Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

To the Family and Department:

My thoughts and prayers are with you all. May it help in some small way to know that others care.

Kay Wood
Mother of Deputy Marshal Glen DeVanie, End of Watch 4/2/2003

August 13, 2008

Mike,
Your love for law enforcement was very clear at the academy. I will miss your smile, just as I miss Sheila’s. The remaining class members of 99C will continue our mission to protect and serve. You will never be forgotten. Tell Sheila hello for me. See you both in Heaven.

T. LaCour
BLE 99C

Sgt Tara LaCour
Christopher Newport University Police Dept

August 13, 2008

Peace be with you, 754. Your honor will not be forgotten. Thank you for your dedication and service my friend.

PO1

August 13, 2008

I didn't have the privilege of knowing Det. Phillips, but he wore blue and is therefore a brother. All of us in law enforcement feel the pain when one of our fellow brothers or sisters fall, but I'm certainly not feeling what his family, friends, and fellow VBPD officer are feeling right now. Having a family myself, it was heartbreaking to see Mrs. Phillips with her sons standing over her husband's flag draped casket at the funeral yesterday. It was also heartbreaking to see Det. Phillips' numerous friends and co-workers in pain over such a great loss. I can only hope that this immense pain lessens with each passing day and that you can remember what he gave you all while he was walking among us.

VBPD - I know you'll continue to answer the call with honor. Your community is grateful for who you are and everything that you do.

Capt. Matt Carter
Danville Police Department

August 13, 2008

I am so sorry that your time with us ended so soon. You are truly a hero to us all. Watch over your family from heaven - you will be in their hearts forever. Thank you for taking such good care of us. Although I've never met you, my heart is broken.

Sandi Morse
Citizen of Virginia Beach

August 13, 2008

Thank you for your service to your community. This is truly a tragic loss. Rest in peace.

S/O Goodwin
CMMC Security

August 13, 2008

Rest peacefully Mikey, we got it from here....

MPO JW
Brother

August 13, 2008

I and the other rangers thank you for your service and extend our deepest sympathy to your family and department brothers and sisters.

NPS Ranger Steve Mazur
Grand Canyon National Park

August 13, 2008

I do not know you nor have I ever met you.
But your passing brought you into my life.
Thank You for being who you are.
I will pray for your faimly that God will help them through this very painful time.
I shall also pray for your brothers and sisters in the Police force.
Detective Phillips Thank You.May God be with you through your journey.

Kitty
citizen

August 12, 2008

From all of your Brothers and Sisters in Blue and Gray, your family and co-workers will be kept in our thoughts and our prayers. May the Lord be with them at this time, with you at his side to keep a watchful eye on those of us left to stand the line. Thank you for your service to Virginia Beach and the Commonwealth, you will never be forgotten, rest easy brother, we have the watch from here.

Trooper P. H. Phalen
Virginia State Police

August 12, 2008

What a tragic loss! May our Lord watch over your family and friends during this horrible time. I pray that our Savior takes you into his loving arms. Rest now my friend, you've earned it. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

Trooper
Pennsylvania State Police

August 12, 2008

REST IN PEACE BROTHER YOUR TOUR IS COMPLETE , THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

P/O
Philadelphia

August 12, 2008

As I watched your sons today at the funeral, I choked back tears seeing what a wonderful father you were to your children and how proud of them you would be. Rest in peace brother. The good are gone too soon.

Anonymous

August 12, 2008

REST IN PEACE BROTHER.

INVESTIGATOR BOB CAMERON
CLEVELAND HTS PD (OHIO)

August 12, 2008

Mike,
Words cannot begin to express how (I and we) all felt Friday morning to awake to the news that another brother and friend had been taken from us. To hear it was you was yet a bigger blow. Aside from partners one encounters on the department while working in a specialty unit, your squad is a close second in relationship building. I only worked with you on one shift for six months, but as most on the department, you worked your way into our lives, literally! You were always a dependable friend who one could count on for non-police needs; sometimes just as a phone call for "tech support" on a plumbing issue. My children played in our yard with your little helpers while you did service calls, never leaving anyone "out in the cold or flooded". You were a great Dad who lived for your kids and tried to make a better life for them (coach!). I really don't know where you found the time, but soon it will be my turn with my own. You will never be forgotten. Your dedication will be missed.

Dave

Master Police Officer David Vanderwerf
VBPD

August 12, 2008

You are in my prayers.

Ofc. S.L. Coffman #15174
California Highway Patrol

August 12, 2008

Brother Mike,
Thanks for your years of loyal service. You and your family will be in our prayers.
Rest In peace, Brother.

DEP B D MILLER
VBSO

August 12, 2008

Detective Phillips was truly an example of the best America has to offer--we are sending our heart felt sorrow to his dear wife and sons.

Bob and Pat Rivenbark
Va. Beach residents

August 12, 2008

Things like these are never planned but unfotunately it's part of life. May GOD bless you in this time of need. My heart goes out to the entire Phillips family. We are all brothers in law and we will all get thru this together. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.Gone but never forgotten.

MDII E.P.O'Neal
VBSO

Master Deputy II E.P. O'Neal
Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office

August 12, 2008

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.



It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.



My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!



For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.



But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh trump of the angel! Oh voice of the Lord!
Blessèd hope, blessèd rest of my soul!



And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.


Thank you for your service and for your giving heart. We all remember what you did for Val, and what you did for countless others in need. You will forever be remembered not for how you died, but for how you lived. God Bless you and your family.

Rebecca Franklin
Communications Officer Va Beach

August 12, 2008

Thankyou for your service and sacrifice, you are a true hero for us all to look up too. God bless your family, you will never be forgotten

POLICE OFFICER
PHILA PA

August 12, 2008

Thank You for your dedication and ultimate sacrifice.
I will pray for your family during this time.

Officer S.Mason 2469
Columbus Ohio Division of Police

August 12, 2008

REST IN PEACE, BROTHER
PROVINCIAL CONSTABLE MARTY LALONDE, ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE

Anonymous

August 12, 2008

Det. Phillips,

Rest in peace brother. All mourn your loss and also know that we are so proud of you. You gave the ultimate sacrafice for what you believed in. You will never be forgotten. God Bless you.

POLICE OFFICER
ARLINGTON COUNTY POLICE, VA

August 12, 2008

Narcotics is a tough and demanding assignment, working to nab the worst of the worst. As a result, it is so terribly tragic when another hero falls to the hands of a drug dealer. My prayers and best wishes go out to the family and friends of Michael Phillips. He will be remembered for his dedication and bravery.

Andrew / Narcotics Detective
Baltimore City Police, Maryland

August 12, 2008