sergeant Benjamin Michael Jenkins

Nevada Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol, Nevada

End of Watch Friday, March 27, 2020

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Reflections for Sergeant Benjamin Michael Jenkins

Gone 4 years and not forgotten. I’ll never forget where I was and what I was doing when I learned we lost you. Knowing you died doing what you loved brings some comfort. Your family are in my prayers. I think of you a miss you everyday. RIP

LS
Childhood Friend

March 27, 2024

Rest in peace brother.

Former Leo

June 11, 2023

We never met but will always be connected. You will never be forgotten.

Matthew Wehn
NDI

March 27, 2023

Rest in peace Trooper Jenkins.
You will never be forgotten.

John Doty
Forever grateful for your service
Former Murrieta Police Reserve Officer
Nevada DMV Vehicle Appraiser

December 30, 2022

Ben,
I have many memories of you from your ambulance and firefighting days in Elko. In all of them you are always smiling and laughing, even with your face black from ash. It is difficult to think of your last moments, doing what you had always done, helping somebody. I am glad that I knew you. RIP and I wish peace to your family also. They lost a very special person.

Kathy
LEO Supporter
Daughter of Game Warden (Ret.)

October 9, 2022

I'm Richard Thomas Jenkins, Benjamin Micheal Jenkins was my brother. I will always remember him.

Richard Jenkins
Brother

July 4, 2021

I had the honor of wearing a bracelet bearing this hero’s name, Sergeant Benjamin M. Jenkins as I completed the 2021 Road to Hope LEU Ride. May he never be forgotten, he certainly won’t by me.

Sergeant Samora Church
St Petersburg Police Dept.

May 11, 2021

I had the honor of wearing a bracelet bearing this hero’s name, Sergeant Benjamin M. Jenkins as I completed the 2021 Road to Hope LEU Ride. May he never be forgotten, he certainly won’t by me.

Sergeant Samora Church
St Petersburg Police Dept.

May 11, 2021

Sometimes the groaning of our heart is the only expression we can give. I will miss you, Brother!

LT. Randy Jackson
Nevada Highway Patrol

December 7, 2020

I miss you brother. I think of you often. Your family are always in my prayers.

Retired Trooper Tom Bostelman
NHP

July 31, 2020

Praying for your family, friends, colleagues, agencies during this very difficult time for them and all of us. Thank you for your service! We shall remember you with pride and admiration always! May God Bless the Blue!

“The peacemakers are blessed, for they will be called sons [children] of God.” [Matthew 5:9 HCSB];

“Those who mourn are blessed, for they will be comforted.” [Matthew 5:4 HCSB], and;

“No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.” [John 15:13 HCSB]

Depart in peace, Brother-in-Blue; in the name of God the Father who created you; in the name of Christ Jesus who redeemed you; in the name of the Holy Spirit who sanctifies you. May you rest in peace and dwell forever with the Lord. Amen.

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS, CIMT, NCCA
Ordained/Licensed/Certified Independent Ecumenical Clergy / Chaplain
Ministry: Law Enforcement Chaplaincy
Merrimack, NH 03054

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, D.Div, MSBS
Nashua NH and Merrimack NH Police Departments

July 1, 2020

Very sad to hear this. Praying for the family.

Chaplain Martinez
Citizen

June 20, 2020

Lamento.mucho lo que paso, siempre es miy yriste y amargo cuando un buen policia y un buen padre muere en estas tragicas circunstancias tengo mucha tristesa por su familia, que dios lo tenga en el cielo y del cielo nos proteja.

David

June 5, 2020

I am sorry for your loss to the Family, Fellow Officers, and Friends. I will keep all of you in my prayers. RIP.

Retired Fire Lieutenantm Frank J Corasa
Baltimore City Fire Department

June 5, 2020

Today is one of countless days you'll remember Trooper Jenkins. Nevadans from many agencies join in remembering him today. His law enforcement, biological, and self-selected families sacrifice greatly alongside him.

"Thank you" will never be enough; and will always be all we have to offer. May days like today bring some comfort, knowing some will reflect, appreciate, and acknowledge your loss.

Our state and communities would not remotely resemble what they are without families such as yours stepping up to do and to defend what's good, right, honorable.

I'm so sorry we lost him in the battle. I share your sorrow today.

Roseanna Chambliss, dispatcher (2011-13)
NHP

May 15, 2020

I have no rank to post except being a citizen of Nevada. My husband and I had a very memorable encounter with Officer Jenkins in Nov of 2018 on Hwy 93 between Ely and McGill. My husband was in the offense of driving too fast and we were pulled over by Officer Jenkins. His demeanor and humorous banter with us made the experience easy and very memorable. I would stand and applaud this man if he were to walk into the room. I was so stricken with grief when I saw the FB postings of his death that I was flooded with tears just watching his memorial procedures throughout the state. I live in Mesquite NV and tomorrow on May 8th I will be driving up to Jackpot NV and I have every intention of stopping at mile marker 106 to pay my deepest respect and place some memorial Thin Blue Line flags at the roadside. I'm sure he is sorely missed by all who knew him. I was just lucky that this extraordinary man touched my life for just 13 minutes.

Bonnie Miller

May 7, 2020

Benny,
Thank you for pushing me early in my career I am where I am today thanks to you. You touched many lives during your time on earth. You will never be forgotten. God speed.
Rest easy brother, we have it from here.

Assistant Fire Chief, Joshua Sandvik
HWAD Fire & Emergency Services

April 29, 2020

The true measure of a person
is not found in the
might of their arm,
their wealth
or their power –
it is found in the strength
of their character.

There is no greater testimony to
ones character, than ones
willingness to sacrifice all,
in the noble quest of
providing protection to all
whom they serve.
Author Unknown

"Always Ready, Always There!"

Javier Cornejo
Police Officer, Retired
City of Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

April 10, 2020

RIP my friend !

Retired Peace Officer Richard Miller
State of Nevada

April 6, 2020

Please accept my heartfelt condolences on behalf of the St. Ann Police Department. My thoughts and prayers are for you, your department and your community, as well as Sergeant Jenkins' friends and family.

May God bring comfort to each of you at this time.

Sincerely,
Mary Kay Nolen

Mary Kay Nolen, Asssistant to the Chief of Police
St. Ann Police Department, St. Ann, MO

April 6, 2020

Thank You for your contribution to our Country, and Thank You to your Family for their sacrifices. I am sorry for your loss to the Family, Fellow Officers, and Friends. I will keep all of you in my prayers. RIP.

Retired Fire Lieutenantm Frank J Corasa
Baltimore City Fire Department

April 6, 2020

Sarge, I never met you, but you we’re my brother, a fellow State Trooper on the Nevada Highway Patrol. We are all devastated, we will never forget you and your legacy and your life of service to our state and our country. You will forever live on in the Nevada Highway Patrol. Rest Easy Sir.

Trooper Jason Buratczuk
Nevada Highway Patrol
Southern Command
Las Vegas

April 4, 2020

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Sergeant, Ben Jenkins, in the line of duty. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Sergeant makes the ultimate sacrifice. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. Our prayers and thoughts to the Nevada State Fire Marshall Division and Nevada Division of Forestry where Sergeant Jenkins had previously served. We thank Sergeant Jenkins for his service as a Army National Guard and Air Guard Veteran.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

April 3, 2020

To the family of Sergeant Ben Jenkins, friends, Colonel Daniel Solow and the Nevada Highway Patrol.
You are lifted up in heart, thought and prayer. May God comfort, hold you all close, and give you His peace that surpasses all understanding to keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus now and always. Thank you for your service to our great Nation and the citizens of Nevada.
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." John 3:16 & 17

Patrolman A.S. Batson
CH / OB PD
Goldsboro, NC

April 3, 2020

I miss you my friend. God Bless You and thank you for all the memories. Until Valhalla!

4196...Gone, but Never forgotten!

Sheriff Jesse Watts
Eureka County Sheriff’s Office

April 2, 2020

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