Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Your service to Indiana is well recorded in the journal of life and in Gods journal. Those brothers and sisters lleft behind will care for your family and keep the memory of your honorable name alive for years to come. Rest in peace brother. In Christ.

Tom Bradley, Retired Det.
Phoenix PD, AZ State Chaplain FOP

August 30, 2012

Rest In Peace Correctional Officer Timothy Betts....

Police Officer Sergio Valdez
Chicago Police Department

August 30, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Betts' family and everyone at the Indiana Department of Correction. Rest in peace my brother.

Officer Joe Hoyer
Green Bay Police Department

August 30, 2012

May you find peace and comfort in the special memories of the one you loved so much. With deepest sympathy, Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles

Rita Rocker, Government Relations
Georgia State Board of Pardons & Paroles

August 30, 2012

God Speed Brother, deepest condolences to family and friends.

MPO TG VINCENT
Asheboro Police NC

August 30, 2012

GOD BLESS OFFICER BETTS, HIS FAMILY AND HIS DEPARTMENT.

DEPUTY ALAN W. MOFFETT 436
RICHMOND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (AUGUSTA GA)

August 30, 2012

Officer Betts, may God give comfort to your family, loved ones and those who were fortunate to work beside you. Thank you for keeping our communities safer. Rest in peace brother.

Ofc Michael Bernard
Richfield Township P.D., Davison, MI

August 30, 2012

Rest in Peace

1st Lt. Stephen A. Joy #980
Prince George's County Police Department, Maryland

August 30, 2012

Our sincere condolences to his family and fellow Officers. May God bless you all.

Lt. Billy Hyman
Tarrant Co. Sheriff's Dept.
Ft. Worth, Texas

August 30, 2012

This is my dad. What a man! As I sit here with tears streaming down my face, I am so proud I can call him my dad. I had absolutely no idea how many lives my dad has touched, or how much support our family has gotten from people we do not even know. Thank you all so much for the the prayers and nice things you had to say about my dad, without most of you even knowing him. He loved his granddaughters so much. They were his everything. They miss him, and they have cried every day. They are very, very young yet they are trying to understand. They will never forget him though, because I won't let that happen. I love you dad, and I miss you greatly. Love, Amy

Amy Barton

August 30, 2012

RIP CO Betts. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and fellow officers during this sad and difficult time.

P. O. Michael J. Kranyak, Retired
Bridgeport CT Police Department

August 30, 2012

RIP brother.

A132
USBP

August 29, 2012

May God put his loving around your family and fellow members of your department giving them strength, wisdom and courage to get through this terrible incident.

Major Walter R. Landrum (Retired 2012)
Bainbridge Public Safety Department

August 29, 2012

May the good lord welcome you with open arms, for you have done your job well

Reserve Deputy Douglas J. Maykowski
Macomb County Sheriff,s Office Mt. Clemens Mich.

August 29, 2012

Condolences to the family, friends, and Brother Correction Officers of Officer Betts. May you rest in Peace.

C.O. Todd LeBlanc
NYDOCS, BareHill C.F.

August 29, 2012

to St. Michael
Police Officer's Prayer to St. Michael

Saint Michael, heaven's glorious commissioner of police,
who once so neatly and successfully cleared God's premises
of all its undesirables, look with kindly and professional
eyes on your earthly force.

Give us cool heads, stout hearts, and uncanny flair for
investigation and wise judgement.

Make us the terror of burglars, the friend of children and
law-abiding citizens, kind to strangers, polite to bores,
strict with law-breakers and impervious to temptations.

You know, Saint Michael, from your own experiences
with the devil that the police officer's lot on earth is not
always a happy one; but your sense of duty that so
pleased God, your hard knocks that so surprised the
devil, and your angelic self-control give us inspiration.

And when we lay down our night sticks, enroll us in your
heavenly force, where we will be as proud to guard the
throne of God as we have been to guard the city of all
the people. Amen.

WARREN RAMBO
CIVILIAN SUPPORTER

August 29, 2012

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. My condolences to your family, friends and coworkers of the Indiana Department of Correction. May you rest in peace.

Ptlm. William F. Shields
Federal Reserve Police/Philadelphia - Retired/Haverford Police

August 29, 2012

MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF C/O BETTS. MAY GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU WITH THE LOVE AND PEACE OF HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS CHRIST. C/O BETTS, YOU HAVE SERVED WELL. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. A HERO FOR SURE. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.

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

August 29, 2012

He was one of the un-sung HEROS of law enforcement.Prays to his family.

Richard Johnson SP Deputy
VCSO

August 29, 2012

31 years ago I was a young man still going to Shakamak, My truck broke down on main street, every one passed me by but Tim, He stopped and gave me a hand, I did not know him very well till then. From that time one he always had a friendly smile and a firm hand shake, for me. Even though i have not seen him in years, he is a friend that will be missed. My prayers go out to his family.

Jack Inman
Friend

August 29, 2012

In Honor of your Sacrifice and for your family and friends, I salute you as a HERO! May God
Give the family and friends the strength and faith to deal with this tragic loss. Words can not express my sorrow!

"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
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and may not be duplicated without permission

This may be re-posted in the Honor of his death and the death of any Law Enforcement Officer!

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

August 29, 2012

Rest in peace brother....my thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of the IDOC during this most difficult and tragic time

Lt. Joseph Ward, Ret.
Jackson, NJ PD

August 29, 2012

Officer Betts thank you for doing job and setting the standard for all of us to follow. We will take your watch over from here brother and may you rest in peace.

Officer Dave Brown
Florida Department of Corrections (Probation and Parole)

August 29, 2012

God Bless you Officer Betts. May the good Lord above cradle you in His arms, and may you Rest in Peace my Brother in Blue. I offer my prayers and sympathies to each and every one of your family members, friends, and co-workers. Rest easy Sir.

Chris Walley
Former Jail Officer/Deputy Wayne Co. Mississippi Sheriffs Department

August 29, 2012

Our deepest sympathy to the dear family and friends of Officer Betts. God Bless him for his service and dedication to the Indiana DOC. Rest in Peace sir, you will not be forgotten.

Sgt. Jim May (ret)
CMPD Charlotte, NC

August 29, 2012