Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

My heart goes out to Sgt. Hunter's fellow police officers and his family. He was a true gentleman, kind, conscientious, and deserving of the highest recognition.

Judge Nancy Robb
Grand Prairie

June 21, 2004

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

1942
PPD

June 21, 2004

To the family and friends of Sgt Greg Hunter: May God's grace be with you during your time of grief. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and we feel your loss and share in your sorrow.
My husband had the honor of working with Sgt Hunter. I often heard of what a great man he was. We send our love & prayers to all his loved ones & friends.

Brandi West
Wife of Officer JD West - GPPD

June 21, 2004

Sgt. Hunter, thank you for your great sacrifice. I will pray for your family. I hope to have the honor of being selected as one of the people in our Honor Guard that gets the honor and privelege to honor your memory on Wednesday.

Detective K. Spradlin # 658
Richardson Police Department (Richardson, Texas)

June 21, 2004

May God bless your family with strength to be able to carry on,may God bless you
for making the ultimate sacrifice.

REST IN PEACE BROTHER

Ptl.Sandor
Blythe Twp. Police Dept.

June 21, 2004

At the end of our life all we can reflect on is what we accomplished. From what I have read and heard, you accomplished a lot. May you be at rest and know that your fellow friends and officers are praying for you and your family. May god bless your family and give you eternal life with him.

Detective David Stewart
Denton P.D.

June 21, 2004

May god be with the family,and friends,and the department during these times of grief.Everytime I look at this page,seems the numbers are climbing way to high.May god watch over us all,and guide us in the right direction.

Sgt Roy Mullins
St.Clair County Sheriff's Office AL

June 21, 2004

I have read several of the reflections and they all say the same thing I was thinking and feeling. I will miss your smile and greetings at the west door. You always took the time to speak with me and others in the hall way. You took an interest and you mattered in so many ways. You have meant so much to so many your loss will be felt in ways you would never have imagined.

Thank you brother for being there and know that your service and dedication were not in vain.

Detective Brent McCoy
Grand Prairie P.D.

June 21, 2004

My heart goes out to all of you in the Police Department. You have truly lost a great officer. I had the great pleasure of working with Greg for several years when he was in Police Personnel - we worked as a team in testing entry level police officers. He also helped me through some very difficult times in my life. He was a friend, a mentor and now a hero.

I especially want to express my deepest sympathy to his wife and children.

Debbie Whitwell, HR Mgr.
City of GP

June 21, 2004

My deepest simpathy to the family, friends and coworkers of Sergeant Hunter. I pray God will bless you with His peace, grace and mercy and may He give you the strength you will need to get through the sad times.

Sergeant Hunter, rest in peace! You and all the peace officers gone before you are heroes.

"Well done, good and faithful servant!... Come and share your master's happiness." MATTHEW 25:21

Rosa Waters
Mother of Michael Waters
EOW: September 11, 2003

June 21, 2004

My heart goes out to Greg's wife and children. I know all to well the pain they are going through, going through a loss of a father less than a year ago. I pray for each of you every night and I pray to God to tell Greg how much I will miss him, and am so grateful God put Greg in my life the past 6 years I have known him.
I spoke to Greg Friday morning as I gave him his paycheck and he asked as always how I was doing, and we started cutting up about me and my family moving and laughing. He was such a giving and happy man. Anytime I was able to do the smallest thing for him, he would always say"I knew if I came to Charlene Muse, she would take care of it" and thank me, he was a devoted father, my husband worked on his daughters car going to college in Oklahoma and he just wanted to make sure she was safe. I will always cherish the memories of Greg, and my heart will always have a place of sadness of loss of a friend.

Charlene Muse,Field Ops Secretary
Grand Prairie Police Dept

June 21, 2004

I've known Greg since I was about 5 or 6 years old through my dad who has been an officer with GP for 20 years. I got to know him better after I was hired in the jail. Its sad to see him go and he will be missed. I wish the best for his family and I pray they make it through this very difficult time. Thank you Greg for letting me get to know you a little bit and for being a damn good officer.

Detention Officer Mike Taylor
Grand Prairie P.D.

June 21, 2004

Greg, We just cant believe you are gone..You were a wonderful person and Sgt...You were the type person that somone would walk up to to have their spirits uplifted and somone that one could stand behind for protection...My last memory of Greg is from a hectic day in dispatch when he was standing in the room and I needed him for a Burg inprogress and I was already 10-33 on the main channel from another Burg inprogress...I turned around screaming that I needed him for a call and he ran out of the room enroute without hesitation...And Greg being the type of person he was after the call he came back into the dispatch room standing behind me laughing and doing a histerical dance with arms flying in the air, doing a great job at imitating me from the original dispatch of the call...I will miss him always saying to me "Angela, if you got a problem tell me, I GOT IT"...Greg was deffinately a HERO and FAMILY and should be remembered as such!!!!We love ya Greg and you will be missed by all...

Dispatcher
Grand Prairie Police

June 21, 2004

Myself and the department are saddened by the loss of Sgt Hunter. The sudden and unexpected loss of an officer of extremely painful and heartbreaking. We loss Capt. Monier in 2002 in a similiar sudden situation. We know the pain you are going through as a family and a department. Our hearts and prayers are with you. May God help you through this troubled time.

Lt. J. P. Bevering
White Settlement, TX PD

June 21, 2004

To my Fallen Brother in Blue,

God has prepared his room for you and it is now time for you to take your place in his house.

Your death as tragic as it was, is a stringent reminder that we are the protectors and the keepers of the peace and we fall prey to the evils of the world to protect others.

Many have gone before you and Unfortunately, many will follow but- your new beat is to now serve as our protector and as our guardian angel.

My condolences and heart goes out to your family and extended family.

Godspeed Sgt. Hunter-Rest in Peace

Paul Boothe
McKinney Police Department

June 21, 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

June 21, 2004

Eventhough I did not know Sgt. Hunter, I feel a friendship and a loss. My deepest felt sympathies and prayers are with his family and department. I'm sure God has a special place for those who are so brave and serve to protect.

God Bless
Travis Vavra

Detective Travis Vavra
University Park Police Department

June 21, 2004

Our prayers are with the family and friends. May God bless all peace officers.

Detective J.D.Harvey
The Lewisville Police Department

June 21, 2004

Good-bye my friend , I will never forget you.

Deputy Chief Mike Taylor
Grand Prairie PD

June 21, 2004

Since 1975, there have too many losses of fellow officers that we have had to overcome. For the most part, we can say our good-bye and accept the loss and move on. It comes with this proud profession that we have chosen. Greg's passing is different. After knowing Greg for 20 years, he can best be described as the complete COP and more importantly, the complete MAN. I chose not to have many friends, and I have just lost one of my closest. In honor of Greg, I hope all of us reflect on ourselves and reignite the fire and passion that this great profession deserves. I love you Greg and I will miss you greatly.

Glen Gibson
Grand Prairie PD

June 21, 2004

Thank you for all that you did and all that you stood for. You will be greatly missed by all of your brothers and sisters, who will try to fill the void left by your loss. Sleep well and hold your head high knowing that you did all you could and we will not forget you supreme sacrifice. God Bless.

Hampton Patrolman
Hampton Police Division

June 21, 2004

The men and women of the Scottsdale (Arizona) Police Department would like to extend their deepest sympathy and condolences to the friends, family, and co-workers of Sgt. Hunter. His tragic death serves as a reminder to all of us behind the badge to fight the good fight. Thank you for your years of service as a warrior!

Lt. Jeffrey Smythe
Scottsdale (Arizona) PD

June 21, 2004

Rest now brother. You've earned it.

Patrolman Robert Smith
Dallas Co College District

June 21, 2004

our prayers go out to the family and co workers of Sgt. Hunter, God Speed from the members of the DC Metropolitan Police

MPDC

June 21, 2004

Sgt Hunter. I never knew you, but we wore the same badge and duty belt. We performed the same actions in different cities. I have the utmost respect and admiration for your actions. The courage and heroics you showed is an inspiration to us all. May you forever rest in peace, brother.

Brook Rollins, Police Officer
Arlington Texas Police Department

June 21, 2004