Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Take care my brother,we'll carry on from here. My prayers to the Knapp Family and the Deputys of Cook County Il.

Officer Thomas Wiederhold #1890
Fort Worth Police,Tx

January 5, 2006

Your family has lost a good man. Those closest to you feel it most, but even those of us in your extended family who have never met you, feel it. My heart goes out to all in the Knapp family and the Cook County Sherrif's Department.

God Bless and Rest in Peace.

Ptl. Jim Leahy Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

January 5, 2006

May your presence be felt by everyone you love and those who love you, forever.

Boone County Sheriff Dept. (Indiana)

January 5, 2006

JAMES
RIP IN BROTHER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR BROTHERHOOD. MAY GOD WATCH OVER YOUR FAMILY.

PO GATES
NEW BRAUNFELS TX

January 5, 2006

On behalf of the men and women of the Camillus Police Department, our deepest sympathy's to the family, friends and co-workers of Patrol Officer James Knapp. Rest in Peace Brother, we now have the Watch.

PBA
Town of Camillus Police Department, NY

January 5, 2006

THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SEND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY OF PATROL OFFICER JAMES KNAPP AND HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY AT THE COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

Northeastern Illinois University Police

January 5, 2006

My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Knapp; may he rest in peace.

Linda Lamm - LEO Wife and Sister of
Jay Balchunas EOW 11.05.04

January 5, 2006

Rest in peace, brother. Rest in Heaven as we finish your watch. My sympathies to your family. Rest easy knowing that your children will know their Father died doing something he loved.

Special Agent James W. Green
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

January 5, 2006

Rest in peace, brother. Rest in Heaven as we finish your watch. My sympathies to your family. Rest easy knowing that your children will know their Father died doing something he loved.

Special Agent James W. Green
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

January 5, 2006

rest in peace brother

P.O. Suroviak #105
Lynwood IL. Pd.

January 5, 2006

Rest in peace my brother in blue. Now you can walk Heaven's beat. Your family, friends, and co-workers with the Cook County Sheriff's Department are in my thoughts and prayers.

Officer D. Johns
Georgia State University Police Department

January 5, 2006

+ Rest In Peace my Brother +
Thank you for all your years of service and for all the safe nights that you have given us. God remembers the ones that keep watch, that put themselves between the good and evil in our world- he will not let your service go unrewarded, you are in his arms now as is your family. Your brothers and sisters will continue to stand that "BLUE" wall- in your honor and memory, we will watch over Grace as you watch over her from above.
+ Rest Now My Brother- You have earned it. +
If you see Tom tell him I said hello- Chicago Police E.O.W. Sept. 1974

AML 3820
Cook County Sheriff's Dist. 6

January 5, 2006

May God be with your family.
Rest in peace.
Your memory will never be forgoten.

LEO Wife

January 5, 2006

Words can not say enough but, we mourn another hero that has been taken from us. My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers. May the Lord give you strength and bless each of you during this time. Remember these few verses taken from the KJB. In I Samuel 20:3 it says, And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly [as] the LORD liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, [there is] but a step between me and death. In John 3:17 it says, For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. And in Philippians 1:21 it says, For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.

Joe Taylor
Missionary to Law Enforcement Officers
www.copsevangelist.com

Joe Taylor (Former FL LEO)

January 5, 2006

On behalf of the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, we would like to express our deepest sympathy on the loss of P.O. James Knapp, His name will be forever in our hearts and prayers.

Chicago Police Memorial Foundation

January 5, 2006

Officer Knapp, may God watch over your friends and family. We too know the heart ache that they are just starting to feel.

Rest easy sir we have the watch from here.

Friends of Larry R Cox EOW 4/21/05
Chillicothe Ohio Police Department

January 5, 2006

God Bless, Rest in Peace

Chief George Yaccich
Rochester Township Police, PA

January 5, 2006

Rest in peace sir. Thank you for your service.

Shannon
Collins Fire Dept.

January 5, 2006

May God bless and comfort Officer Knapp's wife, children, family, friends and co-workers. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Psalm 55:22

Denise Nichols - surviving spouse
Alabama State Trooper Brian K. Nichols EOW 2/17/2002

January 5, 2006

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Officer James Knapp, and the Cook County 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. Officer Knapp, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

January 5, 2006

My condolences go out to the family of Officer James Knapp and the Cook County Sheriff's Department. I hope the family always remembers his bravery and courage, and the legacy in which he left. Officer Knapp your shift is over now, we will take it from here. Rest in peace, brother...

Deputy James E. Bradford Jr.
Bradley County Sheriff Department

January 5, 2006

“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

January 5, 2006

Thank-you for your service, my prayers are with your family.

Chaplain R. Webb
Owensboro PD

January 5, 2006

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

Chief Ferrell J. Stewart
Cooter, MO Police Department

January 5, 2006

Officer Knapp..you - your family - friends & co-workers are in my thoughts & prayers during this difficult time..watch over them & your fellow brothers/sisters in blue..YOU ARE GONE..BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN..REST IN PEACE & WITH EASE BLUE ANGEL!!

girlfriend of a dpd
detroit, mi

January 5, 2006