Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Scott-

Your style and work ethic is something that many others on the department can most certainly learn by and take example from. It was a pleasure to have worked with and by you for a short time. It was a pleasure to be yelled at by you during Officer Survival School. It was a pleasure and an honor to have an example of what a police officer should be gracing our hallways. Being with you at your bedside was a heartfelt honor and I can say I will never forget the things I learned from you, both direct, and indirectly.

God bless you, Scott.

Ptl Edward Koczan
South Bend Police Department

April 23, 2006

I didnt know you Cpl Severns, but I do know a friend of yours. From talking to him, you were a great officer and friend. You are a true hero and you gave your life to protect another. My thoughts are with your friend and your family. We've got it from here brother.

C. L. Wood #8672
Dallas Police Department

April 23, 2006

To the family of Scott Severns
Saturday morning my wife woke me up to tell me a South Bend Officers had been shot...bring back the terrible memories of my brother...The first thing i ask, was the officer still alive and she said yes....and i prayed for him and his family...Today i was hit with the news that Scott had passed away...i would like to pass on to the family my deepest sympath..your son is a hero and i know how very proud you are of him...and i prayed to my brother Tom to meet him at the gates...God Bless Scotts family and the SBPD.
Gary L Roberts brother of
Corp. Tom Roberts E.O.W.
12/13/03

Gary L Roberts

April 23, 2006

Rest in Peace...

Police Officer
Syracuse Police Dept,NY

April 23, 2006

You are a true hero. You served your friends and community with honor. God bless you and your family.

Wife of LEO

April 23, 2006

To the Sevenrns' family and Scott's brothers and sisters in Law Enforcement, may God bless you all and guide you in this unbearable time of loss and sorrow. You are ALL in our Prayers.

Carol Francis and Rhonda Nickerson

Carol A. Francis
Citizen of South Bend, In.

April 23, 2006

Rest in in peace Brother.

Eugene Woofter
IUSB Police Dept.

April 23, 2006

To your family, friends, fellow officers and the community you are a true hero.

You will never be forgotten.

You are in a better place now and may you live forever in our memories and in our hearts.

Tim, Shari, Danny and Jeremy Fye
South Bend, IN

Tim Fye - Chief
St. Joe County VEST

April 23, 2006

Rest in Peace Brother. May God Bless Your Family and May You Watch Over All of Us As We Continue The Fight! Your Sacrifice Will Not Be Forgotten, Justice Will Be Done. You Served Well, Now Guard The Gates of Heaven and Guide Us, While Keeping Us Safe and Alert. May God Bless Every MOS. “Fidelis Ad Mortem”

PO
NORWICH P.D., CT

April 23, 2006

BROTHER CPL.SERVENS YOU WILL BE MISSED AND NOT FORGOTTEN ,MAY GOD BE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.THEY WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS CPL. JEFF MARKLEY

CPL. JEFF MARKLEY
ROCHESTER ,IN P.D.

April 23, 2006

You gave your life to protect another man's life. There is no greater sacrifice and no greater display of heroism! Rest easy brother and God be with your family, friends and fellow officers in the great time of tragedy. All of us in the Law Enforcement community honor your bravery and sacrifice. You are an inspiration to all and you will never be forgotten!

POII Chad Barth
Metro Nashville Police Department

April 23, 2006

We'd like to send our thoughts and prayers to Scott's family, friends, and to the members of the South Bend Police Department. He is the true definition of a hero.

Jerry Ryan
St. Joseph Co. Volunteer Emergency Service Team

April 23, 2006

Thank you for your years of service to this community and for making it a safer place to live. May God bless you and comfort your family and fellow officers at this time. Rest in peace...

S Nater
South Bend citizen

April 23, 2006

Scott,

In the few short years we knew each other all I can say is thank you! You brought several smiles to my face and I will always remember them and our times together. I'll look forward to you stopping by and visiting time and again and keep an eye on my family when I am serving. Scott, this community has lost your physical presence but know we all know you will always be with us. Thanks again for being my bud and boating partner! God speed Scott!

Firefighter Durgan Spinsky
Clay Fire Territory, South Bend

April 23, 2006

YESTERDAY IS HISTORY, TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY AND TOMORROW IS A GIFT.

CORPORAL SEVERNS, YOU REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND. I SALUTE YOU! MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERICE. YOU DID NOT LOSE YOUR LIFE, YOU GAVE IT IN SERVICE TO OTHERS. A TRUE HERO INDEED.

THOSE CLOSE TO THIS HERO, PLEASE TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS ACROSS THIS LAND, GRIEVE WITH YOU. MAY GOD BLESS YOU.

JIM SWEENEY CIVILIAN NEW JERSEY
A FRIEND TO ALL PEACE OFFICERS

April 23, 2006

Rest in peace brother. May we, at our time, find the courage from within to act with such disregard for ourselves. You are the epitomy of what we all strive to be. To the family and friends of Corporal Stevens, please believe that his watch over you has not ended, it has just begun. Scott, we now bear the torch and will carry it with pride in your name. God bless.

Agent Rich Smith
West Palm Beach Police Department, Florida

April 23, 2006

YOU ARE A TRUE HERO, RIP BLUE ANGLE

K. MCGEE
MURPHY,TX POLICE DEPT.

April 23, 2006

MY BROTHER, IT IS AN HONOR TO LEAVE A REFLECTION TO A TRUE HERO. IN THE BIBLE, I READ WHERE NO GREATER IS HE WHO LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER. THIS IS YOU MY BROTHER. OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THOSE WHO MOURN YOUR LOST. MAY GOD BLESS YOU, YOU HAVE SERVED WELL, NOW MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

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

April 23, 2006

After reading this memorial, I was especially moved at the fact that Corporal Stevens stepped in front of his friend as he engaged the suspects.
Having the foresight to step in front of another is the defining concept of a hero. God Bless.

Sgt. Jeff Duer
KCMO Police Dept.

April 23, 2006

Corporal Scott Severns,
You will always be remembered as the hero that you are. You paid the ultimate sacrifice so that another could live. rest in peace brother. My prayers and sympathies are with your family and friends.

Patrolman
Sapulpa Police Department

April 23, 2006

A true hero. Thoughts and prayers with your family and friends. Thank you for serving.

Billi-Jo Fulton, Firefighter/Paramedic
NYS

April 23, 2006

Law enforcement is one less wonderful officer and friend.
I pray your family is surrounded with love and support. Shalom...

Kathleen

April 23, 2006

Scott,
It was so good working with you. I will always remember the jokes and laughs we shared. May God bless you and yours.

D. L. Freeze
Naples, FL

April 23, 2006

Scott, A heartfelt Thank You goes out to you for patrolling our city and making it a better place to live..You were appreciated!

Wanted...Good people for a thankless job...

When you start your job, you get to wear only one color, blue.

You work all hours of the day and night, and on your wedding anniversary, and on Christmas, and on the day your kid is the star of Miss Hanson's Kindergarten Ballet and Recital.

When there are explosions, gun shots, or screams, you must run toward them.

You must love children, even those shooting at you.

You have to be able to separate a knife-wielding husband from his pistol-wielding wife, with no injury to anyone. Then when you arrest one, the other jumps on your back and pummels you.

People curse you, you can't curse back. People hate you, you can't hate back.

You have to be an expert in criminal law, a counselor, a negotiator, perfect at crowd control, a therapist, a marksman, a hero, a psychic, an expert in race relations, be able to deliver a baby, climb a rope, scale a wall, have the analytical intelligence of Sherlock Holmes, the sensitivity of Jesus Christ, and be able to hit like George Foreman.

You can never lose your temper.

If you give a driver a ticket for going 55 mph in a school zone, crowded with kids, the driver will demand to know why you're not chasing criminals instead of harassing respectable citizens like him.

If you chase a criminal, and he pulls a gun, and you shoot him, it's your fault.

And sometimes you're sued.

If you chase a madman who's driving a car, and there's a crash, it's always your fault... If you don't believe it's your fault, just listen to the television news and read the newspaper reports and they'll set you straight.

If you pursue, wrestle, handcuff, and arrest an armed robber, get bruised and bloodied, and forget to dot an "i" or cross a "t", a judge, a panel of judges, or a whole court of judges will tell you it's your fault and release a dangerous criminal back into the community.

You have to solve major crimes in a day, or you're not doing your job.

If you stop for five minutes for lunch, you're goofing off. If you accept a cup of coffee, you're on the take. If you answer a call for help by running to your squad and squealing your tires, you're a cowboy.

If you get to the scene five minutes after the call for help, you're screamed at for not getting there faster.

You have to know more chemicals than a pharmacist. You have to know more about chemical reactions in the human body than a doctor.

When you break into a drug house, you can never forget to read Miranda rights to an assorted collection of scumbags who are racing for the doorways, shooting at you, jumping out the windows, punching you in the face, and running to the bathroom to relieve themselves of evidence with the aid of modern plumbing.

If the criminals don't get rid of the evidence with a flush, a defense attorney will get rid of the evidence through motions that attack you in court, and of course, it's your fault.

In hostage situations, if you shoot the hostage-taker, you're a killer, and if you don't shoot him, and continue talking to him, and someone is injured or killed, then you're indecisive and stupid.

You're unpopular. All the time. Every hour of every day. Until someone needs you.

Pay isn't great. Hours are ridiculous. And you probably won't get a summer vacation until you're on the job 20 years.

One more thing we should mention about this job. You're unappreciated. Until you're dead. Then you get a parade.

Kirk
Citizen

April 23, 2006

Scott,
As I watched over you today in the hospital you were so at peace, I expected you to open your eyes and say Hey Butter Bean whats up? It is not how you died that made you a hero, But it is how you lived. I will always cheris the time I picked you up from grade school with your dad and the erecting of the basketball goal in your driveway.

Cpl. Tommy Leszcz
South Bend Police

April 23, 2006