Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace Brother Michael; you are a true American Hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.


Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 07/15/73

Assistant Chief Carl Wortham (retired)
Sand Springs OK PD, Tulsa Police Department

September 23, 2022

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Rest In Peace Deputy Hartwick. Our deepest heartfelt condolences to all of your family, friends, and brothers and sisters at Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

Postal Inspector Scott Horne
US Postal Inspection Service

September 23, 2022

May the Lord comfort your family, friends and coworkers at this most difficult time.
Thank you for your service.
Rest in peace.

Sergeant David Sheetz (retired)
Houston Police Dept. & PCSO

September 23, 2022

Rest in Peace!

Ptl B L Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

September 23, 2022

Another "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 PD, NY

September 23, 2022

So sad & tragic, RIP Sheepdog. May God bless and comfort your family, as well as your brothers & sisters with PCSO. Well done thou good and faithful servant.

Mike Nixon
High Point, NC Police Dept, Retired

September 23, 2022

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow coworkers of Deputy Sheriff Michael Hartwick during this difficult time. 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 Deputy Sheriff Michael Hartwick.

Gail. M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit P.O. Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04

September 23, 2022

Rest in Peace. Thank you for your service.

Chief R. A. McCann
Armour College Law Enforcement/Department of Public Safety

September 23, 2022

"Eternal rest grant unto him,O Lord, and perpetual light shine upon him."

Bishop Edward Skiba
Stuart Florida Police Department, Chaplain

September 23, 2022

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 Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

September 23, 2022

Thank you for your service. You were a fine officer who I knew. You will be missed.

Fred Brownbill. Deputy Sheriff ( Ret.)
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office

September 23, 2022

Heavenly Father, we come before You today grieved in heart over the divisions in our country; the United States of America. We grieve for every life lost to violence, regardless of color or creed. And we especially grieve this day over the senseless deaths of America’s Peace Officers whose sworn duty is to protect us from harm. Please grant comfort and hope to their families. We know from the Holy Scriptures in Romans 13 that Peace Officers have a sacred task, to enforce laws that protect the innocent and punish the guilty. We pray that You will protect them as they serve us. Give them wisdom, discernment, and a deep desire to serve You. Please surround every Peace Officer in our nation, the United States of America, with battalions of warring angels to protect them from harm. We stand together in the powerful and mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ against every work of Satan intended to inflict injury and death on our Protectors. May Satan’s power be thwarted, in Your mighty and holy name, and his plans exposed by Your Light. Lord Jesus, we know that Your word teaches us that in You there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female. All superficial distinctions between us have been abolished by Your sacrifice on the cross. By Your grace and power, lead us into a new day of racial harmony in our country, a day in which Your name is again lifted high in our nation, the United States of America, and the rule of law is honored by all. Please grant us spiritual, political, and cultural leaders who will speak to us with Your wisdom and Your truth. Please renew us in spirit, mind, and heart that we may once again be “One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. In the mighty and holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Redeemer, and the Mediator between us, Heavenly Father, in prayer, we pray! Amen.
Scripture Verses:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” [John 3:16 ESV]

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” [2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV]

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” [Psalm 23:4 ESV]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, IFA
Ordained / Licensed Independent Outreach Christian Clergy
Christian Chaplain Ministry
Merrimack, NH 03054

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret.)
Nashua NH Police Department

September 23, 2022

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

Captain E.Kemmer
Nevada Department of Public Safety

September 23, 2022

Rest In Peace brother. Thank you for your service.

Master Deputy (Ret),OCSO, FL Larry Drak
Orange County Sheriff's Office (FL)

September 23, 2022

Rest In Peace Brother

james oneill
NYPD

September 23, 2022

R.I.P Deputy Sheriff Michael Hartwick

Brian Molyneaux
citizen Toronto Canada

September 23, 2022

RIP BROTHER .PRAYER WE SEND TO YOUR FAMILY.YOU GAVE ALL.THANK YOU.SIR

Howard Ray

September 23, 2022

We honor Deputy Sherrif Michael Hartwick for serving his community. His heroism will never be forgotten. Rest in peace.

(Ret) Sgt Thomas McCarthy
NYPD

September 23, 2022

God rest your soul, Deputy Hartwick. May your family, friends, colleagues, and community find the strength and will to carry on in your physical absence and continue to spread the goodness and commitment to which you were so selflessly dedicated. You were the best humanity has to offer. Your good deeds and sacrifice shall not be forgotten.

Investigator Christopher Port (Retired)
CHP, Valley Division MAIT

September 23, 2022

Praying for peace and comfort today and in the days ahead. With deepest sympathy,

Rita Rocker
Deputy Executive Director
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles

September 23, 2022

Rest in peace brother. We have the watch from here. Thoughts and prayers for you, your family and your department.

Officer Tommy Thomason
Oklahoma National Memorial Museum Security

September 23, 2022

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

Correctional Officer Paul Schanno
Hennepin County (Minneapolis)- Adult Corrections Facility

September 23, 2022

Rest In Peace Brother.

Det. Andreoli
NYPD-Retired

September 23, 2022

may HIS light shine perpetual upon his face

Chief Jim Allen (ret.)
Mobile County Child Support Enforcement

September 23, 2022

Rest, brother.

Sgt. Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

September 23, 2022