Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

To Officer Collins' wife and children....

I lost my husband (a Va State Trooper- Mike Blanton) on Jan. 29th of this year. My heart aches for you. I pray that God will send His angels to surround you, hold you, and sustain you during these trying days.

I would love to tell you it gets easier...but it doesn't. Allow God to wrap you up in His arms and carry you for a while. My thoughts and prayers are with you.....and....I do understand.

Blessings to you and your family

I pray that God will be with you all (family and friends). I pray for HIm to give you all comfort. Officer Collins will be remembered. He is our HERO.

PFO T. Gibson
NREL/DOE

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE OFFICERS
WISH TO SEND OUR CONDOLENCES. OUR THOUGHTS
AND PRAYERS ARE WITH OFFICER COLLINS, HIS FAMILY
AND CO-WORKERS.

GOD BLESS...

PO ERNEST G. PENN
DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE

I do not know if this situation could ever have been worse. Even before a full life you gave the ultimate sacrafice. God bless and comfort those you leave behind and you will not be forgotten. You are a hero.

Deputy M. Moore
Warren County S.O. (OH)

May God bless you and your family for your sacrifice.

PO Doug Eatherton
St. Louis City Police

I can't help but think what a great officer you would have been, given you actions on that day, had you not been taken away so soon. You are a true hero, a warrior whom all can be proud of. God bless and rest in peace.

A Brother in Blue

Ptlm
CPD, NY

MAY GOD BLESS THIS HERO. OFFICER COLLINS GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. HE DIED A BRAVE AND FEARLESS MAN AND POLICE OFFICER. GOD BLESS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COWORKERS. REST IN PEACE MY HEROIC BROTHER IN BLUE. HOPE TO MEET YOU SOMEDAY IN CRIME FREE HEAVEN.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RETIRED
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

To the family and friends of OFC COLLINS even though he was a police officer for a short period of time, many officers go an entire career without feeling like they have made a difference, OFC COLLINS did this in the first few days of even being a police officer, I know this doesnt ease the pain that everyone must feel about the loss but know that he is watching all our backs from "up on high!" Rest easy brother well continue on from here.

Senior Patrol Officer Armstrong
Anchorage Police Department

What a tragedy!!!!!!!! My heartfelt sympathy goes out to Officer Collin's wife and children. May God wrap you in His loving arms and comfort you. My husband was only 32 when he was killed in the line of duty. You are not alone in your grief................John 15:13

Shelly Ragsdale, surviving spouse
Officer Alan Ragsdale, Hohenwald Police Dept., EOW 11-27-00

Brother, may God bless you and give you peace. You and your family are in our prayers.

Special Agent
FBI New York

To the family of Officer Collins and the Brunswick Police Department, I'm so sorry to learn of your lose.
Thank you Officer Collins for everything.

spo james anthony
wilson police department

Lord, please surround this family with your loving arms, to give them strength and courage on the path that they now have to walk. The pain and grief is to great to bear. Be with his wife and children and family, give them peace and comfort at this time. We cry out, why? Why, did this happen to him? There are no words to tell others how we feel at this time. We are empty, we are hurting, but we go on, sometimes with a smile on our faces, trying to hide the hurt and pain. We remember the last time we talked with him, saw his smile, told him that we loved him, gave him a hug. We can't get it in our minds that this has happened to him, that we won't have him with us any more. All we can think of now, is what took him from us. And we can't believe that in all this world that it happen to him.
Be with each family that has had such a great loss, especially this family. He didn 't even have a chance to do what he wanted to do most, to be a Police Officer, protecting his community.
Lord, surround this family. Be with them in the coming days, months. Help them receive strength and courage from You and keep them in Your care.
We ask this is Jesus name.
Amen.

Hamilton County, Tennessee
Donald Kenneth Bond, Jr.
EOW: 9/6/01

To the family and friends of Officer Collins-
May God bless all of you. This is a terrible tragedy and I am very sad that you have to go through this. Keep him with you every day in your heart and in your thoughts and he will never be forgotten.

"A mother of a fallen officer"

I check the ODMP page everyday and it is always sad to learn that another brother in blue has fallen but it is even more sad when such a brave officer has to lose his live so soon.But it is people like Officer Collins that make me proud to wear the badge.God Bless

Cpl.Jameson
Shipyard Plantation

It saddens us that a third fellow Georgia Peace Officer lost his life in the line of duty in less then a two week period.

On behalf of the men and women who serve and work for the Georgia Perimeter College Police Department, our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Melvin Collins family, friends, and co-workers of the Brunswick Police Department.

God bless Officer Collins, now you can walk Heavens beat.

Officer Johns
Georgia Perimeter College Police Department

That thin blue line is a little thinner today. God Bless this man, his family, and his fellow officers on this tragic day. I know that this man, even though i didnt know him, loved his job as every police officer does. It is important to remember that he will be reporting for duty on Monday, but he will we walking the beat of golden streets, where he belongs. Rest in peace.

Explorer Chief
Des Moines

God Bless you, your family, and co-workers. You and your family and co-workers and friends will be in my thoughts and my prayers.

MBPD

Though your tour was short, you paid the ultimate sacrifice. May God be with you family and comfort them. Rest in peace young brother. You will not be forgotten. God Bless.

S/TRP
South Carolina Highway Patrol

your family and fellow officers will remain in my prayers. you are a true hero.

nikki
pvt citizen

We thank Officer Collins for protecting the citizens of his community, by giving his all for the citizens he cared for.

Our heart and prayers are with his family, friends and coworkers. May God give each of you the strength to carry on.

Roger Parker
Concerns of Police Survivors - Georgia Chapter