Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest In Peace Brother!!! May God be with you and your family!!

Deputy Sheriff
Riverside County Sheriff's Department, CA

December 17, 2008

Heaven has a special place for heros like you Officer Sanders.

Murphy

December 17, 2008

GODSPEED BROTHER...

POLICE OFFICER #1141
RICHMOND (CA) PD

December 17, 2008

MY HEARTFELT SYMPATHY FOR THE WIFE, CHILDREN, UNBORN CHILD OF THIS OFFICER, CONDOLENCES FOR THE CHP TO HAVE LOST ONE OF THEIR OWN

DISPATCH - BRITTANY
RAMSEY CO, MN

December 17, 2008

REST EASY NOW MY BROTHER, YOUR SERVICE AND MEMORY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN...

TPR. A. DIAZ
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE

December 17, 2008

God Bless you.

Rick F.
Ret. Co

December 16, 2008

Officer Sanders, may you rest in peace and may God be with and bless your family.

Former Trooper Ken R. Bays
Virginia State Police

December 16, 2008

Semper Fi, brother.

May you rest in peace.

Police Officer
Los Angeles Police Department

December 16, 2008

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

K-9 Officer Tom Summerville Jr
Eutaw Police Department

December 16, 2008

Trust in the Lord and he shall direct your steps. Rest in peace fellow trooper. May God bless your family and the California Highway Patrol. Your unborn child would have been proud to have a father thats a trooper. We will take watch from now, you just rest. God Speed!!!!!!

Trooper Bobby D. White
Alabama State Troopers-Montgomery

December 16, 2008

Rest in peace young brother and thank you for your service.

Gordon Hobbs
NC Game Warden

December 16, 2008

Gone, but never forgotten, Rest easy now my Brother in Law, your watch on earth is over...

SGT. John L. Gulledge (Ret.)
Escambia County Sheriff's Office Pensacola FL.

December 16, 2008

God Bless Officer Sanders service to his community. My heart aches for his wife and children. You are in my prayers.
Diana Bain

Diana Bain
Widow ~ Pierre W. Bain E.O.W. 3-23-06

December 16, 2008

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, REST IN PEACE.

N.J.TROOPER
NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

December 16, 2008

Godspeed officer Sanders. Too often we carry on in our daily lives without realizing the cost. Brave souls such as yourself allow us to do the most meaningful to the most mundane. Thank you for your service, I hope your family finds peace.

Andrew Lee (Citizen)
Buchanan, Michigan

December 16, 2008

Rest easy brother Trooper, you and your family are in our prayers.

Trooper
Oregon State Police

December 16, 2008

Rest in peace brave officer.

Trooper
Florida Highway Patrol

December 16, 2008

Our deepest sympathy to the beloved family of Officer Sanders. May the Lord comfort you during this time of sorrow. God Bless you Officer Sanders for your service to CHP. Rest in Peace sir, you will not be forgotten.

Sgt. Jim May (ret)
CMPD Charlotte, NC

December 16, 2008

Thank you, Officer Sanders, for your service to the citizens of California 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

December 16, 2008

We will remember officer Sanders who gave it all for his state and country. God bless his family and his CHP family. You are in our prayers.

Trooper W.R. Griffith
South Carolina Highway Patrol

December 16, 2008

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Officer Sanders.. Thank you Officer Sanders for your service and sacrifice, you are a HERO! Rest in Peace Sir..

Joyce
Sister of Ofc. John P Harris EOW 8/19/1994 Henrico PD Virginia

December 16, 2008

I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Officer Sanders. May God watch over him and his family. He will never be forgotten.

RETIRED DETECTIVE FRANK DEMARCO
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

December 16, 2008

Thanks for your courage to take up law enforcement in which you deal with deadly weapons in the form of 3000lb, 5000lb, 10,000lb, 80,000lb etc. vehicles whizzing by you on a constant basis. It's sad to hear you lost your life to someone that couldn't slow it down during a downpour in the darkness of early morning. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Hope CHP 11-99 Foundation takes care of your family. Thank you for your service.

LA Area citizen

December 16, 2008

Officer Joseph Sanders,

Our job as law officers takes us into situations that would horrify many of the populace. But, unlike movies or television, our job also takes us on a daily trip to rather mundane assignments. Just the same they are important. They involve people and the problems they encounter. In the process we also encouter situations and problems. Lurking in the background is danger in many forms. Not all are highly stressful situations such as crazed gunmen or robberies in progress, etc. Sometimes it is just the highway. It has been said that an American highway is a battlefield. It kills and wounds many. Sometimes, as law officers, we are the victims. We work on the battlefield. We therefore place ourselves at constant risk. Our greatest risk is when we are helping others. Our attention is divided. When the worst happens it is a shock. Disbelief. Unacceptance. But yet it is real.

For Officer Joseph Sanders, and his family, it is very real. Suddenly a wife is without a husband. Children are without a father. It is what we face as law officers. It is a constant threat. Such is our lot. We knew it from the day we graduated from the academy. We ignored the thought. Pushed it to the back of our minds. But yet again...it is real.

Officer Joseph Sanders is a hero among heros. Not because he dared to face a gunman. Not because he intercepted a robbery in progress. Simply being on the highway. Helping others having problems. Officer Joseph Sanders was doing his job. The same one we all do every day. The one we know is full of risk, but do anyway. Officer Joseph Sanders is a hero because he was on the battlefield and helping others.

Ron Dicianni said it best: "True heroism is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever the cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost."

I am proud to render to Officer Joseph Sanders a final salute.

Well done, officer,...well done.

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

December 16, 2008

Our sincere condolences and prayers go out to the family of Officer Sanders. We lost our son, last year on the 19th, and we know how horrible this is, to happen as we approach the Holidays. May the Good Lord watch over and protect you all, as you enter these dark days ahead. God Bless your wife and children. Thank you, sir, for your service and sacrifice. We salute you.

Karen and Paul Highbarger
Mom And Stepfather/Officer Chris Nicholson EOW:12/19/07

December 16, 2008