Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

GOD Bless you and your family.

Rest In Peace.....

Officer Paladino
Colorado Springs PD

November 10, 2007

Rest in peace always and know that you will never be forgotten.

Cpl/1 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police

November 10, 2007

We will keep you, your family and friends in our prayers. You are a hero. Job well done. Go with God.

Corporal Timothy J. Zuniga
UC Berkeley Police Department

November 10, 2007

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY,YOU ARE NOW ONE OF GODS ANGELS,REST IN PEACE...

MASTER POLICE OFFICER
CITY OF SCOTTSDALE POLICE DEPT

November 10, 2007

My thoughts and prayers are with those friends and family members that are left behind and cannot follow. Rest in peace my brother in blue...we will take it from here.

Officer Adam F. Laser
Westminster City Police Department

November 10, 2007

God Bless You and your family in the days ahead. Our prayers and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

Katie
Flint

November 10, 2007

Officer Bedard, thank you for your service. my prayers are with your family and your police family. may the Lord Bless all of you.

Trooper(Retired)
Florida Highway Patrol

November 10, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Police Officer Mark Bedard.
Rest in Peace Officer Bedard...

J
Sister of John P Harris EOW 8/19/1994

November 10, 2007

Mark Bedard : I remember the day he and Andi were telling us they were about to have a baby His eyes sparkled with love and pride. My prayers continue for his wonderful wife Andi his Mom and all involved. I have been praying for Mark along with my son in Iraq and all soldiers and police here at home and afar.

PAT BRANSCOMBE
friend

November 10, 2007

Thank you for your brave service!

PO MICHAEL CONNOLLY
Boston Police Department

November 10, 2007

A HERO may be gone....A HERO will never be forgotten...R.I.P.

Deputy
Lake County Sheriff IL

November 10, 2007

you died a hero. may god be with your family and young child. your in my prayers.

officer
cpd

November 10, 2007

Rest in Peace.

C.O. Stephen Celestino
Westchester County Dept. of Correction,N.Y.

November 10, 2007

What a sad loss.May you rest in peace and may your family recieve The Lord's comfort as they face the earthly future without your physical presence.G-d Bless.

November 10, 2007

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

God Bless

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

November 10, 2007

Rest in Peace, Mark. We thank you for your Service, Sir. You will NEVER be forgotten.

Sr. Trooper Trey Pellizzari
Texas Dept of Public Safety/Commercial Vehicle Enforcement—Rockwall

November 10, 2007

WHAT A TRAGIC LOSS FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE. MY HEART FELT PRAYERS GO OUT TO OFFICER BEDARD'S WIFE AND CHILD. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO GO ON.

POLICE OFFICER GARCIA
LAPD

November 10, 2007

THE MEMBERS OF THE 106 DETECTIVE SQUAD/NYPD EXTEND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF POLICE OFFICER MARK BEDARD AND THE MEMBERS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DETECTIVE THOMAS RYAN
106 DETECTIVE SQUAD / NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

November 10, 2007

When God Made Peace Officers
Unknown Author
When the Lord was creating peace officers, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one"

And the Lord said, "Have you read the spec on this order?" A peace officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle his uniform."

He has to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses and testify in court the next day."

He has to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half-eaten meals. And he has to have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands...no way."

"It's not the hands that are causing me problems." said the Lord, "It's the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have."

"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through the bulge in a pocket before he asks, 'May I see what's in there sir?' (When he already knows and wishes he'd taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of the head for his partner's safety. And another pair of eyes here in the front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say. 'You'll be all right ma'am.' When he knows it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve, "rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't" said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident, and feed a family of five on a civil service pay check."

The angel circled the model of the peace officer very slowly. "Can it think?" she asked.

"You bet." said the Lord. "It can tell you the elements of a hundred crime scenes; recite Miranda warnings in his sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five learned judges to debate the legality of the stop...and still keeps its sense of humor."

"This officer also has phenomenal personal control. He can deal with crime scenes painted in hell; coax a confession from a child abuser; comfort a murder victim's family; and then read in the daily paper how law enforcement isn't sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her fingers across the cheek of the peace officer. "There's a leak." She pronounced. "I told you that you are trying to put to much in this model."
"That's not a leak," said the Lord, "it's a tear."
"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.
"It's for bottled-up emotions; for fallen comrades; for commitment to that funny piece of metal called his badge; for justice."
"You're a genius." said the angel.
The Lord looked somber. "I didn't put it there." he said.
I think this poem says it all. Hopefully these simple words will be enough for the family to endure the dark times that are coming.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
Canon City, Colorado

Marilyn Robinson
cc-Pirate Internet Radio

November 10, 2007

My most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Bedard during this most difficult time. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

And to his wife ~ I share your suffering. I also lost my husband in the line of duty and am left to raise 2 young children on my own. This is a tragedy no family should have to bear. My heart aches for you thinking about what you are going through right now, and what you will go through over the coming weeks and months but I want you to know that you will get through this. It is a very long, very difficult journey but you will get through it and please hear me when I say that you are not alone. There are many, many other police widows who understand your situation and emotions and will be there to support you and help you whenever you need it. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you, Officer Bedard, for your service and ultimate sacrifice - you will never be forgotten. May God bless you and may you rest in eternal peace, forever safe in the arms of the angels.

Carin Sollman, widow
Officer Jesse E. Sollman, EOW 3/25/05

November 10, 2007

You & your family are in my thoughts & prayers. God Bless.

Sgt. J.L. Brewer
Retired L.S.P.

November 10, 2007

Officer Bedard, your service and sacrifice will never be forgotten. May you forever rest in peace, sir.

A Grateful American

November 10, 2007

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.

N.J. TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

November 10, 2007

Too many of our finest men and women who serve us lose their lives to preventable accidents.

Officer Bedard you are a hero and thank you for your service. God bless you, your family and the rest of the Officers of Minneapolis who lay it on the line every day and night so the rest may sleep peacefully. You are all in my prayers.

November 10, 2007

Dear Mrs. Bedard,
I'm deeply sorry for your loss. My wife Amy Lynn Donovan of Austin Texas Police Dept. was killed during a foot pursuit by a patrol car driven by her partner three years ago. Our youngest child was only two. Although I will never tell anyone that I know what they are going through, because everyone needs to handle things in their own way. I'm sure you will vent your anger towards the criminal that made a choice to endanger not only your husband and other members of law enforcement, but the community as well. Your husband stood between danger and the community. And they will be safer because of his actions. It will be hard to focus. Be strong.
To the officer driving the patrol car. It will be hard. You are not the first and you can reach out to those that have been there. Remember you will always Be your brothers keeper.

From the heart,
Teryy Donovan

November 10, 2007