Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in peace bro and may your son learn that you were a true American Idol and Hero.

MPO Dave Wehlermann
Independence MO Police

August 16, 2011

"In Valor there is hope"

Rest in peace and my prayers go out to your family and brothers.

May god grant you eternal peace.

Patrolman Matt McCurdy
O'Fallon Missouri Police Department

August 16, 2011

Our Thoughts and Prayers are with Your Family and you Department Officer Burns, Thank You for Your Service and God Speed Good and Faithful Servant

SRO
Demopolis Police Department

August 16, 2011

RIP Officer Burns. my thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends, and members of the Caruthersville Police Department, MO.

Tonya LaFarr
Private Citizen, Woodville, Texas

August 16, 2011

God bless those who
walk bravely thru the valley of the shadow
and cherish those who now stand in the light
on the other side

Dolly

August 16, 2011

Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service and dedication to the citizens of Caruthersville and America. Job well done. Prayers for those you leave behind.

Donnie Meaders, Deputy Sheriff
Seminole County (OK) Sheriff's Office

August 16, 2011

Officer Burns thank you for your service. May God bless you and your family Rest in peace. You will not be forgotten!

Friend

August 16, 2011

Our hearts and prayers go out to your family, department, and your coummunity. Officer Burns made the ultimate sacrifice.

Detective Jason Lacey
Mount Vernon Police Department

August 16, 2011

Rest in Peace Sir....................

Officer Thomas Wiederhold, Retired
Fort Worth Police Dept. Tx.

August 16, 2011

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 whos 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
Used with Special Permission of the Author
Copyright © 1993 - All Rights Reserved
and may not be duplicated without permission

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

August 16, 2011

Thank you for your service and dedication to your community. You shall be sorely missed but never forgotten. May God watch over your family and protect them. Brother, we now have the watch. Godspeed. Bless you.

Deputy R. L. Matthews NC
Father of Deputy C. Brian Matthews E.O.W. 9/30/2005

August 16, 2011

God Bless Ofc. Evan Burns and his family. Thank you for your service.

Det.Sgt. Robert Spinney Ret.
MBTA Transit Police Department Massachsuetts

August 16, 2011

Sending you soft hugs and mulitiple prayers. I am sorry for your loss. I pray for your strength of you and your son. Rest assured over the next year your hero will be honored and provide comfort that his efforts were not in vain. And for eternity your son will forever be able to know his father was a hero loved by many.

Ronnee Pinder
Daughter of Sgt. Ron Harrison EOW 8.15.07

August 16, 2011

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of this brave officer. Rest in Peace.

Sheriff Ray Foster
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office

August 16, 2011

Rest In Peace Brother....I dont know what has gotten into people these days...We just lost a Brother on July 8, 2008 involving the same type of event....Im know you two are in Heaven together....May your family have peace and may the Lord be with them through this hard times....

Patrol Officer
Beaumont Police Dept

August 16, 2011

Rest in Peace brother....We have it from here. My thoughts are with your family, your son.

Deputy Jared Queen
St. Charles County Sheriff's Dept.

August 16, 2011

I didn't know the policer officer Evan burns but I would like to express my deepest condolences to his and friends and co-workers. My thoughts and prayers are with all during this time of terrible sadness. Please take comfort in knowing that even foreign brother in blue grieves with you. God bless and R.I.P. colleague.

Principal Inspector Eric REMIENCE
LIEGE POLICE - BELGIUM (E.U.)

August 16, 2011

Officer Burns, may God grant you passage straight into Heaven and grant you eternal peace for your sacrifice, because He knows you've earned it.

Ptl. Jim Leahy, Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

August 16, 2011

RIP brother Evan.

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

Det. Bevenour
Gettysburg Police Department

August 16, 2011

Prayers for Officer Burns family..one day his young son will look back and say what an awesome dad and hero lost his life at the hands of an uncaring loser. Thanks Officer Burns for your service, dedication, and ultimate sacrifice. Rest in peace.

Retired Police Officer Bob Lester
Midland Texas Police Department

August 16, 2011

Such a sad day in the city of Caruthersville, Mo. Thank you Officer Evan for your sacrifice to the citizens of our region. Rest peacefully as we did when you patrolled our streets. We will continue to pray for the family, and your presence will be greatly missed.

Ward 1 Council Person Barbara Rodgers
City of Caruthersville, Mo.

August 16, 2011

God Bless Officer Burns, his family and friends. "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." Abraham Lincoln

Officer Jeffrey Blose
Lake Alfred Police Department FL

August 16, 2011

My thoughts and prayers go out to Officer Burns and his family especially to his 1 year old son. May one day his son know what a couragious man his for was serving and protecting his city.

Officer K. Howard
DPD

August 16, 2011

My heart-felt sympathies to the men and women of your agency and of course the family and friends of Officer Burns. In my 43 years since joining the Law Enforcement brotherhood I experienced hundreds of such losses of friends I've known, and friends I hadn't met yet. God rest Officer Burns's soul and comfort his family, including the blue one.

Detective Joseph Sprowls
NYPD (Retired)

August 16, 2011

Not only have I lost a brother in blue today but today I have lost one of my best friends, I was his training officer I worked hard to get him the job and he was so proud and I proud of how far he has come over the years. He will be missed but never forgotten, please pray for his family and for his son that one day we can tell his son what a great man and Policeman his father was.

Patrolman
Kennett Police Department

August 16, 2011