Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Vaya Con Dios mi Hermano

Felix Aviles
FBOP

June 23, 2008

Rest in peace brother

Deputy John Latour
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

June 23, 2008

My thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and co-workers of Correctional Officer Rivera. Another Hero taken too soon. May God comfort you and your Family.
You will never be forgotten. God speed and God bless. Rest in peace Sir.

VIPS Jeff Claybern
Alexandria Kentucky Police Department

June 23, 2008

Sleep peacefully in Gods arms, Officer Jose Rivera,
You will never be forgotten, And we Thank You for
your service Sir. My prayers are with your,
Wife,Unborn Child, Parents, Family, Friends, and your
Brothers and sisters Officers, witht the US Department
of Justic- Frederal Bureau of Prisons,

Almighty and enternal God we commend, Officer Rivera
to your loving care, Bless his family and comfort
them now and always, Amen.

I will be strong and courageous, I will not be terrified,
or discoraged for the Lord my God is with me where ever
I go. Joshua 1-19

Peace I leave with you my peace I give you, John 14-27
God Bless You

Rest in peace Officer Rivera, It's now time to take
your beat on Heaven Streets,
God Speed adn Sleep well Blue Angel.

Mother of a Deputy Sheriff,
Maryland.

June 23, 2008

My deepest sympathy and condolenses to your family and friends.
May God be with you and your love ones.
Rest In Peace!

J.Salvador
FBOP/ USP Victorville

J.Salvador
FBOP/ USPP Victorville

June 23, 2008

Rest in peace and may God comfort your family and friends.

Cpl Mac Davis
Arkansas State Police

June 23, 2008

God Bless the family of Officer Rivera and everyone in the law enforcement community who put there life on the line daily.

Lieutenant
BOP

June 23, 2008

The Corrections Officer faced his God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now Corrections Officer,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek,
To my church have you been true?"

The Corrections Officer squared his shoulders and said,
"No lord I guess I ain't,
cause those of us who carry badges,
can't always be a saint."

"I've had to work most Sundays,
and at times my work was rough.
sometimes I've been violent,
Because inside those walls is awful tough!"

"But I've never took a penny,
that wasn't mine to keep,
I've worked alot of overtime,
when the bills just got too steep."

"And I've never passed a cry for help,
though at times I shook with fear,
and sometimes God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears."

"I know I don't deserve a place,
among these people here,
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears."

"If you've a place for me Lord,
It needn't be so grand,
I've never expected or had to much,
But if you don't I will understand."

There was silence all around the throne,
where Saints often trod,
Where the Corrections Officer waited quietly,
for the Judgement of his God.

"Step forward now Corrections Officer,
You've borne your burdens well,
Come walk a while on Heaven's street,
you've done your time in Hell."

My prayers are with Officer Rivera's family. May God comfort and guide you thru this difficult time and hold you in the palm of his hand until you are reunited in heaven. Rest in peace my BOP Brother, see you at the end of my watch...............

Kenneth M. LaMaster
FBOP--USP Leavenworth

June 22, 2008

Never Forget, Never Again...

Our prayers are with Officer Rivera's family and the Bureau of Prisons family.

Case Manager Jenna Epplin-Deville
BOP - USP Pollock

June 22, 2008

This job that we do is very dangerous and takes a lot of courage guts to go in deal with the inmate population everyday with just a radio and keys. My hat goes off to all correctional workers who in work enviroment that the public doesn't see but hear and read about. My prayers and blessings goes out to all of the families who lost brave loves in the enviroment that us correctional officers call work everyday.

yusuf saad
federal bureau of prisons

June 22, 2008

Rest in peace brother. We'll take it from here. :(

Lieutenant
Federal Bureau of Prisons

June 22, 2008

Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, extolled and honored, adored and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that are ever spoken in the world; and say, Amen.

Rest in Peace.

David J Silva, Lieutenant
FBOP

June 22, 2008

God Bless my brother. We must not forget what this man and other Law Enforcment Officers do when they are alive. It is how he lived that makes him a Hero.

Former BOP SIS Tech
Formerly of the FBOP

June 22, 2008

My god watch over your family. May God watch over us all. Rest in peace...

Correctional Officer
FBOP

June 22, 2008

Rest in Peace.

Senior Deputy
SFSD

June 22, 2008

On behalf of all of us in the BOP, we give our deepest sympathy to the family and friends. Explaining a sudden tragedy is never easy but we must remember to reflect in the fact that God is sovereign; His ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not our thoughts (Isaiah 55).

Unit Manager
BOP

June 22, 2008

God always has a purpose for our lives and while we can't understand this timing, we have faith. May God Bless Jose and his family, both immediate and Atwater staff.
Skip Anderson & Family.
Psalms:57:1.

Counselor, Skip Anderson
DOJ/BOP

June 22, 2008

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

Jeff
Former GPD Officer

June 22, 2008

So young and yet so traveled in life to have it end so violently and needlessly. I cry for a man I've never met and a brother I'll never know. Those of us who know, live with the nighmare of what happened to you Jose everyday and yet we still forge on. On your behalf, we'll keep forging on and remembering you and the others who were taken from us so senselessly.

ALWAYS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FIRST
FBOP

June 22, 2008

Rest in Peace brother, for as long as there are these types of people on this earth, there will be persons like you to stand up for society! Never an officer killed in the line of duty shall be forgot by brothers and sisters around the world!! You shall remain in our hearts and thoughts!

A. Rexford - Elec. Tech
FBOP - ADX & Local 1302 1st VP

June 22, 2008

To all the brothers, sisters and family that worked with Officer Rivera, it is hard to imagine what you are going through to have a coworker or a great friend fall in the line of duty. You will and always will be in our thoughts and prayers. And will never be forgotten.

USP Pollock SHU Crew

June 22, 2008

Rest in peace.

Senior Deputy
SFSD

June 22, 2008

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.

PFC Adam F. Laser
Westminster City Police Department

June 22, 2008

Rest in Peace my Brother...you are a true hero. We, your Bureau family, will remember you always and the ultimate sacrifice you made.

And to his family and friends and our extended family at USP Atwater, may God Bless each of you in this time of mourning.

M. Wilson, Paramedic
FBOP, FCC Butner

June 22, 2008

Rest in Peace my Brother, God Bless you, your family and your Dept.

OFFICER BOB SWOPE #5609
OLMSTED FALLS POLICE DEPT.OHIO

June 22, 2008