Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in Peace Deputy Sheriff Key - 10-42. God bve with his family at this time of loss.

Detective James P. McGrath(retired)
Schenectady Police Department

April 21, 2013

R.I.P Your life was cut to short and so was your Watch. May god take you into his arms...

Grateful Citizen

April 21, 2013

I weep for your loss. May swift and final justice prevail.

citizen
Tampa, FL

April 21, 2013

Condolences to the Key family and our brethren in Grayson County.
RIP Deputy Key.

Motor Officer José Quiles
McKinney PD

April 21, 2013

Thank you Deputy Key for your faithful service. May God grant your family and department peace at this difficult time.

Trooper Joe Dellwo
Minnesota State Patrol

April 21, 2013

Day 2 of posting on this site. I cannot express how tired I am of drunk drivers. Too many have been killed or have had family members who have died from a drunk driver! The death of Officer Key makes me both sad and angry. God Bless his family and fellow officers. His death most likely will prevent this drunk driver from killing another.

Annette Harvey, citizen
Fellow American

April 21, 2013

Rest In Peace Brother. Know the drunk driver is in custody and will be held accountable for what he did. My condolences to your Family and the Grayson County Sheriff's Office.

Sgt Fred Nordt
Lake Success PD, Long Island, NY

April 21, 2013

Sad Day when you lose a brother. Be at Peace, Our Brethren Will Post Watch Now.

R. W. Harmon, Cpl. retired
Grayson County Sheriff's Office

April 21, 2013

TO THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COLLEAGUES OF GRAYSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPUTY SHERIFF CHAD CHRISTIAN KEY.

My heart is filled with great sadness at learning of the lost of your loved one and fellow Deputy Sheriff.
We in the law enforcement community are a family.
Though we may wear different uniforms and have different badges, shields or stars pinned upon our chest.
We consist of many different agencies from across the nation, for we are:
Municipal Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputies, State Police Investigators, State Highway Patrol Troopers, Conservation Officers, College Campus Police Officers, Correctional Officers and Federal Agents just to name a few.
We patrol small towns, large cities, college campuses, county roads and state highways.
Whether active duty or retired, we are one family, a law enforcement family, brothers and sisters bonded together by HONOR, SERVICE and PRIDE.
Daily we honor our fallen brothers and sisters never forgetting their sacrifice.
Daily our position is clear that we will SERVE and PROTECT our communities without faltering and with no hesitation.
Daily we show pride in our chosen profession LAW ENFORCEMENT, for we willingly walk the line of GOOD over EVIL facing the unknown with COURAGE keeping our trust and faith in GOD.
We know that evil roam these streets and 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.
DEPUTY KEY
You did not die in vain
You sacrificed your life in the service to the citizens of Grayson County in the State of Texas with Honor, Pride and Distinction.
I'm proud to have worn the uniform of a law enforcement officer like you did.
I'm proud to have pinned the badge upon my chest like you did.
I'm proud to have served and protected my community as you did.
I'm proud to call you my BROTHER!
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 and PROTECTING your community with HONOR and PRIDE making a better and safer place for us all.

FINAL CALL
DEPUTY KEY STATUS.......................DEPUTY KEY STATUS.......................
DEPUTY KEY STATUS...........................................
ATTENTION ALL UNITS.........................GRAYSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DEPUTY SHERIFF CHAD CHRISTIAN KEY HAVING SERVED THE CITIZENS OF GRAYSON COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH HONOR, PRIDE, AND DISTINCTION IS NOW 10-42.
Rest in Peace my fallen Brother, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!

Senior Master Investigator Cardell L. Dobbins #188 (Ret.)
Illinois Secretary of State Department of Police District 01, Region 01

April 21, 2013

RIP my Brother of the badge, God Bless Your Family, Friends and Department.

Retired Police Officer Bob Reed
South Lake Tahoe PD

April 21, 2013

Rest in Peace brother, you're sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Officer G. Richards
DOJ - Federal Bureau of Prisons

April 21, 2013

R.I.P. BROTHER Key!!!

Nebraska Police Officer

April 21, 2013

Rest in Peace my brother, it is our watch now.

Officer B. Ruth
Baltimore County Police Department

April 21, 2013

REST IN PEACE DEPUTY

B.P. Sullivan, Cpl. RCMP #48582

April 21, 2013

Thank you for your service and sacrifice. My condolences to your family, friends and coworkers of the Grayson County Sheriff's Office. May you rest in peace.

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

April 21, 2013

Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy

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

April 21, 2013

MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF DEPUTY KEY. MAY GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU WITH THE LOVE AND PEACE OF HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS CHRIST. DEPUTY KEY, 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.

April 21, 2013

God Bless

Dave

April 21, 2013

Rest In Peace my bother. May God look after you and your family

Lt. Burdell Schubert
New Jersrey Department of Corrections

April 21, 2013

RIP Deputy Key. May God watch over your Family. Thank you for your service to Law Enforcement.

Former Trooper Ken R Bays
Virginia State Police

April 21, 2013

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.

Deputy J.D.Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

April 21, 2013

RIP Deputy Sheriff Key, my condolences are with your family, friends, and to the Grayson County Sheriff Department. God Bless and be with you all.

Tonya LaFarr, Citizen, Pampa, Texas
Tonya LaFarr, Citizen

April 21, 2013

Rest in peace brother Chad.

Until the justice system gets tougher on drunk driving, these bozo's will continue to roam the streets. As a former DUI Task Force Officer, it is a never ending problem, and sometimes feels like a no win situation.

To my fellow LEO's, let's keep putting these drunks in jail...I dedicate my next arrest to Deputy Chad Key...R.I.P.

Deputy Lon Redmon
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Florida

April 21, 2013

Deputy Sheriff Chad Key rest in peace you are
now a member of an elite group The Thin Blue Line
of Heroes. There is no greater sacrifice that one can give
for his fellow man. To the Family I salute your lost loved
one, and pray for you during the days to come. Chad will
be in the company of heroes forevermore.

The Thin Blue Line of the Fallen are Standing at
attention in their class “A“ uniforms,badges gleaming and
shoes like glass, They are your brothers and sisters of
Law Enforcement. All of whom have previously paid the
ultimate price. Today, like many others, they welcome you
to this hallowed place. As you march down the Thin Blue
Line of the Fallen, all eyes are focused on you as if to
say it will be ok you’re with your eternal partners.
A salute follows and a tear can be seen on so many faces.
Welcome, you served well. Now come join the ranks, another
member of The Thin Blue Line has come home.

Your Brother in Law Enforcement

Dr. STAN PHILLIPS, USA Ret
Retired Walnut Grove Mississippi Police

April 21, 2013

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Grayson County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother.

Anonymous

April 21, 2013