Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP Officer Apple. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Pea Ridge, Lowell and Farmington

Sergeant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police

June 30, 2021

I'm going to miss you brother. I feel a piece of me is gone and work will never be the same without you there. Untill we meet again.

Sgt Todd Cornwell
Pea Ridge Police Department

June 29, 2021

I am not a LEO but I am deeply saddened by the lost of yet another police officer from the NWA area. Thank you for your service Officer Apple.

Chadwick
Community member

June 29, 2021

Condolences to Officer Apple’s Family and his Department✝️

Rebekah Stanley
Retired/Detective Sargent Leland PD Leland NC

June 29, 2021

Requiescat in Pacem

Sergeants Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

June 29, 2021

The National Police Wives Association would like to extend their heartfelt prayers to the family of Officer Apple and the Pea Ridge Police Department during this time. Thank you, Officer Apple, for your service.

National Police Wives Association

June 29, 2021

"And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all the people." RIP. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Officer Theodore Bedell
Jefferson Police Department GA

June 29, 2021

Thank you for your service, brother. RIP.

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

June 29, 2021

RIP, Officer Apple. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione (Retired)
Rochester Police Department, NY

June 28, 2021

Rest In Peace Brother.

Det. Andreoli
NYPD-Retired

June 28, 2021

Can’t imagine going to work without my best buddy. Love and miss you brother

Officer Mindy Fowler
Pea Ridge Police Department

June 28, 2021

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

June 28, 2021

Rest Easy Officer Apple, May God bless your family and department during the days, months, years to come. Thank you for your service

Former 911 Dispatcher S. Wilson
Prattville Police Department, AL

June 28, 2021

Rest easy brother.

Officer R.Brown
Paris Police Department (AR)

June 28, 2021

So sad 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

June 28, 2021

Apple family and friends may God grant all of you with a speedy healing. Ofc.Apple thank you for your service to your Community and Department. Most of all thank you for your Ultimate Sacrifice in the Line of Duty.

Rudy Jones ( Retired )
Former Reserve Cuyahoga Falls Police Department

June 28, 2021

Rest in peace brother.

Detective Stephen Trejo
Donna I.S.D. Police Dept. Tx

June 28, 2021

RIP, well done thou good & faithful servant. May God bless & comfort your family, as well as your brothers & sisters in blue with PRPD.

Mike Nixon
High Point, NC Police Dept, Retired

June 28, 2021

Deepest sympathy to the family of Officer Kevin Apple and to his Brothers and Sisters of the Pea Ridge Police Department, Arkansas. May GOD give peace, comfort, and understanding to his family friends, and associates. Why GOD choose the methods of calling us home I’m afraid leaves all of us at a great loss for understanding. RIP Brother

Chaplain Terry Longacre. MTPD (Retired)
Red Rose Lodge FOP# 16 Lancaster, County, Pennsylvania

June 28, 2021

On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Police Officer Kevin Apple and the extended law enforcement family of the Pea Ridge Police Department, Arkansas.


End of Watch Saturday, June 26, 2021.


Rest in Peace brother and watch over us. We will protect and serve from here on in your honor.

I fight not for glory or fame, for they are momentary. I fight for those who can't. I fight for Justice. I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden. And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets, For I serve to protect the innocent. It matters not where or when, for evil knows no boundaries. Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny, I will not flee. Justice is my weapon. Faith is my shield. Hope is my armor. Cry not at my passing, for it was my Honor to fight for you. Shed not tears of sorrow, But tears of joy, for now, I stand with God.

By Jon F. Hooper

"Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

June 28, 2021

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Officer, Kevin Apple, in the line of duty. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Officer makes the ultimate sacrifice. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

June 28, 2021

Rest in peace Brother.

Arrend Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Va.

June 28, 2021

Fly high over that mountain. May you rest peacefully on the wings of doves. I know we are related and I feel your loss and the absence your family will never heal fully from.

Tabatha Apple, Dispatcher
Marked Tree Police Department

June 28, 2021

Fly high over that mountain. May you rest peacefully on the wings of doves. I know we are related and I feel your loss and the absence your family will never heal fully from.

Dispatcher-Tabatha Apple
Marked Tree Police Department

June 28, 2021

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero in Police Officer Kevin Apple. 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 all Members of the Pea Ridge Police Department, Arkansas.

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

June 28, 2021