Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

REST IN PEACE BROTHER....

TROOPER
PA STATE POLICE

November 27, 2006

May you rest in peace, God bless you, your department, your family, fellow fallen officers and those still patrolling the streets.

Virginia State Trooper
Virginia State Police

November 27, 2006

Godspeed Deputy Hudnall. Your life and loss will never be forgotten. May God watch over your family, friends, and co-workers during this dark time.

Detective D. Thompson
Colorado Springs Police Department

November 27, 2006

God Bless!

P.O. Clinton Mack
Detroit Police Officer

November 26, 2006

Thank you for your service to your community. The badge is a calling and you answered. I hope that your department finds strength within itself. May your wife gain the strength and support she needs to come through and may your four children understand your virtuous character. Requiem in pacem!

Recruit KMH
VBPD

November 25, 2006

Deputy Hudnall, the drunk driver who took your life, if he has a conscience and soul will forever understand what he did and regret his actions. He not only took your life, but he affected those who knew and loved you. Though you have been taken physically from your family and friends, they will never be without you and you will forever be there to love and cherish them, and they will know that.

God Bless and may you Rest in Peace, Brother.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

November 25, 2006

Rest in peace sir. Thank you for your service. May God have mercy on your killers soul.

shannon
Collins Fire Dept. (Mississippi)

November 24, 2006

Rest, bro!!
CCRPV # 2906

CE Lima Ptl
CCRPV # 2906

November 24, 2006

It has taken me a few days to take this all in. I hadn't spent as much time with Joe for several years, but he was my friend when he was a truck driver for Viking.

Joe wanted to be in Law Enforcement. It was his dream. On weekends he would ride with me, eager to learn anything he could. During the week, he would stop by the house while he was working, parking his 18 wheeler in fromt of my house. Joe would come inside to ask questions about the calls we went to the previous week. I once had to step out of the room to go to the bathroom or something similar... when I came back in the kitchen the microwave was going... Joe had found sokmething in the refrigerator and was heating it up! He said he knew I would mind, and so he was just going to have a bite.

You didn't mind with Joe. If he was your friend, he loved you like family. (And you don't ask to pull something out of your family's fridge.) I can't remember ever meeting someone who cared more about the people in his life. I saw how much he loved his kids and how much he loved Carrie, his wife.

It's Thanksgiving night, and I just wanted to say thnak you for 10 years of friendship. I'll miss you.
Dave

Sr. Dep. David Lostaunau
Kern Co. Sheriffs Dept.

November 23, 2006

Rest easy brother. May God give your family, friends and colleagues comfort in this time of tragedy. You paid the ultimate price, at the hands of a coward with no regard for anyone's life. Justice will be served. And we in the L.E.O. community will carry on where you left off, making you proud, and never forgetting the sacrafice you paid to make our world a better place to live.

Corporal Steve Fassbender
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Surrey, British Columbia)

November 23, 2006

The State Of California has lost another fine Officer. R.I.P. Brother, im sure you are watching over all of us now.

Officer Marc Sweeney #136
Denton Tx. Police Department

Officer Marc Sweeney #136
Denton Police Department

November 23, 2006

My special thanks to our extended law enforcement family and the citizen's of Kern County. The support we have received has been overwhelming.

As the funeral procession rolled through Bakersfield, seeing citizens lining the streets, waving American flags was touching. But none more than seeing small children holding a parent's hand with one and rendering a salute with the other.

Deputy Hudnall, thank you for your exemplary service to the Kern County Sheriff's Department and the citizens of Kern County. I was blessed to have served with you.

May God bless your family, comrades, and friends.

Commander Randy Turman
Kern County Sheriff's Department

November 22, 2006

Joe, I love you so much and miss you soooo much already, Im so happy i got to spend that amazing weekend with you in chicago with your handsome son. He's a spitfire just like you. I will take good care of him, I promise.He is the love of my life and im so happy he had a father like you. I can express how empty I feel without you and how my heartbreaks, I will save a seat for you at the wedding one day.....you'll always have a place in my heart.You were a wonderful deputy. Everyone saw it and Knew it. I wish more people could have the love of their job like you did. I promise I will be there for carrie and the boys as well as Jennifer. Im so happy to have known you for so many years. You wear your uniform with so much pride....What more could a girl ask for in a father in law.....I love you

Johanna Rhoads
daughter of a K.C. Sheriff, Loving Girlfriend to your son

November 21, 2006

Brother, Thank you and your family for your service. We will take the watch here, enjoy yourself up there!

Trooper Williams
Texas Highway Patrol

November 21, 2006

It hurts to find that yet another family has lost a loved one to a drunk driver. I pray that God sends peace and comfort to your family, friends and co-workers in their hours of need.

Thank you for sharing your life and dedication while working the thin blue line.

God speed, warrior. Rest well in the knowledge that your brothers and sisters in blue will carry on for you.

LEO's wife

November 21, 2006

I'm glad to have known Joe, and thankful for the opportunity to have worked with him. He was a good cop and a good man. Joe was always smiling, and always vigilant in his quest to serve the community. I think about Joe every day since the tragedy, and will always remember him. I am honored to have been witness to his memorial, and thankful for the support of the law enforcement community. Thank you Joe; for your service, your good nature, your support, your humor, and even your long winded embellished stories. When you were telling your tales, I would be silently thinking "get to the point" but now I am thankful to have known you and heard these tales. My thoughts are with Joe's family, and his sacrifice will never be forgotten. "Kern-9, 10-7" Rest in Peace my brother; we'll keep the watch from here.

Officer
CHP

November 21, 2006

Thank you for your service.

Ofc. S.L. Coffman #15174
California Highway Patrol

November 21, 2006

Joe, the two years that I spent supervising you on the 4 squad (swing shift) in the Metropolitan Patrol Division were some of the most rewarding of my career. One of the major reasons was my crew. Knowing I had you and Rob working north in the 1 zone (The Dale) really made my job easy. I spent so much time North not because I needed to supervise you closely but because it was so much fun working with you guys. I will miss the card games, camping and fishing trips more then you can ever know. Rob, Jimmy, Marvin, Danny and I have been with Carrie and the kids since you left us and we will be there for them until they get sick of us. Know that we love you, miss you are there for your family.

To our extended Law Enforcement Family: Not having ever seen this web page before it is very humbling to see the condolences from all over the country. On behalf of myself and Joe's family I thank you all.

Sergeant Jeff Niccoli
Kern County Sheriff's Department, Supervisor, Friend

November 21, 2006

10-7 on earth 10-8 in heaven, rest in peace brother, weve got it from here.

C. Jones
Law Enforcement Recruit, FL

November 21, 2006

Rest in peace Joe.

Ofc. Andy Arena
Delray Beach (FL) Police Department

November 21, 2006

Rest in peace Brother. May God Bless you and your family.

Patrolman

November 21, 2006

RIP brother, we have your watch!

Police Officer Brian Koehn
Archie Mo Police Dept.

November 21, 2006

To Deputy Joe Hudnall

Thank you for your dedicated service. You will be missed by your family, friends, and all members of the police department family. No words I can say will easy your family's pain as I have found. We are praying for you and your family.

Brother of PO Jeremy Chambers 101
E.O.W. 04-24-2006

PO Chris Chambers
St Louis County Police Dept Mo

November 20, 2006

Rest in Peace Brother Hudnall,we'll take it from here. God Bles the family, friends, co-workers.

Deputy Hemsworth
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office/Ohio

November 20, 2006

Joe.......who will be there to say "Hey, we've heard that story before"? Well, here's one you haven't heard........"We'll miss you!!"...our prayers are with your family. We consider it an honor and privilege to attend your memorial service. God speed, my friend....you truly made a difference in this world

LS4

November 20, 2006