Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE ME,
MY NAME FOR ALL ETERNITY.
RECORDED HERE AT THIS HALLOWED PLACE,
ALAS, MY NAME, NO MORE MY FACE.
"IN THE LINE OF DUTY" I HEAR THEM SAY.
MY FAMILY NOW THE PRICE TO PAY.
MY FOLDED FLAG STAINED WITH THEIR TEARS,
WE ONLY HAD THOSE FEW SHORT YEARS.
THE BADGE NO LONGER ON MY CHEST,
I SLEEP NOW IN ETERNAL REST.
MY SWORD I PASS TO THOSE BEHIND,
AND PRAY THEY KEEP THIS THOUGHT IN MIND.
I NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE ME,
AND WITH A HEAVY HEART AND BENDED KNEE,
I ASK FOR ALL HERE FROM THE PAST...

DEAR GOD LET MY NAME BE THE LAST.

LT. JAMES A. WILLIAMS
N.Y.P.D.

April 28, 2004

Rest Easy Brother Cuthbert, the Watch is Ours Now and Yours was with Honor. Our Thoughts and Prayers are
with your Family, Friends and Co-Workers.

APD #128
Altoona Police Dept. Altoona, Pa

April 28, 2004

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Police Officer Cuthbert Chapman … and the Virgin Islands Police Department… our hearts and prayers are with you all...... Thank you for a job well done Cuthbert ... rest in peace as you continue your watch from the heavens......your memory will never be forgotten...

God Bless....Be Safe..... and wear your vests...

Vin, Pook and all of us at beyond-the-blue

Vin and Pook- Site Owners
beyond-the-blue

April 28, 2004

TO: The family;loved ones;friends and department members: A POLICE OFFICER'S PRAYER:--- O, gentle Lord! Keep the day/night watch with me. As I begin my tour of duty,I ask your protection from all mental,physical and spiritual harm. Sustain me with the knowledge that I am doing your work,endeavoring to keep peace among your people.Help me be just as I enforce the law without prejudice or favor to anyone.May I be courageous but not reckless in carrying out my duties,Let me respond to all calls with haste realizing that so many are dependent on me for life and safety. Support me with your consoling power when I am tempted to think no one really cares and I am taken for granted. Sustain in me the conviction that so many thousands do care and are grateful for my presence. Grant that I may be loyal to my partner and my fellow officers,and that I may back them up effectively when called upon for assistance. Lord, I ask that I may return safely ,after my tour of duty, to my loved ones and those who love me. I pray that I may be a good and honorable police officer;and after my tour of duty is over here on earth,may I enjoy the peace and happiness of heaven that you have promised to those that serve you well. AMEN. *** REST IN PEACE*** Sent to you by the father of First Class Officer J.D.Koeppen,Capital City Raleigh NC and Trooper D.C.Koeppen,NJ State Police

Chief ( retired) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

April 28, 2004

BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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

GOD BLESS...

PO ERNEST G. PENN
DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS POLICE

April 28, 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.

To the family of Officer Cuthbert Chapman and the Virgin Islands 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, agency, 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.

You gave the ultimate sacrifice for your fellow man, your life, while serving, defending, and protecting others in your community.
Rest easy with our other fallen Brothers and Sisters, we have the watch now. Though our badges and uniforms may be different, our mission is the same. We will continue the fight in your honor.

Florida Deputy Sheriff

April 28, 2004

Our deepest condolences to the Family, friends, and co-workers of Officer Chapman

Newark NJ PD Auto Theft Task Force

April 28, 2004

Rest easy brother, The watch is ours now.

Officer
Atlanta Police

April 28, 2004

You are in my prayers.

Ofc. S.L. Coffman #15174
California Highway Patrol

April 28, 2004

Dear Chapman Family and Friends,

I am sorry to hear about your loss. I say it all the time, only a coward would shoot a police officer, I look forward to reading about their capture and justice being served. 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 28, 2004

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family officer Chapman. May they find peace in knowing that you are now with god protecting us from above.

Lt Thomas Drury
Clare P.D. Clare, Mi.

April 28, 2004

To Officer Chapman family and friends our hearts and prayers go out to you.

God Bless you

terry Miyares, surviving spouse
Officer Emilio Miyares, Hialeah PD, Fl 11/6/86

April 28, 2004

Rest in peace Brother Cuthbert, you are a true hero and will never be forgotten.

Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

Anonymous

April 28, 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 28, 2004

Rest in peace knowing that you did a Job Well Done......

1942
PPD

April 28, 2004

Officer Chapman,

What courage! I'm sure your last actions speak for the way you were know as a professional. I salute your sense of duty and your personal extension. You will be missed by us all . . . .

Deputy Ross Mueske
U.S. Marhsals Service

April 28, 2004

To the family, friends & co-workers of P.O. Cuthbert Chapman my family would like to extend our deepest sympathy for your loss. May you somehow find comfort in knowing your loved one is no longer suffering and in a better place. You're all in our thoughts & prayers.

Gail M Pabst
aunt of a fallen officer

April 28, 2004

Rest in peace.

Ofc. Michael Walker
Tallahassee Police Dept.

April 28, 2004

Rest in peace.

Dep. Eric Thoresen
Marion County Sheriffs Office, FL

April 28, 2004

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


May God be with Officer Chapman and his family in their time of grief.

109th Cadet Class, Austin Police Department

April 28, 2004

To the family, friends and coworkers of Officer Chapman may God be with you all in this terrible time of loss. My heart and prayers are with you all.

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

April 28, 2004

MAY GOD HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEARTS.. LOOK TO HIM IN THIS TIME OF SORROW. GOD BLESS THE FAMILY OF THE FALLEN OFFICER

JERI LYN NICHOLS DISPATCHER
PD ARLINGTON , TEXAS

April 28, 2004

The members of the Royal Palm Beach Police Department wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family, coworkers, and friends of Officer Cuthbert Chapman. 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 28, 2004

Yet another hero has been taken from us too soon. My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Chapman. May the Lord give you strength and bless each of you during this time. Rest in peace for your watch here is over; walk in heavens beat and guide us all to protect and serve others safely.

US Ranger Catroppa
National Park Service Kennesaw GA

April 28, 2004

MAY GOD BLESS THE FAMILY , FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS OF OFFICER CHAPMAN DURING THIER TIME OF GRIEF. MY BROTHER, MAY YOU REST IN PEACE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU. A HERO FOR SURE. YOU SERVED WELL.

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

April 27, 2004