Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Our thoughts are with the men and women who have grown close to and worked with this special member of your agency.

Supervisory FAM, Thomas Kelly Jr.
Federal Air Marshal Service

January 23, 2015

I am sad to learn of the loss of a true hero in Officer K9 Sultan. I pray the Lord bless and comfort his handler, family and the entire Law Enforcement community.

JCOS TW Martinez
CYFD/JJS State of New Mexico

January 23, 2015

Prayers to the handler and his family as well as the department. So sorry for the loss. So glad to hear that the perp was 'caught'. Rest In Peace Officer K9 Sultan. Your time here was well served and you are well respected.

Price Family
Citizens of Emerald Isle, NC (and Thin Blue Line Family)

January 23, 2015

R.I.P. PUPPY Sultan!!!

Nebraska Police Officer

January 23, 2015

Sultan, thank you for your selfish service and sacrifice. My prayers are for you and your family left here on Earth to grieve their precious loss. You have earned your rightful place in Heaven.

Officer Sandra Rapey
Lindenhurst Police Department

January 23, 2015

R.I.P. Sultan

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

January 23, 2015

Sultan may Gods angels carry you over the rainbow bridge. You truly shall enter through the gates of paradise. I know you are in great company. My respect.

Trooper D. Osborne
Tennessee Highway Patrol

January 23, 2015

Go Sultan and play, free from danger, free from hate, your service is blessed, God has watched and is cradling you with comforting arms.

Thank you Sultan!

ND PPD/State Inv Ret; CCPD PA

January 23, 2015

In the dark of night he chased the bad man
Running away with a gun in his hand
K-9 Sultan was right on the trail
Making sure this guy was going to jail

Ahead and in force, Sultan was strong
There was no doubt it wouldn't be long
Barking and looking he had the man down
And then in a flash came the most dreaded sound

Sultan cried out and it was all he could do
All but his duty and that wasn't through
His dark eyes grew glassy his breathing was fast
And then in a while the boy breathed his last

A handsome young lad with dark prowling eyes
Sultan is gone and we now realize
He was a great buddy, and a real friend
And he did his job right there to the end

John Flores
military veteran

January 23, 2015

Sultan was a wonderful, beautiful, noble dog who was more human than many people. May the Lord bless and keep him for his unconditional love and for his unfailing heroism; and may the Lord bless, keep and comfort Mark and all who mourn his loss! Rest in peace!

Gina Lazarchik, ARMS specialist
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

January 23, 2015

Our deepest sympathy to the department, the handler and his family. It takes a special dog to perform as a K9, and their sacrifice hurts the deepest since they did not anticipate it.

Guy and Judith Powell
Seven Pines Kennel

January 23, 2015

God Bless K9 Sultan he saved his partners life and who knows what other Officers he may have saved by his actions. Don't worry Sultan will be waiting for his partner in Heaven, where theres no more tears. Rest in Peace !

Former Sgt. Joe Covington
Corpus Christi Police Department

January 23, 2015

Thank you for serving and keeping us safe Sultan!
May you rest in peace, may God Bless You.
You will not be forgotten.

Detective
San Fernando PD

January 23, 2015

I believe animals are sanctified. The lord forsake man and commanded Noah to build an ark to protect his special creatures. The Lord prepares a special place for all. I believe Sultan’s place is peaceful with plenty of green meadows to roam waiting for his partner to join him for time and all eternity.

Thr Bowman family
Citizens of Orange County

January 23, 2015

I am so sorry for the loss of your partner, best friend. I am so sadden that anyone could do this....

Natalie Washington

January 23, 2015

My sincerest sympathy to K9Sultan's handler and family. As the wife of a former K9 officer, I well understand the terrible sorrow and heartbreak they are going through. A K9 is a very special Officer and they are well deserving of the same honor a regular officer receives when they are killed in the line of duty. Again sympathies to the Officer, the family and the Department. LD Ford, Retired, Greensboro, NC Police Department Communications

Retired Telecommunicator
Greensboro, NC Police Department

January 23, 2015

Thank you for your service Sultan. Your family and brothers in blue are in our prayers.....

Shelly Coffman

January 22, 2015

I am truly sorry for your loss of K9 Sultan. I pray God gives his handler, family, & department peace. I am grateful that the piece of garbage who murdered this Officer was dispatched to Hell.
May God bless all of you & keep you safe.

Angela Miller, civilian
Aunt to two LEOs

January 22, 2015

RIP Sultan. Thank you.

Lt.Robert M.Petty (retired)
No.Bergen, N.J. P.D.

January 22, 2015

I believe that this says it all:

A K-9 PRAYER
Trust in me, my friend, for I am your comrade.
I will protect you with me last breath.
When all others have left you
and the loneliness of the night closes in,
I will be at your side.
Together we will conquer all obstacles
and search out those whom might wish harm to others.
All I ask of you is compassion,
the caring touch of your hands.
It is for you that I will unselfishly give my life
and spend my nights unrested.
Although our days together
may be marked by the passing of the seasons,
know that each day at your side is my reward.
My days are measured by
the coming and going of your footsteps.
I anticipate them at every opening of the door.
You are the voice of caring when I am ill;
the voice of authority when I’ve done wrong.
Do not chastise me unduly,
for I am your right arm,
the sword at your side.
I attempt to do only what you bid of me.
I seek only to please you and remain in your favor.
Together you and I shall experience
a bond only others like us will understand.
When outsiders see us together
their envy will be measured by their disdain.
I will quietly listen to you
and pass no judgment,
nor will your spoken words be repeated.
I will remain ever silent,
ever vigilant, ever loyal.
And when our time together is done
and you move on in this world,
remember me with kind thoughts and tales,
for a time we were unbeatable.
Nothing passed among us undetected.
If we should meet again on another street
I will gladly take up your fight.
I am a Police Working K-9 and together
We are guardians of the night.

Our hearts are with you and your department.

Ptlm. Brian Reeves
Middletown Twp. PD K9 Unit, Langhorne, PA

January 22, 2015

Sultan, you were a brave and proud dog. You will be missed by all of your canine and human friends in the world of law enforcement. You went out to catch a criminal who was hiding and then he took your life, He will pay for what he did and pay dearly he will. I am sure he will get his just deserts when a judge and jury get done with him. It will be prison time for what he did to you. I am sure you will be remembered along with other police dogs who lost their lives in the line of duty at a memorial service in your hometown.

Bradford Paulson
Observer

January 22, 2015

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. REST IN PEACE.

POLICE OFFICER
NAPERVILLE IL POLICE DEPT

January 22, 2015

Rip sultan thank you for your service

kentland indiana

January 22, 2015

In memory of RSO K9 Sultan, and on behalf of the committee and volunteers of the Dawgs Project, the active duty Military Working Dog community we represent our collective deepest condolences, We Will Never Forget.

The Dawgs Project

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace my sincere condolences to your handler and to your department. I lost Tanja my partner in Puerto Rico to bad Anasteshia during teeth cleaning. She was a great tracker and explosives detector.

Ofc Terry F. Zech
Veteran affairs Police Department Detroit

January 22, 2015