Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

"The K-9 Spirited Watchdogs"
Even though our many Law Enforcement & Millitary Force K-9's from all the Countries around our Planet have Ended their Watch in our life time.

Their Devoted K-9 Spirits have Crossed Over the Rainbow Bridge and now they are carrying on duties up above in Heaven with God.

Richard "Jafa" Oddy©

Richard "Jafa" Oddy
IPA US (Associate)

August 2, 2015

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 Jimmy, you've earned it.

Sheriff Ray Foster
Buchanan County Sheriffs Office

June 26, 2015

RIP K-9 Jimmy.

Det. Russ Cain
Pittsburgh PD

June 19, 2015

As with Hector, all I can say is thank you "officer" Jimmy for your faithful service to the citizens of Hialeah.

Deputy
TN

June 9, 2015

Rest in Peace K9 Hector job well done.

Ret. Sgt. Joe Covington M/C #4926
Corpus Christi Police Department

June 9, 2015

RIP Jimmy

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

June 2, 2015

Thank you for your service Jimmy. I'm sorry you were taken from us. My heart goes out to your handler and all who knew you. I can't wait until we get to see you again. Until then, you go and run free and happily through the Heavens knowing you were loved and valued.

Kristi
Surviving Daughter of Special Agent J. Robert Porter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E.O.W. 8/9/79

June 2, 2015

So sad. This is a tragedy that should never have happened and now its happening more often than not. Something needs to change so that these precious commodities, partners, life friends should not have to endure this. They are our protectors! Treat them as such. Love them, pet them, watch over them as they do us. Rest in Peace Jimmy my boy. You have done your duty for us all.

City Marshal Bonnea Tindle
City Marshal's Office, Killeen, TX/Former Shreveport Police Dept.

June 1, 2015

This is so sad. I can not fathom how anyone could leave a child in s vehicle let alone two wonderful lifesavers!! The handler must be heart broken as I am. Have a good time at Rainbow Bridge boys, one day your master will come to play again.

Mrs Julie Pearsoll
None

May 31, 2015

This is such sad, avoidable death. He was an officer who put his life on the line for others. May you Run Free at Rainbow Bridge and we pray this never happens again. This news just broke my heart.

Stephanie Harris, LEOW - Spouse of Sgt, LAPD

May 31, 2015

RIP boys. I never got the chance to meet Hector but I had the privilege to have known Jimmy since he was a rookie pup. I also had the great privilege over the seven or so years to come to watch a partnership grow. At first they were both clumbsy, Jimmy with his oversized feet and ears and new to the k-9 team Officer Enriquez. At the end of each week on Sunday for the next 3 years I saw them come together and become a team and more importantly family. Nelson would get excited in a goofy kinda way when Blake Sheltons song bout Ol Red came on radio, said that's Jimmys song. I would see them every Sunday nite at work when they did detail at the hospital, I always had a McDonald's French fry for Jimmy and he would always repay me with putting his big ole foot on my chest and leaving dirty paw print, which I never minded. I will never forget you boy, your pawprint has left an impression on my heart and scrub top forever. Don't give the guys in heaven with shaved heads too much of a hard time ( he had a thing were he didn't like bald guys lol). Your family and the kids are in my prayers as well as the entire dept who all adored you. Keep the little ones from being lost up there just like you did down here. RIP Jimmy

Suzy Stanton RT
Palmetto General Hospital

May 31, 2015

This is not the way a hero should pass.
A K9 is not a pet, and not just man's best friend. A K9 is a partner, a protector, and confidant. This loss if felt across the force.
Jimmy, you have done your duty. Rest easy now. We have the watch from here.

Officer Joseph Walker
Niobrara, Nebraska Police Department

May 31, 2015

RIP boys. I never got the chance to meet Hector but I had the privilege to have known Jimmy since he was a rookie pup. I also had the great privilege over the seven or so years to come to watch a partnership grow. At first they were both clumbsy, Jimmy with his oversized feet and ears and new to the k-9 team Officer Enriquez. At the end of each week on Sunday for the next 3 years I saw them come together and become a team and more importantly family. Nelson would get excited in a goofy kinda way when Blake Sheltons song bout Ol Red came on radio, said that's Jimmys song. I would see them every Sunday nite at work when they did detail at the hospital, I always had a McDonald's French fry for Jimmy and he would always repay me with putting his big ole foot on my chest and leaving dirty paw print, which I never minded. I will never forget you boy, your pawprint has left an impression on my heart and scrub top forever. Don't give the guys in heaven with shaved heads too much of a hard time ( he had a thing were he didn't like bald guys lol). Your family and the kids are in my prayers as well as the entire dept who all adored you. Keep the little ones from being lost up there just like you did down here. RIP Jimmy

Suzy Stanton RT
Palmetto General Hospital

May 31, 2015

RIP

Retired Police Officer
NYPD

May 30, 2015

Rest in peace Jimmy!
You will not be forgotten!

Willie Bell Hopewell VA!
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!

May 30, 2015

May God be with the handler and wrap his arms around him
May Jimmy and Hector have a peaceful fun time with my puppies...R.I.P.

K9 officer Robin Weiner
Golden beach P.D.

May 29, 2015

Some heroes have four legs, a wet nose, and a wagging tail. Thank you for your service. Rest in peace, K-9 Jimmy.

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

May 29, 2015

IN MEMORY OF K9 JIMMY AND K9 HECTOR

To the family, friends, and colleagues of K9 Jimmy and K9 Hector:

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. Thus far in 2015, ten 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 Jimmy and K9 Hector, of the Hialeah, Florida, Police Department, who both died in the line-of-duty on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, of heat exhaustion after accidentally being left in their handler’s patrol vehicle following his shift and a callout to assist a neighboring law enforcement agency unattended for nine hours.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of K9 Jimmy and K9 Hector. They died serving us. Help us never to forget them. Help us celebrate the life of K9 Jimmy and K9 Hector and honor their sacrifice. Be with the family, friends, and colleagues of these fallen heroes. Comfort them and give them your strength. Guide those who seek to take care of the family of these heroes. May those empowered to do so, care for them with integrity. In commemorating the death of these heroes, 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 Hialeah, Florida, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers and canines with the best tools to protect their community. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of Hialeah, Florida, to remember to fund their law enforcement canine programs adequately and treat their canine heroes with respect. Help the citizens of Hialeah, Florida, to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their community.

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 Jimmy and K9 Hector 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.

Now, K9 Jimmy and K9 Hector, may the Lord bless you both, 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.
Now, go together and crossover the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ for there is much work to do in God’s Legions against Evil!

In His Service,

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

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

May 29, 2015

My prayers K-9 Hector. May God carry you into Paradise.

K-9 Trooper
Tennessee Highway Patrol

May 29, 2015