Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

My heart felt sympathy goes out to this family and to the Hendry County Sheriff's Office. He will be missed but not forgotten.

Sgt. Carlos Sloan, Retired
Hendry County Sheriff's Office

April 27, 2004

Thank you Deputy Hass for your services and dedication. My prayers goes out to you, your family and to all who knew you.Another hero fallen but never forgotten. May God give your family the strenght to over come this sudden tragedy.

Teresa Goss
Shadco. Jacksonville,Fl

April 27, 2004

Rest in Peace Deputy. Our thoughts and prayers are with your friends and family.

Trooper
Florida Highway Patrol

April 27, 2004

The City of Schenectady, NY Police Department would like to extend its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Deputy Brian Haas as well to the Hendry County Sheriff's Department.

You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Leiutenant James Sanders
Schenectady, NY Police Department

April 27, 2004

Thoughts and prayers to your family and friends. I pray that whoever reads this reflection page finds comfort in knowing that all though many officers have never met, we all feel the loss and the sorrow and carry on your legacy each day.

D/Sgt. Vencent Woods
State of Michigan-Department of Environmental Quality

April 27, 2004

to the family and friends of deputy sheriff bian andrews, my heart goes out to you for your loss. keep up your strength knowing brian is looking down over all of us now.

Sgt. Louis J. Torche
United States Park Police

April 27, 2004

May God Bless the family of this officer,and let them know what a hero he was and how very grateful we are to have had him serve us in this wonderful country we live in. Thank You Brian Andrew Haas, you will never be forgotten.

Pat Carruth
Surviving Mother of
Officer Jeremy "Jay" Carruth
EOW 2/20/03

April 27, 2004

You will always be in our thoughts and prayers. You have fought the greatest battle. You will never be forgotten.....take care our brother... you will always be watching down on your fellow officers.

PO R Eckert
Town of Chester PD

April 27, 2004

Rest in Peace. Protect us from above.....

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

April 27, 2004

Deputy Haas,

You are a true American Hero, who will not be forgotten. May god bless your loved ones, while you protect all you brother and sisters in Law Enforcement from the streets of heaven. God Bless you brother until we meet in eternity. God Speed.

Deputy W F Schrader II

Deputy William F Schrader II
St Johns County Sheriffs Office

April 27, 2004

To Deputy Abella's family, fellow-officers and friends:

Those of us in Columbia County who have experienced a similar accident share in your shock, grief and sorrow.
May God send you peace , comfort, and strength in the days ahead, as well as acceptance of the many unanswered questions. You are in our prayers.

One of 629's friends in Columbia County.

Anonymous

April 27, 2004

Dear Haas Family and Friends,

I am sorry to hear about your loss. Please take some comfort in two verses from the Bible: "Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted." Matt. 5:4 and "Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the Children of God." Matt. 5:9. God Bless.

Ofc. Mike Snyder
Coral Springs PD, Florida

April 27, 2004

Rest in peace.

Dep. E. Thoresen
Marion County Sheriffs Office, FL

April 27, 2004

“When God made Peace Officers….”

When the lord was creating Peace 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 spec on this order? A Peace 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 the 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 he asks, “May I see what’s in there sir?” (When they already know and wishes they had taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of their head for their partners’ safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that 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 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 civil service paycheck.”

The angel circled the model of the Peace Officer very slowly, “Can it think?” she asked.

“You bet,” said the Lord, “It can tell you elements of a hundred crimes, recite Miranda warnings in it’s sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five judges to debate the legality of the stop…and still it keeps it’s 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 Peace 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, and for justice.”

“You’re a genius,” said the angel.

The Lord looked sober. “I didn’t put it there,” he said.


Anonymous

Senior Instructor
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

April 27, 2004

God bless you for your service and your tragic loss.

Anonymous

April 27, 2004

Our Thoughts and Prayers go out to your Family, Friends and Community. And to you Hero... God Speed...

Renee Gaspar
HPD Officer Glen A Gaspar eow 3.04.03...

April 27, 2004

Another Brother was lost Today,
Doing what he loved, protecting people
he did not know. Now he is patrolling the
streets of Heaven, because God needed
the best Up there...

Rest In Peace Brother

Dispatcher Craig
Arkansas State Police

April 27, 2004

The members of the Royal Palm Beach Police Department wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family, coworkers, and friends of Deputy Brian Haas. He has fought the good fight and has now gone to his reward. Many of our brothers and sisters are gone, but none are ever forgotten.

Sergeant T. E. Murphy
Royal Palm Beach, Fl. P. D.

April 26, 2004

Having lost a Deputy in our deptartment in 2000, just about the same manner (ours wasn't ejected but pinned in the car as it slammed into some trees on it's side roof first). So I know your pain. Trust me- God WILL get you through this!
You never forget but the pain does become bearable. Just trust that this is part of the Master's plan even though He is hard to understand sometimes. My heartfelt prayers are with the family and the department.

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peace keepers for they shall be called children of God

always remember the THIN BLUE LINE

Mari Clark/E911 operator
Craven Co Sheriff Office New Bern NC

April 26, 2004

REST IN PEACE! MY PRAYERS ARE SENT YOUR WAY FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

Tonya Stephenson
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Private Citizen

April 26, 2004

God speed brother. My sympathy to your family, friends and the Hendry County Sheriffs Office.

Cpl Jeff Gregor
Collier County Sheriffs Office, Naples, FL

April 26, 2004

AMERICA LOST ANOTHER HERO TODAY, DEPUTY HAAS WAS ON THE WAY TO ANSWER A CALL FOR HELP, WHEN HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT, DEPUTY HAAS YOU ARE A HERO BROTHER, YOUR WORK HERE IS DONE, GO PATROL THOSE GOLDEN STREETS OF HEAVEN. TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY, PLEASE TURN TO GOD, HE WILL BE THERE FOR YOU

Sgt.W. M. Riley
Aragon Police Dept Ga

April 26, 2004

god blessyou brother. you are not forgottern.

deputy
orange county

April 26, 2004

A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but one.


May God be with Deputy Haas nad his family in their time of grief.

109th Cadet Class, Austin Police Department

April 26, 2004

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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

GOD BLESS...

PO ERNEST G. PENN
DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE

April 26, 2004