Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

I lost a best friend in the line of duty in 2003. My words cannot describe the way I felt about someone taking his life. I feel the same way about each and every Officer killed in the line of duty. As do I feel for you and your family Officer Duncan. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your 17 years of making this a better world for all of us.

Cory Shelhamer

April 24, 2008

Thank you, Officer Duncan, for your service to the people of New York and the United States. Your dedication and efforts are appreciated and will not be forgotten. Rest in peace, Hero!

Janice Brown
Conway, Arkansas
civilian

Janice Brown
civilian

April 24, 2008

SEMPER FI!

LCPL.ANTONGIORGI
usmc

April 24, 2008

He was a warrior. 1*

Corporal
Greenville Police Dept, NC

April 24, 2008

DEEPEST SYMPATHY................

MPO-1 RON LOMBARDI
HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT

April 24, 2008

Rest in peace, Brother, and may God bless your family, friends, and co-workers.

Officer B. Evans #2447
Arlington, TX. PD

April 24, 2008

Rest in peace Officer Duncan, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for you service.

Shelly
Citizen

April 24, 2008

God bless and rest in peace. I also pray that God gives your children abundant blessings and peace. Semper Fi.

Tony Sims
Alachua County Sheriff's Office, FL

April 24, 2008

God speed brother.

Ofc. James Ledbetter
Manvel (TX) PD

April 24, 2008

its always sad to hear we lost another brother, thank you for your service...

Deputy Robinson
NC

April 24, 2008

god bless you brother,and your extended lawenforcement family ,your kids and family also may they catch those who took away your life,and let the system take theres. co d.Johnson

corectional officer/d.johnson#1745
az d.o.c

April 24, 2008

Our deepest sympathy to the family of Officer Duncan. God Bless him for his service to the N.Y. Department of Corrections. You will not be forgotten brother. Rest in Peace.

Sgt. Jim May (retired)
CMPD Charlotte, NC

April 24, 2008

you dont know me, but i want to send my sympathy to the family and friends of officer duncan. i to a few years ago had lost someone very close to me in the state police in new jersey.
god bless you and my prayers are with everyone at this very hard and sad time.
godspeed officer duncan

lorraine

April 24, 2008

Rest in peace brother. My thoughts and prayers will be with you. I send my deepest condolences to everyone in your family, your friends, and all your brother and sister Officers in the NYCDOC. You truly were one of New York City's BOLDEST.

Correctional Officer II
Arizona Department of Corrections

April 24, 2008

Thoughts and prayers are with your family and your agnecy. RIP Brother in Blue.

Patrolman D. Kirk #309
Round Lake Heights PD (IL)

April 24, 2008

God bless you, Ofc. Duncan.

Ofc. J.E. Johnson
South Carolina Deaprtment of Juvenile Justice

April 24, 2008

Officer Kenneth Duncan,

What would the average citizen say if it were proposed that Police Officers be assigned to a neighborhood which was inhabited by no one but criminals and those Officers would be unarmed, patrol on foot and be heavily outnumbered ? I wager that the overwhelming public response would be that the Officers would have to be crazy to accept such an assignment. However, as you read this, such a scenario is being played out in all areas of the country. We are Correctional Officers, not Guards(Who are people that watch school crossings). We work at minimum, medium and maximum security Correctional Facilities. We are empowered by the State to Enforce its Penal Laws,Rules and Regulations of the Department of Corrections. In Short, we are Policemen. Our beat is totally inhabited by convicted felons who, by definition, are people who tend to break laws, rules and regulations. We are outnumbered by as many as 100 to 1 at various times of our workday and, contrary to popular belief, we work without a sidearm. In short, our necks are on the line every minute of every day. A Correctional Facility is a very misunderstood environment. The average person has very little knowledge of its workings. Society sends its criminals to Correctional Facilities and, as time passes, each criminal's crime fades from memory until the collective prison population becomes a horde of bad people being warehoused away from decent society in a place where they can cause no futher harm. There is also the notion that prison inmates cease to be a problem when they are incarcerated. Correctional Facilities are full of violence perpetrated by the prison population against the prison population and facility staff, Felonies are committed daily but are rarely reported. They are called "unusual incidents" and rarely in criminal prosecution. Discipline is handled internally and, as a rule, the public is rarely informend of these crimes. In the course of maintaining order in these facilities, many Officers have endured the humiliation of having urine and feces thrown at them. Uncounted Correctional Officers have been kicked, bitten, stabbed and slashed with home made weapons; taken hostage; murdered; and even raped in the line of duty, all while being legally mandated to maintain their professional composure and refraining from any retaliation which could be the basis for dismissal from service. In addition to these obvious dangers, Correctional Officers face hidden dangers in the form of AIDS, Tuberculosis or Hepatitis B and C. Courts are now imposing longer sentences and the prison population is increasing far beyond the system's designated capacity. As the public demands more police on the street, governments everywhere are cutting police in prison where violence reins supreme, jeopardizing all those working behind prison walls. Although you will never see us on "Top Cops" we are Law Enforcement Professionals. We are the "FORGOTTEN COP," hidden from public view, doing a dangerous beat, hoping someday to receive the respect and approval from the public whom "WE SILENTLY SERVE"

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Correctional Officer/Sister
California Department Of Corrections

Correctional Officer
California Department Of Corrections

April 24, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Duncan's two children and all who knew and loved him.

Chaplain
Arkansas White County Sheriff's Department

April 24, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of Correction Officer Duncan. Thank you for your dedication and sacrifice, you will not be forgotten.

Linda Lamm - LEO wife and sister of
Jay Balchunas EOW 11.05.04

April 24, 2008

Rest in peace Officer Duncan...

Lieutenant
Genesee County, Michigan

April 24, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of C/O Kenneth Duncan and the men and women of NYC-DOC. May God bless you all.

Chief Russell Barnes
Zephyrhills PD - FL

April 24, 2008

R.I.P Officer Duncan, you will never be forgotten.

Deputy M.Reed
EPSO (Colorado)

April 24, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family. Cadets of the Basic Recruit Class 333 of Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy, Tallahassee, FL, thank you for your sacrifice.

Cadet Strzalkowski
Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy

April 24, 2008

Rest in peace brother. My thoughts are with your family and the Department of Corrections

Lt. Joseph Ward, Retired
Jackson NJ PD

April 24, 2008

God Speed, and rest easy brother... SEMPER FI!

Officer Atlantic City Police Dept.

April 24, 2008