Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

We are never prepared for the loss of a loved one, but God is always prepared to help us through that loss. May His presence begin the healing in your heart and soul, and may His love surround you with the comfort only He can give.

Thank you for your unselfish service to others. You will never be forgotten. May you rest in peace.

Wyoming Citizen

March 12, 2007

YOU ARE NOT A HERO BECAUSE THE WAY YOU DIED BUT BY THE WAY YOU LIVED . REST IN PEACE

N.J. P.B.A. LOCAL 4
ELIZABETH , N.J. P.D.

March 12, 2007

Cpl.

It has been an HONOR and a PRIVLEDGE to work side by side with the best Deputy that I have ever known. Thanks for the experience and the knowledge that you have given to me. You will never be forgotten. Until I see you again enjoy patroling the streets of Heaven.

DEPUTY L.B. JUDY
DORCHESTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

March 12, 2007

CPL. DEESE (AKA VADER),
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU AND CALL YOU MY PARTNER, THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME AND BROUGHT TO ME OVER THE YEARS I WILL NEVER FORGET. YOU MAY HAVE LEFT US IN THIS WORLD IN PHYSICAL FORM BUT YOU AND SONJA WILL ALWAYS BE ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS AND IN OUR SOULS!! YOU WILL BE MISSED ALWAYS AND THOSE OF US THAT YOU WHERE OUR SUPERVISOR FOR (THE DARK SIDE) WILL CARRY YOUR HONOR THOUGHOUT THE YEARS TO COME, YOU ARE LEGEND YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!!!!

PFC S. STINSON
DORCHESTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

March 12, 2007

Rest Easy Brother Deputy you and your partner will be together walk the streets in a better place from here on.
To the family and friends May God Be With You In This Troubled Time.

Mississippi Deputy Sheriff/3rd Gen LEO
Pontotoc County Sheriff Department

March 12, 2007

Deputy Deese and Sonja.. Thanks for your service, Rest in peace. To the family,friends,and co workers of Deputy Deese and Sonja, My heart and prayers are with you during this time. God bless you Deputy, and Sonja.

Officer
Surfside Beach Public Safety- Police Division South Carolina

March 12, 2007

My thoughts and prayers to those who knew and now miss Deputy Deese.

May God lay His healing hands upon the family.

Retired Captain Joe L. Gilliland
Danville, KY PD

March 12, 2007

God bless you and your family

Detective
Cranford Police Dept (NJ)

March 12, 2007

Dorchester County lost 2 officers in the accident, Deputy Deese and Sonja. My heart goes out to the family and friends of Deputy Deese and Sonja.....you will be missed but never be forgotten.

March 12, 2007

God bless the Deese family in their time need. Mike, you were a wonderful person and I am a better person from knowing you. Thanks for the first helicoptor ride, even though you made me ride in the back because you claimed your legs were too long! That was a great time and I will never forget it! You were a caring, loving, compasionate, stong-willed, methodical and giving person. IT showed through the love of your K-9's. Those dogs loved you and you loved them. God speed and rest brother until we meed again...and we will. "Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God" (Matthew 5:9).

Detective Joli Tumbleston
Dorchester County Sheriff's Office

March 12, 2007

I sit here with such sadness in my heart...I lost my step father in the line of Duty in 2002, and I know what this officer's friends and family are going through. It seems so sad that another life has been taken. My husband is a K9 Officer for Goose Creek City PD and I want you to know that our prayers and thoughts are with all Mike's friend's and family. May peace comfort your hearts. You are not alone. Mike and Sonja will not be forgotten.
Tracy and Chris McElman

Tracy Filipiak McElman
Step-Daughter to Off. William Bell, EOW 11/19/02

March 12, 2007

Sorry to hear that Deputy Deese and his K-9 partner Sonja were killed. May god be with those lives he touched here on earth.

Tonya Stephenson
Brookhaven, PA

March 12, 2007

I am glad to have known you. You will be sadly missed.

"MOJO"
ST. GEORGE POLICE DEPARTMENT

March 12, 2007

Deputy Deese and Sonja - thank you for your service to the citizen's of South Carolina. Watch over your family giving them the love, guidance and support that they will need as they begin this long, dark journey without out. Watch over your brothers and sisters in uniform.

I hope that the two of you rest in peace. Neither of you will ever be forgotten.

Michelle - wife of Retired LEO

March 12, 2007

My thoughts and prayers go out to the wife ,children and other family members of Deputy Deese.May God be with you all and give you the comfort and strength needed during this difficult time.

L/Cpl J.E.Kimbrell
South Carolina Highway Patrol

March 12, 2007

Deputy Deese and Sonja, We mourn the loss of you. Thank you for your dedicated service. Your family will remain in my prayers. We love you and will miss you. God bless you. Rest in his arms now.

Erin Powell, Communications
TX DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY-HIGHWAY PATROL

March 12, 2007

may you and your K-9 rest in peace my brother my thoughts and prayers are with your family.

Ptl. Nick Farrell
K-9 Handler

PTL. Nick Farrell K-9 Handler
Sweetwater Police Dept.

March 12, 2007

My heartfelt prayers go out to both you and your partner, Sonya, and your work family and home families. I know you and Sonya have made your Service, your county and your State very proud of the dedicated service you have shown through your years serving and protecting those around you.Just know that those of us who work and have worked in public safety feel the loss also. Family is just that---family- and it makes no difference whether our paths have ever crossed, we all feel the deep-down pain and emptiness. God bless you Deputy Deese, and your forever partner Sonya. Thank you from me for a job well done!

J. Curtis, Investigator
Curtis Investigations

March 11, 2007

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU WILL BE MISSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO. MY SYMPATHY TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND DEPARTMENT.

Deputy Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriffs Office

March 11, 2007

God Speed, Brother.

P.O.K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

March 11, 2007

As I read other reflections, it is obvious that you were loved at the Dorchester County Sherrif's Dept. It is also obvious that you were a dedicated, caring and humble man. Thank you for the way you lived and the ultimate sacrifice you made. This world needs more heroes and role models such as yourself. You will not be forgotten. To the Deese family, I am praying that God's grace "is sufficient" for you at this time. To all the family at DCSD, take care of the Deese family as I know you will. Also know that you are prayed for as you continue your watch. Thank all of you for all that you do! Romans 13:4.

Traffic Officer Tom Williams
City of Los Angeles DOT

March 11, 2007

Rest in peace sir. Thank you for your service.

Sr. Capt. Shannon Yates
Collins Fire Dept. (Mississippi)

March 11, 2007

Rest easy Deputy Deese your family will be in our prayers.

Trooper
South Carolina Highway Patrol

March 11, 2007

OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS OF DEPUTY DEESE. MAY GOD BLESS THEM AND MAY THEY FEEL AND KNOW HIS LOVE, MERCY, AND COMFORT IN THIER LIVES DURING THIS TRAGIC TIME. TO MY FALLEN BROTHER, MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. A HERO FOR SURE. YOU HAVE SERVED WELL.

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

March 11, 2007

THIS TIME IS HARD, IT ALWAYS IS TO LOOSE SOMEONE THE CALIBER YOU WERE, AND YOUR K-9 PARTNER SONYA. MAY GOD BLESS YOU BOTH. WE WILL NOT FORGET THE SERVICE YOU BOTH SERVED SO WELL. YOU BOTH WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED EACH TIME WE TRAVEL IN DORCHESTER COUNTY. YOU BOTH WERE TRULY ANGELS AMONG US THE TIME YOU WERE HERE. AND MAY YOU FLY WITH THE ANGELS WITH YOUR NEW WINGS. WE WILL MESS YOU BOTH SGT RICK KEYS NCPD SPEACIAL OPERATIONS.

sgt
North Charleston Police Department sc

March 11, 2007