Hialeah Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Reflections for K9 Hector
"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
my thoughts are with the handler and hero k9 hector,sorry for your suffering my friends ! be well
SEAN MAIONE,former officer
spokane police department
July 29, 2015
my thoughts are with the handler and k9 hero jimmy,i am sorry for your suffering,rest in peace and take care friends !
SEAN MAIONE,former officer
spokane police department
July 29, 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 Hector, you've earned it.
Sheriff Ray Foster
Buchanan County Sheriffs Office
June 26, 2015
RIP K-9 Hector.
Det. Russ CainPittsburgh PD
June 19, 2015
K9 Officers Jimmy and Hector, your service at your handler's side each day will not be forgotten. Without a question, you would have lain your life down to protect theirs. I know your department is devastated by your loss. I can only imagine the agony your handler is feeling. I pray for they find peace in knowing that you certainly received a Hero's welcome and are now running and playing with no worries at the Rainbow Bridge. I hope they find peace in the fact that you will be waiting there for them one day. Thank you for your service, Officers.
God Bless you for every beat you walked so others could rest safely at home.
Dawn Jones McCoy
Wife of Officer M.C. McCoy
Greenville Police Dept.
June 17, 2015
What a horrible and tragic death for you. Your service at your handler's side each day will not be forgotten. Without a question, you would have lain your life down to protect theirs. I know your department is devastated by your loss. I know your handler is lost and empty inside. I pray your handler will be able to forgive themselves and take peace in the fact that you certainly received a hero's welcome and are now frolicking happily at the Rainbow Bridge with no more worries of the evil in this world. Thank you for your service.
God Bless you for every beat you walked so others could rest safely at home.
Dawn Jones McCoy
Wife of Officer M.C. McCoy
Greenville Police Dept.
June 17, 2015
K-9's Hector and Jimmy, K-9 Heroes!!! Thank you for your service, rest in peace.
Kathe Holmes
Protect the Paws...a K-9 Cause!
June 15, 2015
God bless these babies. The served well!
Mother of Norfolk, Va police officer Jos
Lives in Panama City
June 12, 2015
All I am able to say is thank you "officer" Hector for your faithful service to your community.
Deputy
TN
June 9, 2015
RIP Hector
Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service
June 2, 2015
Thank you for your service Hector. 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 Hector 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
I dont quite know how this can happen, however it is a true tragedy and ways to make sure it never happens again has to be implemented.
COII Ross Cargan Canadian Corrections
member against crime/evil
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
This is not the way a hero should die.
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.
Hector, 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. All dogs go to heaven.
Retired Police Officer
NYPD
May 30, 2015
Rest in peace Hector!
You will not be forgotten!
Willie Bell Hopewell VA!
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!
May 30, 2015
Rest in peace my fellow Co workers. God wrap his arms around the handler. Tragic incident.
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 Hector.
Gail M. Pabst
Aunt of fallen Detroit P.O. Jennifer Fettig eow 2/16/04
May 29, 2015
Please remember your K-9 partner. So very sad for Hector and Jimmy
citizen
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
God Speed K-9 Hector. May God carry you and K-9 Jimmy into paradise.
K-9 Trooper
Tennessee Highway Patrol
May 29, 2015
So, so sad. My heart goes out to their handler. Rest in peace babies.
Renee
Louisville, Kentucky
May 29, 2015
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