Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Watch over those of us you have left behind.
You have earned your place in Heaven with our other brothers and sisters.
Gods Speed Brother

Anonymous

February 25, 2004

Rest in peace. May God comfort your family, friends and co-workers.

Trooper
Michigan State Police

February 25, 2004

Rest in peace brother, thank you for the job you did. We will keep up the fight here, you protect Heaven.

Sgt. Erica Sonnier
Marion County Sheriff's Office

February 24, 2004

May God watch over and offer comfort to officer Bowens' family. My worst fear has become your reality and my heart aches for you. God bless.

Cheryl

Wife of a Sgt.
Macomb County Sheriff Dept, MI

February 23, 2004

Aufrichtige Anteilnahme - REST IN PEACE

Ret. Detectiv Hans FRIES
Germany

February 23, 2004

I am terribly sorry for both officers. I know that their families will have complete support from the Detroit Police department. They will now continue their journey as gaurdians for other police officers.

God Bless and stay safe.

P/O Bill Postowski # 6665 HP

Police Officer
Philadelphia Highway Patrol

February 23, 2004

"They won't be remebered by how they died but by how they lived."

February 23, 2004

On behalf of the Pittsfield Police Department, we extend our condolences to the family and friends of Officer Bowens. God Bless.

Officer Rodney Minoty
Pittsfield Police Dept. ME

February 23, 2004

Our prayers go out to your family, friends and the officers of D.P.D. god bless you and everyone wearing the badge

Dist. 3 Deputy
Monroe County Sheriff Dept. MI

February 22, 2004

Rest in peace, May god be with your wife and daughter in this time of need.My prayers are with them. God Bless

Wife of a Lt.
Muskingum County Sheriffs Ofice, Ohio

February 22, 2004

Matt,
I never had the pleasure to meet you,which I'm sure is my loss. You have paid the ultimate price to protect and serve.
The law enforcement community has lost a brave warrior,you served with pride and dedication.May God shelter you in his love.It is said that God has a special place for the keepers of peace. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.God speed to you brother in blue........

police officer Michael Raby
southfield police department

February 22, 2004

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Officer Bowens. You were a hero to many and you will never be forgotten. Rest in peace brother.

Anonymous

February 22, 2004

Tragically sad, and a waste of a good person.
As a fellow Officer, I wish send my sympathies to the family and commiserate with their loss.
Every day, on any stop, you never know what is coming.

Sgt Alan Kibblewhite
Dorset Police (U.K)

February 22, 2004

May you rest in peace now that you are in a safer place. May you watch over all of us to help guide us thru the day. May you be remembered for who you are, and the lives you touched.
God rest for you are not forgotten.

Inspector PA Gust
United States Customs Service

February 22, 2004

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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

GOD BLESS...

PO ERNEST G. PENN
DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE

February 22, 2004

A true hero is measured by the actions taken in life. Officer Fettig, and Officer Bowens are, and will be forever remembered as heroes. May God bless your souls, Officer Fettig and Officer Bowens. God will have true, dedicated, heroes and partners to the end, to patrol the streets of heaven.
One day you both will be there to meet us fellow officers that will follow you into the gates of heaven, and if we maybe so blessed I will shake your hands and thank you both for your dedication to the job.
May god wrap his loving arms around the family, friends, and fellow officers to comfort them in this enormous loss.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the men and women of the, Detroit Police Department. Though we may never meet nor may we know your names, we feel your loss, and forever we will open our thoughts and prayers to our brothers and sisters of your agency.

Sincerely Yours,
The Men and Women of the Mason County Sheriff’s office – Ludington Michigan

Road Patrol Division
Mason County Sheriff's Office - Ludington MI

February 22, 2004

May God bless you and your family for your tragic loss. You will never be forgotten by your police family.

Anonymous

February 22, 2004

The people of MI have lost another hero. Thank you for putting your life on the line so that we could all be safer. My prayers are with your family.

Wife of a MI police officer

February 22, 2004

TO THE FAMILY,FRIENDS, AND FELLOW OFFICERS OF MATTHEW, I OFFER MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES. MATTHEW IS AND FOREVER WILL BE A HERO. YOU WERE VERY BRAVE THAT NIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THE BADGE WE ALL WEAR WILL CARRY YOUR MEMORY FOREVER. YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE. KEEP HEAVEN SAFE AND WATCH OVER US, WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT FOR YOU. GOD BLESS YOU MATTHEW,YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. GOD SPEED HERO!

DEPUTY M. LAFRAMBOISE
JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

February 22, 2004

God Bless you and your familey. You will not be forgoten, nor will what you gave up for the rest of us. Now rest my brother for you have erned it.

Ofc. John Marasco
Wolverine Lake PD MI

February 22, 2004

I am a police officer in Philadelphia for 5 years and I am 26 years old the same age as Jennifer Matt's partner. I was in work today reading a departmental memo that came to us as a result of the murder of these beautiful and brave police officers and I came to this site to find answers and I find that I am leaving this site with more questions. I don't want to draw this out so I will get to my point. I am a person who is married and has a family and works crazy hours and enjoys time with friends as I am sure Matt and Jen were too and I guess what makes me angry about the whole situation is this that those two are gone and nothing is going to bring them back and any future for these two are in memory only and it is not right that thier lives were cut short because they were living out thier dreams of protecting and serving. I keep them in my prayers along with the families and thier fellow officers in DPD and police across the nation....May they rest in peace and may St. Michael watch over them
Fraternally,
Jason F.

Policer officer Jason F.
Philadelphia Police department

February 22, 2004

Officer Down


My Brother, you were so certain about the job you’d select,
The only dream you ever had was to serve and protect.

How honorable a profession everyone would agree,
Why you’re no longer patrolling isn’t so easy to see.

Dedicated and proud, you’re a hero to us all,
How intolerable the pain now that you’ve taken a fall.

Down to your last step, you were as brave as could be,
Offering your own life while that coward tried to flee.

Every breath I take is so empty to me,
Down here on earth where my hero should be.

We know what you did, and I shiver with pride
For your courage under fire and how valiantly you tried.

Our loss is so great, but heavens gain is much more
Now your up above, the one we adored.

I promise I’ll never forget it, nor will the pain ever cease
Our angel above, of my heart your still a peace.

So proud of what you did, but I still tear up and frown
The pain of those words, “Officer Down.”

Written by Jason Bowens
Brother of Slain Detroit Police Officer
Matthew Bowens

Police Officer
Detroit Police Department 4th Precinct

February 22, 2004

Godspeed, brother. Your time among us was far too short.

Police Officer
NYPD

February 22, 2004

Family, Friends and Coworkers of Officer Bowens,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Officers
Northwest Lancaster County Regional Police Department, PA

February 22, 2004

i live in the fourth you will truly be missed you and jen we are all saddened rest in peace you will never be forgotten

Terri

February 21, 2004