Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

On behalf of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office in Klamath Falls Oregon, we send our sincerest sympathy in the recent loss of your Chief of Police, Christopher Byard Cummings, from complications of medical issue. It is always a huge loss when a fellow Chief of Police succumbs from issues of a medical condition. His bravery and courage to protect and serve your community has not gone unnoticed. Our prayers and thoughts to the Obion County Sheriff's Office and the Union City Police Department where Chief Cummings has previously served. We thank Chief Cummings for his service as a United States Army and Tennessee National Guard and Iraq War Veteran.

Sheriff Chris Kaber
Klamath County Sheriff's Office

December 16, 2023

Rest in peace, Chief Cummings. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione (Retired)
Rochester Police Department, NY

December 16, 2023

Rest In Peace Chief of Police Christopher Byard Cummings! Thank you for your 2 years of service with the Samburg Police Department, in Tennessee and your previous service with the Obion Sheriff's Office for three years and the Union City Police Department for 24 years and for your service as a United States Army and Tennessee National Guard Iraq War Veteran. We thank you for your devotion and your sacrifices, and also to your family and friends for their sacrifices. Our hearts break for your son, your mother, your father, your girlfriend, your stepson and your friends during this terrible tragedy, and we want them to know that you will never be forgotten! Our thoughts and Prayers also go out to all of your sisters and brothers in Blue that protect us. God bless you all!! (Matthew 5:9)

Eddie & Kelly King

December 15, 2023

Hero never forgotten. Prayers to family blood and blue.

BLR
Retired Texas dispatcher

December 15, 2023

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero in Chief of Police Christopher Byard Cummings. 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 Samburg Police Department, Tennessee
End of Watch Sunday, December 10, 2023.

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

December 15, 2023

Chief Cummings, a police officer should be remembered not by how he died but by how he lived! A brave man has left to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you for your military and 30 years of law enforcement service, to your family, and to the Samburg Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

December 15, 2023

Rest in peace Brother....My thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of your agency during this most difficult and tragic time..

LT. Joseph Ward, Ret
Jackson, NJ PD

December 15, 2023

On behalf of the Ohio Attorneys General Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Chief of Police Christopher Byard Cummings and the extended law enforcement family of the Samburg Police Department, Tennessee.



End of Watch Sunday, December 10, 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

December 15, 2023

Rest Easy Brother

Deputy Sheriff. Ron Buchholz
Retired Santa Fe County Sheriff NM.

December 15, 2023

Rest in Peace Chief Cummings. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Cummings Family and the Samburg Police Department.

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

December 15, 2023

Chris, you were one of a kind and will be missed. Love ya Brother

Sgt. Brandon Adams
Union City Police Department

December 15, 2023

Psalm 15
God bless.
Rest in peace brother.

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

December 15, 2023

My family and I would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow coworkers of Chief of Police Christopher Byard Cummings during this difficult time. May they find comfort and support from those around them. 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
Chief of Police Christopher Byard Cummings.

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

December 15, 2023

God Bless You, Your Family, & Friends.
Thank you for your unselfish service to protect your community.

James P. Waggle, Jr.
US Army Veteran (SFC)
Civilian

December 15, 2023

Rest in Peace, Chief!

Ptl B L Waltz (Ret)
Avon Lake PD OH

December 14, 2023

Our deepest condolences from West Tn Concerns of Police Survivors Chapter. Job well done sir.

Officer Tora Newton
Shelby county sheriffs office

December 14, 2023

RIP Hero. May you forever spend your eternal life with our dear Lord in heaven. My thoughts and prayers are with all your loved ones. Our country is now a little less safe without you. Thank you for your service.

HEROES NEVER DIE....

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

December 14, 2023

RIP Chief Cummings. Thank you for your service to the Country and the citizens of Samburg, Obion and Union City

Lieutenant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police
Boston, Ma. 02120

December 14, 2023

God of Justice, I am grateful for the lives and sacrifices of all America’s Peace Officers. They died serving us. Help us never forget. Help us celebrate their lives and honor their sacrifices. Be with the families of these fallen peace officers. Comfort them and give them Your strength and peace. Guide us as we seek to take care of the families of these fallen heroes. May we care for them with integrity. In commemorating the deaths of these fallen heroes, help us also to remember that death is not the end. Death does not have the final say, but is simply the transition from this earthly life to the heavenly life yet to come. This assurance was guaranteed to all believers upon the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. We look forward to that life to come with joy and anticipation. Thank You, Lord God, for hearing this prayer. In the mighty and holy name of Christ Jesus, Your dear Son, I pray. Amen.

Holy Scripture on Law Enforcement’s Mission:

“Obey the government, for God is the one who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow. For the policeman does not frighten people who are doing right; but those doing evil will always fear him. So if you don’t want to be afraid, keep the laws and you will get along well. The policeman is sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for he will have you punished. He is sent by God for that very purpose. Obey the laws, then, for two reasons: first, to keep from being punished, and second, just because you know you should.” [Romans 13:1-5 TLB]

Chaplain Steven R. Closs, DDiv, MSBS, NCCA, FCPO-USA
Ordained Christian Global Outreach Minister No. 36526
The Badge 183 Peacemakers Prayer Ministry (Since 2013)
Merrimack, NH 03054

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

December 14, 2023