Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

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

November 16, 2023

Ty for your service. May you be at peace. Thoughts and prayers to your family.

KellyAnn McCann

November 16, 2023

Rest in Peace Sir and Thank You for your Service

Just a citizen

November 16, 2023

There's only one field of law enforcement that's receiving less support and less recognition than a city police officer or sheriff, and that's the Correctional Officer. Unglamorous, dangerous, and highly unpredictable, the CO's profession puts our best men and women in the line of fire every day, probably as much as any police officer, maybe moreso. May God truly bless this young man (and his family), who obviously tried to help society in the best way he could, only to be killed for it, regardless of how it happened. RIP young man, we didn't know you personally, but we know of your sacrifices and thank you for them.

KEMPER S. WATKINS, CMSGT, USAF
HONORABLY RETIRED, DISABLED VETERAN
BROTHER-IN-ARMS

November 16, 2023

May God and St. Michael watch over you in Heaven, Officer Motley.

Patrolman Kenneth Collins
South Amherst Police Department

November 16, 2023

Rest In Peace…

Retired Detective Ed Falkowski
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

November 16, 2023

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Correctional Officer III, Jovian Motley, in the line of duty. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Correctional Officer III makes the ultimate sacrifice. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. We thank Correctional Officer III Motley for his service as a United States Navy Veteran

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

November 16, 2023

Brother, you will be sorely missed in our ranks, we have the night watch from here.

Sgt. S. Willis
Mississippi Dept of Corrections

November 16, 2023

Rest In Peace Brother.

Det. Andreoli
NYPD-Retired

November 16, 2023

On behalf of the Zone Five Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy we express our sincere condolences.

Session 21

November 16, 2023

Requiescat in Paces

Sergeant (Retired) Mike O'Connor
Branford CT PD

November 16, 2023

On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Correctional Officer Jovian Motley and the extended law enforcement family of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, Texas.



End of Watch Monday, November 13, 2023.



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

November 16, 2023

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. "In valor there is hope."

Recruit N. George
Albany County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Institute Session 6.

November 16, 2023

Correctional Officer Jovian Motley, I am so very sorry to hear of your death under these circumstances. My deepest sympathy to your family, friends and to your Department. I thank you for your brave service. Rest In Peace, Brother.

Mary Milam
Sergeant (Ret)
Chicago Police Department

Hudson, FL

November 16, 2023

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

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

November 16, 2023

Rest In Peace Officer Motley.

Major Joe Polyi
NJ Dept of Corrections

November 16, 2023

Rest in peace

Anonymous . .
United States Navy A-7 Corsair lieutenant-Retired

November 16, 2023

Thank you for your service.

Dmytro Goloborodko

November 16, 2023

Prayers & Condolences
Rest in Peace Correctional Officer Jovian Motley

Sgt. Randy Keenan ~ (Retired)
City of Alameda, CA Police Department

November 16, 2023

Motley I will never forget you brother. From my first day on the unit you welcomed me to the wainwright family. We always had fun talking and picking on each other. The day you asked me to start training to become a sergeant with TDCJ meant lot to me. I will always keep your family in my prayers. Rest now brother I Will continue your watch until my watch ends. May God bless your family may His light shine upon them and give them peace

Sergeant William Bradley
Texas department of corrections

November 15, 2023

My brother, it saddens me that we never met. I have the pleasure of knowing your MCOT family and they speak highly of you! Your tragic and untimely passing leaves a deep and dark hole in our agency.

Motley family, if your reading these comments know that he was our brother! That makes you our mother our father our grand parents aunts and uncles!

Thank you for your sacrifice brother. We’ve got the watch from here.

Lieutenant A. Lang
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (CID)

November 15, 2023

Officer Motley,

I am very saddened to hear of another law enforcement death in the line of duty. Especially for one so young and early in his career. Rest in peace. I will pray for your parents, as well as your friends, loved ones and colleagues.

How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!
Psalm 106:3

Daniel Ryan
Private Investigator (Retired)

November 15, 2023

O God of Peace, so many of America’s Peace Officers who are on the front lines to protect us never make it back home to their families. We pray for these fallen law enforcement officers, Lord God, who gave their lives for us. We pray for the families of these heroes, who have to now endure life without their loved one. Lord God, society tries to move forward, but there is always bloodshed occurring. We approach Your throne of glory and grace to beg of You for peace. Lord God, bring peace to this land – the United States of America. We plead for Your divine intervention to quiet our hearts and unify our communities. Stop the violence that occurs amid our cities. We thank You for all America’s Peace Officers who have died protecting us, and ask that You send an everlasting peace so that America’s Peace Officers on the streets may be safe and return home to their loved ones at the end of their assigned shifts. In Christ Jesus, Your blessed Son, I pray. Amen.

Holy Scripture References:

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons [children] of God.” [Matthew 5:9 ESV]

“And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” [Isaiah 6:8 ESV]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, FCPO-USA
Ordained Minister of the Christian Harvest Church
The Badge 183 Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Merrimack, NH 03054

Captain Steven R. Closs (Ret.)
Nashua NH Police Department (1974-1998)

November 15, 2023

Rest in peace Officer Motley. Thank You For Your Service. My condolences to the Family, Friends and colleagues.

Fire Crew Officer J.Ross
CDCR

November 15, 2023

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero inCorrectional Officer Jovian Motley. I know 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 Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, Texas.

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

November 15, 2023