Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

My heartfelt condolences to the family and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Dept for the lose of a love one and follow Officer.

Thank you Deputy Brignac for your service to the community and for a job well done. R.I.P

Cpl Barry W. Cannon
Center Hill Police Dept, Cnetr Hill Fla

June 2, 2005

I write this with great sadness to know that yet another one of God's Peacemakers has been taken from us. God Bless you Deputy Brignac. Your friends and family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Kyleigh Chandler
Finance to Deputy Byron Keith Cannon EOW 05/04/05

June 2, 2005

GOD BE WITH YOU BROTHER.

J.CISNEROS
LOS ANGELES SCHOOL POLICE

June 2, 2005

My deepest sympathies to the friends and family of Deputy Brignac. R.I.P.

Mike
Surprise, Arizona

June 2, 2005

Dear Deputy Sheriff Glen Brignac,
Thank you for your service. I am a daughter to an officer that also died in the line of duty such as yourself. He was also killed in a car accident in January. My thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends. Stay strong. God bless your family.
Your work here on earth is done rest in peace officer.

anoym.

June 2, 2005

Rest in Peace...

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

June 2, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers go out to This Officer, as well as the Family, Friends, Department and Community.

This is a loss that will never be forgotten. Hours will turn into days, days turn into weeks, weeks into months and months into years but, the difference that these officers have made will last forever.

We lost Our Deputy Morris Taylor on September 14, 2002. When he joined the other Angels in Blue.

God Bless Our Law Enforcement Officers and Those Who Love Them.

Jack & Tracy Van Dolah
Former LEO/U.S.M.C. & Wife in Sutherlin, Oregon

June 2, 2005

God bless you and your family. My you be greeted at the gates of Heaven by my brother. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.

Kevin Cannon
Brother of Keith Cannon EOW 5/4/05

June 2, 2005

On behalf of the Grand Prairie Police our prayers are with all of you. Stay strong and close at this time. (Sgt Greg Hunter E.O.W. 6/18/04)

Grand Prairie PD/Tx

June 2, 2005

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God". Matthew 5:9. Thank you Deputy Brignac for your service and dedication. You answered the call and gave your all, and a part of America died by your side.
May God bless you and your family.

Officer Steven Gau
Miamisburg, OH. Police Dept.

June 2, 2005

I go to this page every day, and pray that no names have been added. Please know that my prayers and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

Your pain is shared by so many who have felt the same tragic loss.

Mary Fisher
Mother of Dep. Kevin Sherwood, EOW 10/9/03

June 2, 2005

I just read this page yesterday and when I read the date of 6-1-2005 it made me think. This officer was alive yesterday. We all put our lives on the line but after years of service we think "it's just another day at work" work that we all enjoy. Although I did not know Deputy Brignac he is a part of the "blue family" and for that I am greatful to have such a family member. My deepest condolences to you and your department and may god bless you all.

Sgt. Timothy Holt
Grand River Police Dept., Ohio

June 2, 2005

on behalf of the state auxiliary, i extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fellow law enforcement. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
MOTTO: "NEVER LET THEM WALK ALONE"

mary mc intyre pres-nat. trustee
alabama state fraternal order of police auxiliary

June 2, 2005

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Deputy Glen Brignac, and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Department. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of great sadness. Please take comfort in knowing that your extended law enforcement family grieves with you. Deputy Brignac, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

June 2, 2005

God Bless you and your family our thoughts and Prayers go out to you and your family. We will keep watch here.
Matthew 5:9

Patrolman E. Kraft
Grove Police Department

June 2, 2005

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 to 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 upon me for life and safety. Support me with your consoling power when I am tempted to think no one really cares and that 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 who serve you well. AMEN. *** REST IN PEACE ***

Chief ( retired ) Douglas A. Koeppen
Washington New Jersey

June 2, 2005

I just read the memorial for Deputy Sheriff Glen Brignac. It is my prayer that the family, friends and co-workers find some sense of peace during this difficult time.
Just know that there are lots of folks across this country that care very deeply and will lift you in prayer before the Almighty. May God's eternal love and endless blessings be poured upon you.

Patrolman Doug Hutchison
Irving Police Department, Texas, retired.

June 2, 2005

“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 2, 2005

R.I.P. Brother in blue.

Deputy J. Sosa
Baton Rouge City Constables Office

June 2, 2005

I would like to extend my sincerest condolences and will keep you in my memories. Your service will not be forgotten.

(Ex Natchitoches Police recruit)
Officer J Austin Schwartz Lakeview PD TX

Officer Austin Schwartz
Lakeview PD Texas

June 2, 2005

To Deputy Brignac's family, friends and coworkers my heart and prayers are with you all in this terrible time of loss. God bless you all.

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

June 2, 2005

The policeman stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, policeman.
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"

The policeman squared his shoulders and said,
"No lord, I guess I ain't,
Because those of us who carry a badge
can't always be a saint."

I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent,
Because the streets are awfully tough.

But I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at time I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fear.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly,
For the judgement of his god.

"Step forward now, policeman,
You've born your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in hell"

GREGG HOUSTON
SOUTH CAROLINA

June 2, 2005

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Deputy Glen Brignan, his good deeds to his community and country will always be remembered. May God bless you.

Chief Ferrell J. Stewart
Cooter, MO Police Department

June 2, 2005

Rest easy brother..............we got it from here........

Officer
Kentucky PD

June 2, 2005

Don't worry, you are in a better place now. Thank you for the help, we'll take it from here.
My sympathy goes to the family of Deputy Brignac.

P.O. Scott McIver
Opelousas Police Department, Louisiana

June 2, 2005