Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in Peace Brother.

Capt. Arrend Hoopes
Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Va.

July 7, 2025

Rest easy hero thank you for your service. May your sacrifice or memory never fade.

Retired #8046 Jerry Matalone
Des Moines Iowa Police Department

July 6, 2025

Rest in peace, Officer Flattes, we have the watch. Thank you for your service.
May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
May the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:13 (NKJV)

Officer David Adams, (Retired)
NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement

July 6, 2025

Rest in peace Detention Officer Flattes. Praying for your loved ones.

Officer C Curione (Retired)
Rochester Police Department, NY

July 6, 2025

Detention Officer Flattes, 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 4 years of commitment to law enforcement, your family, and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace, Brother!

Chief (Ret) Steven Marshall
Georges Mills, NH

July 4, 2025

Rest in peace brother

Reserve Officer Steve Durfee
Retired

July 4, 2025

Rest In Peace Sir. Dear God

Citizen Volunteer
Los Angeles Police Department

July 3, 2025

Rest in Peace brother, we've got it from here.
I remember when you started in Clay County and me and you got to work shift together. at the time i was just a new detention officer who somehow ended up as your FTO showing you how Clay County did things. you taught me more than I could ever have taught you. you taught me to look for the good in people even when they were the worst people on the planet. I wish i kept in contact with you more after i moved on from the agency. you were a great man to look up to.

Deputy Sheriff Ryan Collins
Jackson County Sheriff's Office

July 3, 2025

Rest in Peace…

Retired Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

July 3, 2025

Thank you for your sacrifice for our nation. May you be with the Lord and may he be with your family.

Det. Russ Cain


Pittsburgh PD

July 3, 2025

While no words will truly suffice or remove the grief of your friends, family, and brothers and sisters in law enforcement, your dedication and sacrifice are noted and will not be forgotten. I posted this ODMP notice in Keepers of Kaos today on FB. We all salute you and wish to extend our sincere condolences to all who knew you.

Sergeant Russell Hamilton
CDCR Retired
Founder, Keepers of Kaos FB
Contributor at Tier Talk YT

July 3, 2025

RIP Detention Officer Flattes. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Cherokee County

Lieutenant Darren Weisse
Tufts University Police
Boston, Ma. 02120

July 3, 2025

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

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

July 2, 2025

RIP Brother. My condolences to your family, friends and all who knew you. Rest assured you will always be a member of the Thin Blue Line.

SGT Steven P Hounchell (Ret)
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

July 2, 2025

RIP Brother. My condolences to your family, friends and all who knew you. Rest assured you will always be a member of the Thin Blue Line.

SGT Steven P Hounchell (Ret)
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

July 2, 2025

I am sad to learn of the passing of a Brother and Hero in Detention Officer Francisco Paul Flattes. 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 Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina.

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

July 2, 2025

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

Officer Tommy Thomason
Security Officer

July 2, 2025

Condolences to the family of Officer Flattes and may he rest in peace.

Chuck Reece
Private Citizen

July 2, 2025

RIP Deputy Flattes

Trooper Joe Dellwo (Retired)
Minnesota State Patrol

July 2, 2025

Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called children of God.

Patrolman James Murray
Chicago Police Department (Retired)

July 2, 2025

RIP. Thoughts & prayers to officer Flattes family , friends & colleagues - GODSPEED .
May the scoundrel who committed this MURDER - suffer in eternity

Patrolman Robert P Colburn
Boston PD

July 2, 2025

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

Patrolman Kenneth Collins
South Amherst Police Department

July 2, 2025

R.I.P sir. My deepest condolences to your family.

Retired First Sergeant Thomas Webb
New York State Police - Troop "D"

July 2, 2025

God Bless you and your family.

Deb Holmes
Chicago PD (retired)

July 2, 2025

Rest Now Brother

Officer/EMT Shannon Yates
Collins Police Department (MS)

July 2, 2025