Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace Officer McDonald.... Prayers go out to your family

POlice Officer Anthony Morrone
City of Poughkeepsie

September 23, 2008

RIP no words can express the outrage i feel. was not able to keep up at work today. May God bless and keep you with him for all eternity. god bless your family.

SGT #815
Philadelphia Police

September 23, 2008

Rest In Peace; Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and coworkers of Officer McDonald.

Officer
Port Saint Lucie PD (Florida)

September 23, 2008

Rest in peace Brother. My thoughts are with your family and members of Philly PD during this most difficult time.

Lt. Joseph Ward, Ret.
Jackson, NJ PD

September 23, 2008

RIP.You will never be forgotten.

Doris

September 23, 2008

The members at Arresting Hearts wish to offer their deepest heartfelt sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Officer Patrick McDonald. Because of Officer McDonald‘s ultimate sacrifice we live in a safer place. We thank you for your service and your dedication.


The Lord replied, “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.” Mary Stevenson 1936


With love and respect,

The members of ArrestingHearts

Anonymous
ArrestingHearts

September 23, 2008

Officer McDonald,

Thank you for your service! You will be missed.

Deputy Sheriff Eric Essinger
Washington County Sheriff, WI

September 23, 2008

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Police Officer Patrick McDonald as well as to the Philadelphia Police Department. Rest in peace Officer McDonald, you are gone but will not be forgotten...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch, CTO
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

September 23, 2008

Rest In Peace, Officer McDonald.

Lt T Carr
NYPD

September 23, 2008

Rest in peace, brother.

Officer R. Law
Rocklin PD

September 23, 2008

God Speed.....you will be remembered always.

Lyn
A friend of the PPD

September 23, 2008

He was a warrior. 1*

Corporal
Greenville Police Department

September 23, 2008

Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself
mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid...He is the hero,
he is everything.

He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor, by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it.

He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world.

Pat your sacrifice will never be unnoticed and you will never be forgotten...Heroes never die.

Rest in peace my brother.

C. Gutierrez

LEO-Space.com

C. Gutierrez
LEOSpace

September 23, 2008

Godspeed brother, your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

P/O Henry O'Neill #108
Prospect Park Borough Police,PA

September 23, 2008

Officer Mdconald,
Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. You and your family are in our prayers. Rest Easy Brother!

Dep. Paul Sperandeo, Ofc. Amy Sperandeo
Jefferson Pariish Sheriffs Office, Gretna Police Dept. La

September 23, 2008

May God bless you and your family. Rest assured you will not be forgotten as you died a true american hero protecting the good innocent people of your city and this nation. Rest in peace.

Lt. Matt Canfield
Laconia, NH

September 23, 2008

"We in this world today...shall be remembered...we few...we happy few...we band of brothers...for he today who sleds his blood with me...shall BE my brother.
Least ye say it proudly...We are but warriors for the working day." God Bless each and everyone of your family and friends during this sad time. We've got your back until our shift ends...My Brother.

lieutenant Mark D.Starling
Columbus Police Dept, Columbus, Ga.

September 23, 2008

Police Officer Patrick McDonald,

The circumstances of your death are as horrific as any that have ever occurred. An officer responding to a call for protection to the public and is gunned down upon arrival. Our job is fraught with peril and high risk. Only a special breed of individual can fill the police uniform, and gratitude and thanks are not our reward. The true mark of a professional is doing his/her best work despite the conditions and the circumstances. We who wear the uniform honor our own. We seek nothing, but the approval of ourselves knowing that when the call comes in we step forward and do what needs to be done. Criticism is something the common person engages in because he can only wonder what the person wearing the uniform possesses to make him/her worthy as a soldier of the law. But WE know. It is Honor. It is Courage. And, it is Valor. None of these things mean anything to the ordinary folk. They mean everything to us. A hero to a lot of people is someone who makes them feel better about themselves. A Hero to US is when one of our brothers or sisters in blue make us feel that we wish we were at their side in their hour of need. Officer Patrick McDonald is such person. He was the best their could possibly be. HE is a hero. To him I render a final salute.

Cpl. Ralph D. Fiorenza (Ret.)
Pennsylvania State Police

September 23, 2008

Officer McDonald, you took an oath to protect and serve the citizens of Philadelphiaand this great country of ours.

In the performance of your duty, you made the ultimate sacrifice.

There is no greater example of honor. May your loved ones, friends, co-workers find peace. May the citizens realize the sacrifice made by the law enforcement officers every second of every day.

Rest in peace Officer McDonald, we have got it from here...

Vince Iello
NYPD Retired

September 23, 2008

Rest in peace, and may god bless your family in this time of crisis.

Police Officer
Scituate, MA Police Department

September 23, 2008

Pat, you will be missed. You and your family will always be in our prays. We will never forget you.

Rest In Peace bro..

25TH Dist.
Phila.PD 25TH Dist.

September 23, 2008

"Cowards die many times before their deaths
The valiant never taste of death but once."

- Shakespeare

Rest easy

#22
Upper Darby Police

September 23, 2008

4th time in a year, To much for any Department, Another tragedy....My condolences to PPD and the McDonald Family you are in our thoughts and prayers.

Lt. Henry Hennings
Easton Fire Dept

September 23, 2008

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COWORKERS OF OFFICER McDONALD, MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO EACH OF YOU. MAY GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU WITH HIS LOVE, COMFORT AND PEACE. OFFICER McDONALD, YOU HAVE SERVED WELL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. A HERO NOT BY HOW YOU DIED, BUT BY HOW YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE AND MAY YOU NEVER BE FORGOTTEN FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. GOD BLESS.

CHIEF RONNIE WATFORD-RET.
JEFFERSON POLICE DEPT,S.C.

September 23, 2008

Officer Mcdonald you can rest in peace. You have stood with the brave and served with the strong. Thank you for your commitment and dedication for helping to make this world a better place. My agency sends its deepest simpathy

Pfc. Jensen
Prince George's County Police Dept

September 23, 2008