Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace.

#2959
U.S. Marshals

December 12, 2007

Your watch is ended. May our Heavenly Father watch over your family and friends during this tragic time? May your soul walk carefully and proudly into everlasting life. You will be in our thoughts and prayers. Rest in God’s peace my friend, you deserve it. These are "American Heroes" who just yesterday were women and men just doing their job!

REV

Chaplain Michael Grinnals
Camillus Police Department

December 12, 2007

May God bring comfort to your family in this time of a tragic loss. Thank you for your bravery, courage and devotion to the job that you loved. You will not be forgoten. Rest in peace and be our gaurdian angel from heaven.

Ofc. John Fazio
Port St. Lucie PD, FL

December 12, 2007

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

Corporal Timothy J. Zuniga
University of California Police Department

December 12, 2007

To all the loved ones that knew Officer Franklin, we will keep you in our prayers and know she is in a better place.
"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.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
Canon City, Colorado

Marilyn Robinson
ccPirate Internet Radio

December 12, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Correctional Officer Franklin. Rest in Peace..

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

December 12, 2007

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

Officer Adam F. Laser
Westminster City Police Department

December 12, 2007

C.O.E. Franklin Rest in Peace.

C.O. Stephen Celestino
Westchester County Dept. of Correction,NY

December 12, 2007

Rest in Peace,Sister. Thank you for your service. To all the officers of the Alabama Department of Corrections,please accept my condolences.

Sgt.BR Sexton
Okla.Dept.of Corrections

December 12, 2007

Our hearts an prayers go out to your family in their of sorrow. May God Bless and Rest in Peace!

Cpl.II David A. Murphy
TX DPS

December 12, 2007

You've fought the noble fight and now God has called you home. Return to Him in honor, my sister, and rest forever in peace. Thank you for your selfless sacrifice. You are my Hero!

Jeff
Former GPD Officer

December 12, 2007

Rest in Peace.....................

Officer Thomas Wiederhold
Fort Worth Texas Police

December 12, 2007

My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Thank you for your service. God will never forget his peacekeepers.

Officer JE Wright
California Department of Corrections

December 12, 2007

Rest in peace Elizabeth

God Bless You

Patrol Officer Doug Hunt
Glendale Arizona

December 12, 2007

Thanks for a good and faithful service to being a corrections officer. May God bless you and your family and be assured that your service is honorable.

DFC Stone
Corrections Officer

December 12, 2007

Officer Franklin,
My thoughts are with your loved ones, friends and community at this difficult time. You are a hero forever.

Pennsylvania citizen

December 12, 2007

Our prayers and thoughts and deepest sympathy are with the family and the fellow officers.
Rest in peace you will not be forgotten
Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Deborah Roelandts (911 retired)
Oconomowoc Wisconsin

Chief John Roelandts (retired)
Town of Oconomowoc

December 12, 2007

Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Officer Franklin. With her years of experience, it is obvious she was dedicated to the safety of the communities in Indiana.

Parole Officer Dan Van Vorhis
Ohio Adult Parole Authority

December 12, 2007

Rest in peace brother, you will not be forgotten.

Patrolman Shaun McCready
Altoona (PA) Police Department

December 12, 2007

Off Franklin, you will never be forgotten. May you rest in peace.

PO Richard Eckert
Town of Chester PD

December 12, 2007

Rest in Peace, Sister.

OFC B. Grajek

December 12, 2007

My thoughts and prayers for Off. Franklin and her family.

D McGee COII (ret.)
Md DOC

December 12, 2007

Thank you for your service. God bless you and your family.

Patrolman Derek Thomas
Washington Police Department, Washington Illinois

December 12, 2007

Our thoughts and prayer are with your family and friends,
God Bless

Dick DelRossi
Blue Knights COPSRUN

December 12, 2007

Rest. in peace, sister

Sgt. Juan Padilla
Manati City Police, Puerto Rico

December 12, 2007