Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Prayers for K9 Tracker's handler and family and his department. Your loyalty and sense of duty will forever be remembered. R.I.P. Tracker and thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Chaplain Jerry Steele

July 9, 2014

RIP Tracker

Peter Palazzo Detective (ret.)
NYPD

July 9, 2014

Tracker, you will be missed by all in the law enforcement community. You were a brave dog and you were after a suspect who took your life. That suspect will go right straight to prison for the rest of his life for he did to you. It is such a shame to see a criminal take the life of any police dogs. Your agency will mourn the loss of a brave dog that was after a dangerous suspect who happened to be wanted for first degree rape. I hope that your fellow K9 officers will be there to say a sad goodbye to you. You shall be missed by all.

Bradford Paulson
Observer

July 9, 2014

R.I.P Thank you for your service.All good k9s go to heaven.

Chaplain Douglas J. Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #187 Mt. Clemens Michigan.

July 9, 2014

K9 Tracker, Rest in peace. Your service and bravery are appreciated.

To your partner(s) and family, I am sorry for your loss.

VB
fellow human, in PA

July 9, 2014

RIP Tracker, may your death not be in vain! You were a very important part of the team, I'm sure, and with your help, another miscreant is off the streets.

Nancy Wagner
another grateful citizen

July 9, 2014

Rest in Peace...

Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

July 9, 2014

Our thoughts are with the handler and the department at this time of loss. There's something special about the K9 partner, loyal and dedicated to the end. Rest in peace, Tracker, you've earned it.

Sheriff Ray Foster
Buchanan County Sheriffs Office

July 9, 2014

So incredibly sorry for the loss of this K9 officer, friend and servant. As a "mom" to a SAR K9, the hurt is very real. Dogs like Tracker only want to please their human and was doing exactly what he was trained to do. In performing his duties he took a bullet for his human and fellow officers. My prayers are with his handler and fellow officers. This is a tough loss. As an Alabama resident, thank you for your service.

Tanya D. Hallford
StopSexExploitation/KlaasKIDS Search Team

July 9, 2014

Rest in peace, K9 Tracker. Thank you for your loyal and dedicated service to your community. Your ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten. Prayers for your handler and Alabama DOC. Godspeed, Hero.

Kathy B
Grateful Citizen

July 9, 2014

Please accept my regrets for the loss of your K9 Tracker. I am sure you will have fond memories of his service.

P.O. (Ret) Donald Current
City of New York PD #2461

July 9, 2014

Thank you tracker for your loyalty & bravery. Your partner will someday meet you at the rainbow bridge. Thoughts & prayers to tracker & his "Dad"

Lt.Robert M.Petty (Retired)
North Bergen N.J.P.D.

July 9, 2014

IN MEMORY OF K9 Tracker

To the family, friends, and colleagues of K9 Tracker:

From the beginning of time after Cain killed his brother, Abel, there has been a need for law enforcement officers to protect the weak and to bring evildoers to justice. This work is necessary in a sinful world and is dangerous. In 2014, some nine law enforcement canines have sacrificed their lives to protect their handlers and the citizens of this great nation. Today, we honor the sacrifice of K9 Tracker, of the Alabama Department of Corrections, who was shot and killed in the line-of-duty while assisting other law enforcement agencies during the search of a man wanted for First Degree Child Rape and Incest on Monday, July 7, 2014, near Skipperville, in Dale County, Alabama.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of K9 Tracker. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of K9 Tracker and honor his sacrifice. Be with the family, friends, and colleagues of this fallen hero. Comfort them and give them your strength. Guide those who seek to take care of the family of this hero. May those empowered to do so, care for them with integrity. In commemorating the death of this hero, help those who mourn to remember that death is not the end. Death does not have the final say, but is simply the transition to the glorious life to come. Dogs do go to heaven! They should look forward to that life to come with joy and thanksgiving.

As for the citizens of the State of Alabama, help them to faithfully equip their Law enforcement officers and canines with the best tools to protect their state. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of the State of Alabama to remember to fund their law enforcement canine programs adequately and treat their canine heroes with respect. Help the citizens of the State of Alabama to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their state.

The time for mourning will soon pass. We have now remembered and celebrated the life lost in this great tragedy. As the family, friends, and colleagues of K9 Tracker go forward, they must celebrate the good things in their lives; and to celebrate life itself!

Finally, Lord God, we pray for the families, friends, and colleagues of all the law enforcement officers and canines who have been killed in the line-of-duty and we thank you for their sacrifices. Bless the lives of their families, friends, and colleagues so they might find healing. Help their law enforcement organizations support the families of these fallen heroes. Even though their deaths might have been senseless, make something good come out of these situations so that their law enforcement organizations and the communities in which they lived and served might be stronger because of their lives and their deaths. Amen.

Lord God, hear our prayers.

Now, may the Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen.


In His Service,

Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department

July 9, 2014

Our deepest sympathy to the handler and family, and the department.

Det. Retired
University of Illinois P. D.

July 9, 2014

Well done, thou good and faithful servant. We are sorry for the loss of this officer.

Joel
(Civilian supporter)

July 9, 2014

A dog that helps, protects and loves us, and works for us is gone. My prayers go out to his handler & family. His loss will be genuinely felt by all!

RuthAnn Cross
private citizen

July 9, 2014

My heart breaks over the loss of a true hero in Officer K9 Tracker. Thank-you for your hard work and protection of your handler.

JCOS TW Martinez
CYFD/JJS State of Mew Mexico

July 9, 2014

Losing a hero like Tracker is a tragedy and my heart aches because of it. I believe these Partners are so brave and when a loser takes their life they should pay for it just as if it was a human that they had murdered. God Bless K9 Tracker, his Partner and his family and other members of the Alabama Department of Corrections. I know they are all hurting over the loss of a friend. Rest in Peace Brave One.

Ed S.
Grateful Citizen

July 9, 2014

RIP my K9 Brother

Deputy Anita Price
Bexar County Sheriff's Office, San Antonio, Texas

July 9, 2014

I am so deeply sorry for the loss of K9 Tracker. Thank you for catching this guy. I will always remember your heroic efforts!

Stephanie, sister of an officer
sister to an officer

July 9, 2014

Run free Tracker. Thank you for your loyalty, bravery and ultimate sacrifice. My condolences to Tracker's handler and family. You are in my prayers.

Michelle S.
Daughter, Sacramento PD

July 9, 2014

How sad it is to lose a trusted K9 like Tracker. RIP Tracker.

Township Commissioner Board President
Crescent Township, PA

July 9, 2014

My heart breaks for your loss, what a true hero Tracker was. May he run free at Rainbow Bridge and be met by all the other K9 Heros we lost too soon. God Bless

Stephanie Harris, LEOW - Spouse of Sgt, LAPD

July 9, 2014

I'm so very sorry for the loss of K9 Tracker. My condolences to his family and co-workers.

Susan Ball
Judicial Process Server, Brevard County Sheriff's Office

July 9, 2014

Tracker - may you be at peace, running free and playing with all your buddies. Your loss left a huge hole in the hearts of your family and co-workers.

Marnette Voeltz - Project Leader
AT&T Pioneers Vest-a-Dog proram

July 9, 2014