Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Chief Martin, You sir are a true hero. I would like to thank you for your years of dedicated service. My prayers are with you and the brave men and women of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.

Rest easy now Chief, you've earned it; we'll finish the tour from here. GOD BLESS

Sgt.Kenneth Bowman
Washington Township PD (Toledo, Ohio)

July 19, 2007

Chief Martin, You sir are a true hero. I would like to thank you for your years of dedicated service. My prayers are with you and the brave men and women of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.

Rest easy now Chief, you've earned it; we'll finish the tour from here. GOD BLESS

Sgt.Kenneth Bowman
Washington Township PD (Toledo, Ohio)

July 19, 2007

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.

Motor Officer Dominick Marraccini
Easton Police Department, Easton, PA

July 19, 2007

Thank you for your service.

Citizen
Grand Rapids, MI

July 19, 2007

Thank you for your service.

Citizen
Grand Rapids, MI

July 19, 2007

May you rest in God's peace

REV

Chaplain Michael Grinnals
Camillus Police Department

July 19, 2007

My deepest thoughts go to your family, friends, and co-workers during this difficult time. I thank you for your many years of service. I wish I could have been there for you on that fateful day. Your community and your agency needs to recognize this supreme sacrifice you made for them. I'm deeply humbled to be able to say that I work in the same line of work as such a hero as yourself.

Salute

P.O.-Michigan

July 19, 2007

A POLICEMAN'S PRAYER
BROTHER WHEN YOU WEEP FOR ME REMEMBER THAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
LAY ME DOWN AND WHEN YOU LEAVE REMEMBER I'LL BE AT YOUR SIDE...IN EVERY DARK AND DREARY ALLEY I'LL BE THERE AS YOU SLOWLY TREAD, ON EVERY STREET CORNER IN THE DRIVING SNOW I'LL HOLD YOUR COAT AND YOU WILL KNOW.
IN PLACES WHERE THE DEVIL IS AFRAID TO WALK...
AT DOORS WHERE YOU MEET RESISTANCE...
IN HOUSES WHERE CHILDREN HIDE...
YOU KNOW I'LL BE AT YOUR SIDE.
THE PLACE FROM WHICH I NOW RESPOND IS OVERSTAFFED WITH HEROES GONE...MEN WHO ANSWERED ONE LAST JOB AND DID IT WELL.
AS POLICEMEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CARD DEALT IN OUR HAND...A CARD WE HOPE WE NEVER PLAY BUT WE HOLD IT THERE ANYWAY.
THE CARD IS SOMETHING WE IGNORE AS WE STAND ON THAT THIN BLUE LINE EVERY TOUR...FOR WE KNOW THAT WE ARE THE ONLY PRAYER FOR MANY OUT THERE.
SO REMEMBER, AS YOU WIPE YOUR TEARS, THE JOY I HAVE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS...AS THE JOB I LOVED TO DO I PRAY THAT THIS THOUGHT WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.

-AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Corporal John Halligan
Philadelphia Police Department

July 19, 2007

My heart goes out to the family, friends and fellow officers of Chief Deputy Tommy Martin. I feel your pain. I'm a civilian who lost a police officer friend to gunfire. I wish that there was something that I could write to make you feel better but there isn't anything. Always keep your faith and remember that there WILL be a day that you meet again.
To you Chief Deputy Martin, THANK YOU for your service. Your sacrifice will never be forgotten.
Rest in peace.
Civilian
Columbus, Ohio

CIVILIAN
COLUMBUS, OHIO

July 19, 2007

Chief Deputy Martin,
Your years of service and sacrifice will not be forgotten. You and your family are in our prayers. Rest Easy Brother!

Dep. Paul Sperandeo Ofc. Amy Sperandeo
Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office, Gretna Police Dept. La

July 19, 2007

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Chief Deputy Tommy Martin as well as to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department. Rest in peace Chief Deputy Martin, you are gone but will not be forgotten...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch, CTO
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

July 19, 2007

To the family of Chief Deputy Tommy Martin, I am so sorry for your loss. My family knows to well the pain your family feels. I am so sorry that you have to go through this. We will keep Deputy Martin and his family in our prayers. Denise Schilli

Denise Schilli
Sister of Jeremy Chambers EOW4/24/06

July 19, 2007

May you Rest in Peace Sir.............

Officer Thomas Wiederhold #1890
Fort Worth Police,Tx

July 19, 2007

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

God Bless

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

July 19, 2007

Thank you for all you've done. You will not be forgotten! May God bless you, your family & department. Aloha.

Sergeant
Honolulu, Hawaii

July 19, 2007

On behalf of the men and women of the Wood River Illinois Police Department our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Chief Deputy Martin. You are a true hero ! Rest in Peace brother , we will take it from here.

James Chapman
Wood River IL Police Retired

July 19, 2007

You have served our profession and your community with honor. May you rest in peace as you now sit with the angels. You and your family are in my heart and prayers, brother.

Captain Gary Graham (RET)
Denver Police Department

July 19, 2007

Rest in peace, Deputy Martin. Thank you for your service and your ultimate sacrifice. May the Lord be with your family, friends, and everyone at Douglas Co. Sheriff's Department.

Elizabeth Kik, Dispatcher
Kent Co Sheriff, Grand Rapids,MI

July 19, 2007

Rest in peace, brother.

Officer R. Law

July 19, 2007

Rest in Peace brother. Your dedication to your community will never be forgotten. Stand guard at heavens gate and watch over us as we continue to patrol the streets down here. We will all be together someday patrolling heavens streets.
Fidelis Ad Mortem
"faithful till death"

Sergeant Christopher DiToro
NYPD 123 Pct

July 19, 2007

We have lost a great man. Thank you Chief for your dedicated service to mankind.

May God lay His healing hands upon the family to lift this grief off of their shoulders.

You will not be forgotten.

Retired Captain Joe L. Gilliland
Danville, KY PD

July 19, 2007

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

July 19, 2007

May God be with you, your family, and the members of the Douglas County Sheriff's Dept. May God also be with all the surrounding police departments that knew Tommy so well!
Hang in there guys...we are all thinking about you.

Chief Sean McQueen
Windsor Police Department

July 19, 2007

Rest in peace brother, your service and sacrafice will not be forgotten!

Patrolman Jeff Tripp
Marion,Ma Police Dept

July 19, 2007

Chief Martin..Thank you for your service and sacrifice. May you Rest in Peace and my God's hands touch and heal your family.

Karen Perrucci
Sister of Ofc. Gary D. Pagano EOW 9/14/1982

July 19, 2007