Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service!

Dep. M. Chavez Jr.
Fresno County Sheriff's Office

September 21, 2010

To your family and all of your brothers and sisters at VSP, I send my deepest condolences. We at Spotsy S.O. know all to well what you all are going thru right now, as we just lost one of our own on Lake Anna. We are praying for your strength. God Bless you.

Domonique Curry Emergency Communications
Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office

September 21, 2010

REST IN PEACE, BROTHER THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

Provincial Constable Marty Lalonde
Ontario Provincial Police

September 20, 2010

Another Trooper down.........my heart breaks for your family, friends & co-workers. I pray the Lord will wrap his loving arms around them and carry them through these first painful days as well as all the days ahead of them. Thanks for your service Trooper.

Denise
Survivor of Trooper Calvin Taylor

September 20, 2010

My deepest condolences to the immediate family and to his extended family (Fellow Troopers of the Virginia State Police). His passing affected all of us throughout the law enforcement community. May God bless you through this difficult time and keep watch over you throughout the rest of your days here on Earth.

Sergeant A.J. Gordon
Henrico County Police, Virginia

September 19, 2010

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO!

"The Badge"

He starts his shift each day
To respond to calls unknown.
He drives a marked patrol car.
A police officer he is known.

He's paid by the citizens' taxes
To make it safe on the streets.
But he usually has a second job
'Cause a waitress has his salary beat.

Now he doesn't know a holiday
'Cause he works all year round.
And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive
At his home he cannot be found.

He's cursed and assaulted often,
The one whose blood runs blue.
He seldom ever gets a thanks,
To some he's just a fool.

His friends are always other cops
'Cause people just don't understand
That underneath his badge and gun,
He's just another man.

He knows there might not be a tomorrow
In this world of drugs and crime.
And he gets so mad at the court system
'Cause the crooks don't get any time.

And each day when he leaves for work,
He prays to God above.
Please bring me home after my shift
So I can see the ones I love.

But tonight he stops a speeding car,
He's alone down this ole' highway.
It's just a little traffic infraction.
He does it everyday.

Well, he walks up to the driver's window,
And his badge is shining bright.
He asked the guy for a driver's license,
When a shot rang through the night.

Yes, the bullet hit its mark,
Striking the officer in the chest.
But the Department's budget didn't buy
Each officer a bullet-proof vest.

So he lay on the ground bleeding.
His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red.
And briefly he thought of his loved ones
'Cause in a moment the officer was dead.

In the news they told the story
Of how this officer had died.
And some who listened cared less,
But those who loved him cried.

Well, they buried him in uniform
With his badge pinned on his chest.
He even had his revolver,
He died doing his best.

Written By:
David L. Bell

Richland County Sheriff's Department
Columbia, South Carolina
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Investigator David L Bell (Retired)
Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC

September 19, 2010

Rest In Peace, Trooper Barrett.

Lt T Carr
NYPD

September 19, 2010

God Bless you sir.

Rick F.
Ret. CO

September 18, 2010

It is with great sadness to learn about the death of Trooper Mark D. Barrett. My thoughts and prayers are with the Barrett family and the Virginia State Police.

Don Reichhardt
Former Virginia Police Officer

September 18, 2010

Trooper Barrett I just saw this and would like to give my regrets to your family and department. As a fellow law enforcement diver it saddens my heart to see your passing. Thoughts and prayers family and fellow troopers.

Deputy Sheriff/Master Diver Cody Cain
Caldwell Parish Sheriff's Office

September 18, 2010

To the men and women of the Virginia State Police, Trooper Barrett's family and friends my deepest sympathies to you. May you rest in peace, HERO.

PO II RT Flynn
Lynchburg PD, VA

September 17, 2010

Rest in Peace, Brother.

OFC B. Grajek

September 17, 2010

Rest in peace Trooper Barrett. My thoughts and prayers are with Trooper Barrett's family, friends and the Virginia State Police family.

TROOPER JOHN C. MOORE
WISCONSIN STATE PATROL

September 17, 2010

Rest in Peace, Trooper Barrett.

Cpl. otis Ellis
Fauquier county Sheriff's Office

September 17, 2010

Trooper Barrett,

Rest in peace brother.

Detective Dave Howell
Plano,Texas Police Dept-Auto Theft

September 17, 2010

Rest easy now my Brother In Law, your watch on earth is over. I pray God's love, and mercy will be with your loved ones that are left behind.......

Sgt. John L. Gulledge (Ret.)
Escambia CO Sheriff's Office Pensacola FL.

September 17, 2010

God bless you and your family.

Anonymous

September 17, 2010

My heart goes out to the entire Barrett family. You are in my thoughts and prayers, as well as Trooper Barrett's state police family. I never knew Trooper Barrett, but I do know the very empty feeling you get when a fellow Trooper is taken from us so quickly. Heaven is a safer place today, for it now has another Virginia State Trooper on patrol. Rest in peace my friend.

Master Trooper Jack A. Wise, Jr.
Virginia State Police, Retired

September 17, 2010

REST IN PEACE.

CHIEF E.J. MORRIS
RANDOLPH MO P.D.

September 17, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Trooper Barrett as well as the brotherhood at Virginia State Police. May you rest in God's eternal peace our brother!

Detective Mark Techmanski
City of Syracuse (NY) Police Department

September 17, 2010

Rest in Peace Brother...You will be missed. May God bless you and your family.

Sean
VSP

September 17, 2010

RIP brother Mark.

May God bless and be with your family, co-workers and friends at this very difficult time.

Det D. Bevenour
Gettysburg PD

September 16, 2010

Trooper Barrett, Rest in peace Mark and may God be with your family and the rest of the Troops in the Department. Thanks for your service to the Commonwealth.

Former Trooper Ken R. Bays
Virginia State Police

September 16, 2010

It was day like any other day, when this brave officer set out to train. He, a dedicatd Trooper, emobied the readiness of training. On this day He lived up to the Fallen officers Motto "Some gave it ther all, Others GAve All!"

It is a tragic accident, but through him, his accomplishments and the foot print he has left in his life and his work will memorialize the Dedicatd man that he was

J. Dole
Culpeper County Sheriff's Office

September 16, 2010

Although I've never met you, I felt compelled to write and express my condolences to your family and law enforcement brothers and sisters. We lost another hero.... May God be with your family and co-workers in this time of grief.

PFC NJ Smith
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office

September 16, 2010