Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

While we did not know you, we are truly grateful for your dedication, mourning your death; never forgetting your sacrifice! Not to worry, dear friend, your brothers and sisters in blue will carry on your watch for you ~ may you rest in peace.

Daniel & LaWanda Ross
Citizens/Iowa

July 27, 2006

Thank You Officer McGuinn for the service that you provided us all. May you rest in peace now. God bless family, friends, co-workers and the community in which Officer McGuinn served.

Ptlm.
Coplay Borough Police Dept. (Lehigh County, PA).

July 26, 2006

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this tragic time. Know your service will always be remembered and your legacy will live on brother, for heroes live forever.

Sgt. Jeff Jensen, Colorado Springs, CO
Brother to Det. Jared Jensen, CSPD EOW 2-22-06

July 26, 2006

Officer McGuinn,

You serve the State of Maryland with honor. I also was a corrections officer. Being a Police Officer now, I have to always tell fellow officers of the dangers of working within the jail system. It take guts! My prayers go out to you and your loved ones.
Rest is peace brother officer.

Steven Daniello
Coconut Cfeek PD Officer

July 26, 2006

Officer McGuinn,

What would the average citizen say if it were proposed that Police Officers be assigned to a neighborhood which was inhabited by no one but criminals and those Officers would be unarmed, patrol on foot and be heavily outnumbered ? I wager that the overwhelming public response would be that the Officers would have to be crazy to accept such an assignment. However, as you read this, such a scenario is being played out in all areas of the country. We are Correctional Officers, not Guards(Who are people that watch school crossings). We work at minimum, medium and maximum security Correctional Facilities. We are empowered by the State to Enforce its Penal Laws,Rules and Regulations of the Department of Correctionals. In Short, we are Policemen. Our beat is totally inhabited by convicted felons who, by definition, are people who tend to break laws, rules and regulations. We are outnumbered by as many as 100 to 1 at various times of our workday and, contrary to popular belief, we work without a sidearm. In short, our necks are on the line every minute of every day. A Correctional Facility is a very misunderstood environment. The average person has very little knowledge of its workings. Society sends its criminals to Correctional Facilities and, as time passes, each criminal's crime fades from memory until the collective prison population becomes a horde of bad people being warehoused away from decent society in a place where they can cause no futher harm. There is also the notion that prison inmates cease to be a problem when they are incarcerated. Correctional Facilities are full of violence perpetrated by the prison population against the prison population and facility staff, Felonies are committed daily but are rarely reported. They are called "unusual incidents" and rarely in criminal prosecution. Discipline is handled internally and, as a rule, the public is rarely informend of these crimes. In the course of maintaining order in these facilities, many Officers have endured the humiliation of having urine and feces thrown at them. Uncounted Correctional Officers have been kicked, bitten, stabbed and slashed with home made weapons; taken hostage; murdered; and even raped in the line of duty, all while being legally mandated to maintain their professional composure and refraining from any retaliation which could be the basis for dismissal from service. In addition to these obvious dangers, Correctional Officers face hidden dangers in the form of AIDS, Tuberculosis or Hepatitis B and C. Courts are now imposing longer sentences and the prison population is increasing far beyond the system's designated capacity. As the public demands more police on the street, governments everywhere are cutting police in prison where violence reins supreme, jeopardizing all those working behind prison walls. Although you will never see us on "Top Cops" we are Law Enforcement Professionals. We are the "FORGOTTEN COP," hidden from public view, doing a dangerous beat, hoping someday to receive the respect and approval from the public whom "WE SILENTLY SERVE"

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Correctional Officer
California Dept. Of Corrections

July 26, 2006

Officer David McGuinn

You will not be forgotten, your death is a great loss to the DOC. Your fellow officers and familly will miss you. May God Bless you and all youve touched.

Andrew B
Supporter of WSLEMF

July 26, 2006

My deepest sympathies go out the the McGuinn family and the entire Maryland Dept. of Corrections. As a fellow correctional officer I know the risk that C.O's take everyday they put on the uniform and the door closes behind them, and the working corrections takes a special type of person. As corrections officers you deal with the worst of the worst on a daily basis, the law enforcement and corrections community as lost a true hero and a great officer. Rest in peace officer McGuinn your watch is over and your fellow brothers will take it from here. You are truly a hero that will be deeply missed but never forgotten.

Corrections Officer I
WV Division of Juvenile Services

July 26, 2006

I worked with Dave several years ago when we both volunteered as EMT's in Galloway, NJ. Dave was someone you could always count on. He had a big heart and truly cared about the people he served. I am deeply saddened by the loss of such a wonderful human being. May God watch over his family and the brave men and women of the Maryland Division of Correction.

Cpl. J.J. Picardi #38
Galloway Township Police, NJ

July 26, 2006

My thoughts and prayers are with the family and the Maryland State Division of Corrections.

Fallen but never forgotten.

Officer B. Laurie
Haltom City Police, Tx

July 26, 2006

Again we mourn as another hero is taken from us. My deepest sympathy to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer McGuinn. 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 to protect and serve others safely.

US Ranger Catroppa
National Park Service GA

July 26, 2006

Rest in Peace my correctional brother. Your job here on earth is done. We will take care of the rest.

Brian Daigle
Louisiana

July 26, 2006

rest in peace brother

Patrolman
Brush PD Colorado

July 26, 2006

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

OFFICER McGUINN, YOU REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND. I SALUTE YOU! MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 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

July 26, 2006

GodSpeed,Rest in Peace Brother.

Deputy
Chesterfield Sheriff’s Office Va.

July 26, 2006

I salute you C.O. I know what its like to walk that hall in the dark. To walk that dayroom because society says we must protect the ones that wish us harm and death. We deal with 100% criminals and no victims. God speed C.O David McGuinn. You will be remembered in the hearts of all who read this.

A Correctional Officer
California

July 26, 2006

Rest In Peace Brother

Sgt. Wayne O'Connell
West Pikeland Police, PA

July 26, 2006

Rest in Peace Brother, We'll carry the torch from here.

Correctional Worker
Federal Bureau of Prisons

July 26, 2006

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

God Bless

Sr. Officer D. Johns
City of Sandy Springs Police, GA

July 26, 2006

Thank you for walking America's most dangerous beat. RIP brother.

deputy sheriff II
arlington sheriff office

July 26, 2006

Rest in peace, Officer McGuinn. You won't be forgotten.

PN/FF

July 26, 2006

Rest in Peace Brother....

Off V F Agosto
Chesterfield County PD, Va.

July 26, 2006

Rest in Peace Brother....

Off V F Agosto
Chesterfield County PD, Va.

July 26, 2006

My prayers go out to the Family and Friends of Officer Mcguinn. May he rest in Peace.

Officer Thomas Wiederhold #1890
Fort Worth Police,Tx

July 26, 2006

Thank you my brother for walking the beat so many people could not, your a true Hero in the eye's of all of us. Rest in peace Brother............

Senior Officer
BUREAU OF PRISON

July 26, 2006

MY SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF MR MCGUINN. REST IN PEACE SIR.

BOB
retired

July 26, 2006