Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace brother. We've got the watch from here. May God bless your family, friends and fellow officers who all mourn the loss of yet another hero.

Officer Dominick Marraccini
Easton Police Department, Easton, PA

May 4, 2007

To the family of officer Silver.
Please accept my condolences for the loss of such a young brother. I pray that the lord keeps him tight and uses him as an angel for us on the road. Please know that he did the job that he loved and was very proud. We will all miss him.

Respectfully,
One of his sisters

Road Deputy Trainee
lee county sheriff florida

May 4, 2007

Officer Alan Silver was one of the nicest people you ever wanted to meet and was a very humble young man. He would always come up to the office and talk and joke with us. He was one of the best at what he did and it hurts to lose him this way. But, I rejoice because he is secure in Christ and I know he's in the most beautiful place. My prayers go out to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Silver. You sir will be missed!!!

DJ

DJ
Telecommunicator-RMPD

May 4, 2007

To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

To the Silver family: Our prayers are with you. May God comfort you and surround you with his love during this difficult time.

Wife of RMPD officer

May 4, 2007

Officer Silver,
My heart breaks for your family & friends for I know the pain they are going through. My first husband was killed in the line of duty 5 1/2 years ago and my heart still hurts everyday. I was just passing through Rocky Mount on Sunday after visiting my parents...little did I know that I would get an e-mail this week that one of it's officers died while protecting it's citizens. Your family will be in my prayers and I pray that you have met Calvin on the golden streets of heaven by now. Rest in peace sir!

Denise
Survivor of Trooper Calvin Taylor NCSHP

May 4, 2007

Rest in peace, Sir! You are not forgotten.
My prayers are with the family and department.
10-42 (Alan Silver)

RMPD Explorer Sergent Jeremy Jones
Rocky Mount Police Department

May 4, 2007

My condolences to the family and friends of Officer Silver. May God forever keep you in his arms, Soror Jahneakia S. Brower

Soror
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, INC

May 4, 2007

Rest in Peace Brother, you will be missed. We will carry on with the task at hand for you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

Cpl. E. Moore
Nash County Sheriff's Office/K-9 Unit

May 4, 2007

Rest in peace Brother Alan you are a true Hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.

Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73

May 4, 2007

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE AND REST IN PEACE!!!!!!

DISPATCHER GRETA M HUFF
KY STATE POLICE POST 13 HAZARD

May 4, 2007

My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to the Silver family as well as the RMPD family. God Bless.

Scott Hunt
Former RMPD Officer - Current Nash County Sheriff's Office (Res)

May 4, 2007

Our thoughts are with the family of Officer Silver and his co-workers at Rocky Mount PD. They are friends as well as family. Alan, look after our families as you patrol the streets of heaven and we will look after your family down here.

Employees and officers of Nashville PD

Chief William A. Creech, Jr.
Nashville PD (NC)

May 4, 2007

I was saddened to hear of the loss of Officer Silver. Dear family, friends, and co-workers: You are in my prayers.

Chaplain
White County Sheriff's Department, Arkansas

May 4, 2007

God Bless you. By reading the reflections left by your friends and fellow officers, you sounded like a great guy and a dedicated officer. It still hurts even though I didn't know you personally. We have a dangerous job, but it is our calling! I know you died doing your job and what an honor is must be going to heaven knowing that. God Bless your family and fellow officers during this difficult time.

Trooper
NCSHP/C1 Rocky Mount

May 4, 2007

My family would like to send our condolences to the family, friends, and fellow co-workers of P.O. Alan Silver~ you're in our thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time. May God give you the strength to carry on and help heal your hearts. May you find comfort and support with those around you.
God Bless You & Rest In Peace, P.O. Silver!

Gail M. Pabst
Aunt of a fallen MI P.O. eow 2/16/2004

May 4, 2007

Thanks to Officer Silver's desire to be an organ donor, my friend will have a chance for a healthier life. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wonderful family and many, many heartfelt thanks for respecting his wishes through their grief and helping so many. It will never be forgotten. God bless the Silver family and the Rocky Mount police department and community.

Rebecca
citizen

May 4, 2007

My condolences to the immediate and extended family of Officer Silver. He was with us for a short time but made the ultimate sacrifice to protect and serve the citizens of his community.

We are all brothers in law enforcement. I grieve even though I did not personally know him.

My prayers are with all those affected by Officer Silver's untimely death.

Crime Scene Investigative Aide Berhow
Broward County Sheriff's Office

May 4, 2007

To the Family of Officer Alan Silver,
I have only known Silver for a very short time and he was the most mannerable person you would ever want to meet.

I will truly miss him as well as the rest of the staff here at the Pd.

Our hearts are heavy and we will forever remember Alan, especially that smile of his.

You have my hearfelt condolences.

Deloris Kelly
RMPD

May 4, 2007

To a friend and Little Brother that I admired because of his dedication and will to be a law enforcement officer. Alan came to the Greenville North Carolina's Highway Patrol station in 2005 to get information and to apply for a Troopers position. I gave him an application packet and he completed and turned in his information and started the process while he was enrolled in college. He called emailed and came to my office at least once or twice a week during that time. As time passed he decided that he would go back to Rocky Mount and join the Police force to get some experience and transit over to the Highway Patrol. He called me and told me that he completed the training and was a certified Police officer. He emailed me at least once or twice a week to tell me how he was doing and that he really loved his job as an officer. He would always send me officer safety tips that he would find on the internet and also officer bulletins from work of which some I would already have. He was so exited about sharing information with me that he would forget to add the attachement. It was amazing of this young officer with less than a year of experience at the time sharing information with an officer with 27 years of experience which in most cases should be the other way around. Alan was very enthused about his job. I told him with the ambition he had he should have been a Trooper from the start. I thought I had really gained a friend but in reality I gained a new Little Brother because Alan was always looking up to me for advice and encouragement. I shared a lot of old war stories and also told him that this is a new era in life and that law enforcement is a lot different today as from years past. I also shared with him about giving the public respect and he will get the same in return which is the key to being a good Police Officer. When I looked at comments made by Alan's commrades he was showing himself to be a model officer, one with dignity and respect. I will miss my Friend and Little Brother. I could not be by his side when he was injured but when I heard the news all I could do was pray and ask God to take care of him for me and I will always pray for his family because this is a great loss for us all. There will never be another Alan Christopher Silver like the one we have just lost here on earth but there will be an Alan Christopher Silver on God's Police Force in Heaven. I will miss you my brother. Trooper R.E. Backus

Master Trooper Robert Backus
N.C. State Highway Patrol

May 4, 2007

May the peace of God be with the family, friends and girlfriend of Officer Silver. Another true hero lost. Thank you to all of the Officers nationwide who report for a shift every day and have no idea what lies ahead. All we citizens know that 24/7 we are protected. May St Michael watch over all of you.
Colorado Springs Officer's Mother

Colorado Springs Officer's Mother

May 4, 2007

Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of Officer Silver. May God comfort you and enfold him in His everlasting arms. To all of those at the Police Department, we extend our deepest sympathies to you also. Many of you worked with him, and, or knew him. None of you have an easy task each day, and yet each day, you go out and put your lives on the line for all of us. Our thanks and gratitude never seem to be enough to say to each of you. May God be with each of you. Connie Shank and family....Rocky Mount citizen, and friend

Connie Shank and family, Rocky Mount

May 4, 2007

It is always sad to see a fellow office give his life in the line of duty. Although I did not have the honor to know Officer Silver, I can only respect his memory and wish that the sacrafice he made can be used constructively to prevent a this from ever happening again.

Sgt. Ronald S. Corchnoy (Ret)
Rocky Mount Police Department

May 4, 2007

I worked for this department for approximately 7 years before going to work for the state. I never knew Officer Silver personally, however, he is a brother in the law enforcement family. He made the ultimate sacrife to protect and serve his community. My thoughts and prayer go out to his family, friends, and co-workers through this difficult time. May he rest in piece.

Sergeant T. R. Askew
NC State Highway Patrol

May 4, 2007

When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.

When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.

When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.

Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.

And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.

Jennifer Harris
Family friend

May 4, 2007

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God" (Matthew 5:9). You are a true Hero. Your efforts, dedication, courage and your service and sacrifice to the citizens of your community is appreciated and will never be forgotten.
God speed and Rest in peace.

Lt. Joseph P. Scroggs Jr.
Lucas County SHeriff's Office Toledo, Ohio

May 4, 2007