Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

May GOD bless the family of Police Officer Tony Mims.


The Men and Women of the Amtrak Police Department extends our deepest sympathy to the Athens Police Department and to the family of Officer Mims.


GOD bless!!!

Criminal Investigator
Amtrak Police Department NY & NJ Division

January 3, 2004

most people would tell you that law enforcement is a dangerous job. i never listened. I was always afriad when there was a domestic call or when i heard dispatch say use caution with someone. My husband was a little man but his size never mattered to him. He wanted to be a policeman, he wanted to make the small town we lived in a safe place for everyone. i never thought that directing traffic would be the worst thing that he could do. I just want to say to all the officers that read this "To be careful out there and watch out for other drivers and be careful so you can go home to your family" GOD BLESS

Wife of Officer Toby Dirickson
EOW 11-2-03

January 3, 2004

The circumstances surrounding your death lead me to ponder if you've saved the lives of fellow Agents. Rest In Peace, servant of God. ~Romans 13:4 NIV

Darin Paul
FBI Agents Association

January 3, 2004

You stood tall and proud and enjoyed what you did. Not only was I blessed to know you through the police department but also through the National Guard. Seems like you just loved the dangerous fields. Now we will continue with our lives though yours was taken so cowardly. May God watch over your family and guide them through this very difficult time. Continue to walk tall. You are already greatly missed!!!

Angel Vanderford

January 3, 2004

Our Prayers are with officer Tony Mims and his family. May God Bless Us all. Good will prevail.

Anonymous

January 3, 2004

Your work here on earth will be carried on,but we shall meet again at the cross road my Fraternal Brother.

Det T T Rrobertson
shelby county sheriff office

January 3, 2004

Such a sad way to start the New Year. May God be with the family, friends and coworkers of this fine officer. Officer Mims rest in peace and continue your watch from safer streets and thank you for a job well done.

Deb Azure
Mother of Deputy Renee Danell Azure, EOW 08/06/02

January 3, 2004

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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

GOD BLESS...

PO ERNEST G. PENN
DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE

January 3, 2004

To both of these officers, in which I knew from my hometown, I say a solom prayer today with great regret that the world has lost such great Guardians of Peace. Rest my brothers, for you have served your community, God, and the Law with utmost greatness. Thank you for all that you have done. We will not forget you... God will not forget you.

Dwight Posey II
US Military Police

January 3, 2004

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

January 3, 2004

There are but two persons who protect the sinful human race from destroying itself. One is God's Holy Spirit. The other is the Peace Officer. Without them, we would all perish at each other's hands.

You were called into this profession and our Lord and Savior has blessed you because:
According to Romans 13.1-5...
God ordains the Peace Officer’s profession.
The Peace Officer is sent by God.
The Peace Officer is vested with God's authority to enforce the law.
A Peace Officer's badge is to be honored by us, because it is honored by God.

You gave the ultimate sacrifice, your life for your fellow man, while serving, defending, and protecting others in your community.

To the family of Officer Tony Mims and the Athens Police Department, your extended family of Law Enforcement Officers grieves with you during this time. I pray that God will wrap his loving arms around each of you and comfort you during this most difficult time.

To all my brothers and sisters, please remember the fallen officers we have lost. Remember the men and women who died trying to make this world a safer and better place for us all to live in. Please pray for this officer's family and friends as they struggle with this tragedy.
May God be with you every day, please remember, we are a part of the largest family in the world and when one hurts we all hurt.

Though our badges and uniforms may be different, our mission is the same. Rest in peace with our other fallen Brothers and Sisters. We will continue the fight in your honor.

Florida Deputy Sheriff

January 3, 2004

2004....and it starts. God bless brother. Thank you for your service and know you will not be forgotten. May God show your killer no mercy and may your family know that they do not grieve alone.

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

January 3, 2004

You two were the first to go in 2004, but will not be the last. May your names and what you two men did never be forgotton. RIP HEROS.

Ryan
Los Angeles,CA

January 3, 2004

Rest In Peace Brother...

Constable Dave Austin
Dekalb Co. Alabama Constable/K9 Handler

January 2, 2004

Our hearts and prayers go out to the family during this sensless tragedy. Officer Mims, you will not be forgotten for the services you provided to all. Rest easy my brother. You will be missed.

Anonymous

January 2, 2004

May you rest in peace brother Mims. What a coward did to you cannot and will not be forgotten by those of us who continue to walk the thin blue line. May God watch over you as you enter Heavens Gate and may He hold your family in His arms during this difficult time. So much promise for a great new year and yet two more families will suffer through this year and for years to follow.

Walk proud Officer Mims. Thank you for watching over all of us. We will continue to pray for you, your family, and your department.

Officer TW Jester
Ft Wayne Police Dept.

January 2, 2004

My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Mim's wife, children, family, friends and co-workers. You will never be alone in your pain and grief. Your law enforcement family will always be with you. Psalm 55:22

Denise Nichols - Alabama COPS VP
Surviving spouse - Alabama State Trooper Brian Nichols EOW 2/17/2002

January 2, 2004

I will pray for you Tony and your family.

Patrick Lowery
Gardendale Police Department

January 2, 2004

When God Made Police Officers . . .

When the Lord was creating Police Officers, He was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said,
"You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

And the Lord said, "Have you read the requirements on this
order? A Police Officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle their uniform."

"They have to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and testify in court the next day."

"They have to be in top physical condition at all times,
running on black coffee and half-eaten meals, and they have to have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands . . . no way!!"

"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord, "it's the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before they ask, 'May I see what's in there, sir?'"
(when they already know and wish they'd taken that accounting job) "Another pair here in the side of their head for their partner's safety, and another pair of eyes here in front so they can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, 'You'll be alright, ma'am,' when they know it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching His sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family of five on a civil service paycheck."

The angel circled the model of the Police Officer very slowly. "Can it think?" she asked.

"You bet," said the Lord, "it can tell you the elements of a hundred crimes, recite Miranda warnings in its sleep, detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop . . . and still it keeps its sense of humor. This officer also has phenomenal personal control. They can deal with crime scenes painted in hell, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the daily paper how law enforcement isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Police Officer. "There's a leak," she pronounced, "I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model."

"That's not a leak," said the Lord. "It's a tear."

"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, for justice."

"You're a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there," He said.

Anonymous

January 2, 2004

Our condolence and sympathy to the family and co-workers and friends of Police Office Tony Mims. Another terrible tragedy to lose a fine officer.

Our prayers are with you. He will never be forgotten.

Sincerely,

Lyndell & Elizabeth Taylor
Parents of
Deputy Sheriff
Morris Lyn Taylor (Douglas County, Oregon)
EOW 9-1-4-02

January 2, 2004

MAY GOD BLESS OFFICER SIMS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COWORKERS. WHAT A SHAME, 34 COMBINED YEARS OF SERVICE TAKEN FROM US AT ONCE. MY BROTHER, YOU AND YOUR FELLOW BROTHER ARE HEROS. YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. A HERO NEVER IS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU BOTH, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. YOU SERVED WELL MY BROTHER.

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

January 2, 2004

Rest in peace my brother—You will not be forgotten. You have done your duty.

You, your family, and all those that have been affected by your passing are in my family’s prayers.

See you some day my brother.

CPL Jodie L. Warren
Prince George County Police Department, Virginia

January 2, 2004