Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

R.I.P Chief thank you for all your years in service.

Sharon Anderson ret. Custody Officer
Glendale Police Dept, CA

August 30, 2012

My heart is filled with grief. Although I am not from Kentucky, I send sympathy from Florida. May you rest in peach.

Paralegal
Live Oak Police Department

August 30, 2012

Rest in Peace...

Detective
Syracuse Police Dept, NY

August 30, 2012

Officer Proffitt, thank you for your years of service. I am almost a whole country away, but feel the loss close and deep in my heart. I know God has a special place for you, I know he means for you to rest, but I bet you are helping people there, too.

Dianna Baldwin
Mother of Marysville, WA police officer

August 30, 2012

Your service to others was a clear ambition in your life and very admirable. It is such a tragedy to hear of the loss of such a good person by the hands of a habitual offender. May you rest in peace sir knowing that the offender was caught and will be prosecuted.

Traffic Officer
Goldsboro, NC Police Department

August 30, 2012

Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

S. I. Drake, Lt. IPD (Ret)
Indianapolis Police

August 30, 2012

Sir, what a remarkable career. Thank you, for your service to our country, our nation, and the communities you served! My thoughts and prayers are with you, your family, friends and all of your brothers and sisters in blue. Go rest high on that mountain my friend, for your work on this earth is done. You are truly an American Hero! May God continue to bless you in a way that only he can!

(Ret) Inv. Robert Williams
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office (Va.)

August 30, 2012

Thank you for your service and sacrifice Chief Proffitt. You answered God's calling, your duty is done, a hero you will always be. RIP brother....

Lt. Clent Rambin (Ret.)
Shreveport Police Dept. and Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana

August 30, 2012

To Chief Profitt's family and friends...an Irish saying:

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow; I am the diamond glints on the snow. I am the sunlight that ripened grain; I am the gentle autumns’s rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting rush, Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft star that shines at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there; I did not die, I am still watching over you 

Bullit Retired Poice Officer

August 30, 2012

Rest in Peace!!! You are a HERO in the true sense of the word. Praying for all those affected by your passing!

Shelly Ragsdale
Surviving Spouse of Officer Alan Ragsdale EOW 11-27-00

August 30, 2012

Chief Proffitt, I salute you...You're a cops cop

Jorge Valles, Sergeant
University of Redlands

August 30, 2012

Rest in Peace Chief.

Ofc. Timothy M. Furlong
Nahant, MA PD

August 30, 2012

Rest In Peace Chief of Police Herbert Proffitt, you now walk the streets in Heaven. You did your time on Earth it is your time to depart and begin a new life in Heaven. Rest In Peace, justice will be served here on Earth....

Police Officer Sergio Valdez
Chicago Police Department

August 30, 2012

Chief Proffitt,
RIP, sir. You dedicated your life to upholding the law and certainly didn't deserve to die the way you did. May you be with our heavenly Father now. My condolences to your family, friends, and community.

Linda Merrick
Florida
Citizen

August 30, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with Chief Proffitt's loved ones and everyone at the Tompkinsville Police Department. Rest in peace my brother.

Officer Joe Hoyer
Green Bay Police Department

August 30, 2012

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF CHIEF PROFFITT AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF CHIEF PROFFITT.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU DURING THIS DIFICULT TIME.
HIS SERVICE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HIS DEEDS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
GOD BLESS

Ret PO David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Ontario Canada

August 30, 2012

God full of mercy who dwells on high
Grant perfect rest on the wings of Your Divine Presence
In the lofty heights of the holy and pure
who shine as the brightness of the heavens
to the soul of Herbert Proffitt who has gone to his eternal rest.

His resting place shall be in the Garden of Eden
Therefore; the Master of mercy will care for him
under the protection of His wings for all time
And bind his soul in the bond of everlasting life.
God is his inheritance and he will rest in peace
and let us say AMEN.

Bill Mann
Civilian Supporter
South Pasadena, CA

August 30, 2012

I Am So Sorry For this Loss of Life..We Will Be In Prayer For Chief Profitt's Family And His fellow officers..

Retired Police officer Evererette Harris
Union Police dept. Union Ms....39365

August 30, 2012

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 30, 2012

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF CHIEF HERBERT PROFFITT.

My heart is filled with great sadness at the lost of your loved one and Chief of Police.
We in the law enforcement community are a family.
Whether you pin a Badge, or Shield, or Star upon your chest.
Whether you work in a small town or large city.
Whether you work in Detention Facilities or out on Patrol.
Whether active duty or retired, we are family, a law enforcement family, a brotherhood, a band of brothers having walked the line of good over evil knowing that at any moment in the course of performing our duties the ultimate sacrifice might be required of us in the service to our community.
For Law Enforcement is not a job but a calling and only a few will make the decision to commit to that calling to serve for some will give all that they have.

I commend you my fallen brother for making the ultimate sacrifice in the performance of your duty.
For you left us doing what you chose to do.
Performing a job you were trained to do.
Upholding the oath you swore to do.
Most importantly doing what you loved to do..........serving your community making a better and safer place for us all.

FINAL CALL
CHIEF PROFFITT STATUS..........CHIEF PROFFITT STATUS..........CHIEF PROFFITT STATUS..........
ATTENTION ALL UNITS.........TOMPKINSVILLE POLICE CHIEF HERBERT PROFFITT HAVING SERVED THE CITIZENS OF TOMPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION IS NOW 10-42.
Rest in Peace my Brother, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN !!!

Master Senior Investigator Cardell L. Dobbins (Ret.)
Illinois Secretary of State Department of Police

August 30, 2012

Thank you for your service of fifty five years Chief Proffitt. I'm saddened to hear about this tragedy that your family, friends, and fellow officers have to endure. May God bless all that are grieving and help with your healing during these tough days ahead. Rest easy Chief, we have the watch from here.

D/S Andrew D. Roedel S-4
Jackson County Sheriff's Office Marianna, Florida

August 30, 2012

Rest in Peace Chief Proffitt, you served long and well. Rest assured that your family and community have been loved and made safer through your life in the way you loved and served them. God bless.

Sgt. Ray Sollars, #702
Paris Illinois Police Department.

August 30, 2012

Thank you for your inspirational service to our country and your community sir. My thoughts and prayers are with your family and friends.

SBPA A Mears
USBP

August 30, 2012

With deep appreciation for his years of dedicated service to his country and his fellow man. Deepest sympathy to his family and his community.

Chaplain Sam Faraone
El Paso, TX PD

August 30, 2012

Chief Proffitt was a hero in the greatest sense of the word. A lifetime of dedication to the badge. We will never forget your honor and service.My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this difficult time.
Rest in Peace sir.

K.L.Mellinger 223
So. NYE, Co. Sheriffs Search & Rescue

August 30, 2012