Mendota Heights Police Department, Minnesota
End of Watch Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Reflections for Police Officer Scott Thomas Patrick
RIP Brother. My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends, and coworkers. I am also a 19 yr veteran, 47 yrs of age and have 4 daughters.
SGT. Tom Barrette
Menominee Michigan City P.D.
July 30, 2014
Rest in peace Officer Patrick, and thank you for your service.
Family and friends of Officer Patrick, please accept my sincere condolences. I wish you peace and comfort.
VB
fellow human, in PA
July 30, 2014
REST IN PEACE my Brother , may GOD wrap his loving arms around your family , Department and friends.
Captain Jerry Hutcheson
Jones County Sheriff's Department , Mississippi
July 30, 2014
Rest in peace Officer Patrick. May God bless his family.
Det. FP McGrath(rettired)
Schenectad Police Dept.' NY
July 30, 2014
IN MEMORY OF POLICE OFFICER SCOTT PATRICK
To the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officer Scott Patrick:
From the beginning of time after Cain killed his brother, Abel, there has been a need for law enforcement officers to protect the weak and to bring evildoers to justice. This work is necessary in a sinful world and is dangerous. In modern times, some two hundred and thirty-six law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of Minnesota. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Police Officer Scott Patrick, of the Mendota Heights, Minnesota Police Department; who was shot and killed in-the-line of duty while making a traffic stop in West St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at about 12:20 PM by a known fugitive.
Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Police Officer Scott Patrick. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Police Officer Scott Patrick and honor his sacrifice. Be with the family, friends, and colleagues of this fallen hero. Comfort them and give them your strength. Guide those who seek to take care of the family of this hero. May those empowered to do so, care for them with integrity. In commemorating the death of this hero, help those who mourn to remember that death is not the end. Death does not have the final say, but is simply the transition to the glorious life to come. They should look forward to that life to come with joy and thanksgiving.
As for the citizens of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers with the best tools to protect their community. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their community.
The time for mourning will soon pass. We have now remembered and celebrated the life lost in this great tragedy. As the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officer Scott Patrick go forward, they must celebrate the good things in their lives; and to celebrate life itself!
Finally, Lord God, we pray for the families, friends, and colleagues of all the law enforcement officers who have been killed in the line-of-duty and we thank you for their sacrifices. Bless the lives of their families, friends, and colleagues so they might find healing. Help their law enforcement organizations support the families of these fallen heroes. Even though their deaths might have been senseless, make something good come out of these situations so that their law enforcement organizations and the communities in which they lived and served might be stronger because of their lives and their deaths.
Lord God, hear our prayers.
Now, may the Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen.
In His Service,
Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry
Pastor Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department
July 30, 2014
Our prayers to your family and your department. Farewell my brother, may you rest in peace, you served us well.
Detective, retired Fred Haas
Milwaukee P.D. fellow officer and brother
July 30, 2014
Thank you for your brave service, Officer Patrick. May God bless your family and your department with comfort and fond memories.
Chaplain Dale Amundsen (ret.)
King County Sheriff's Office
July 30, 2014
My thoughts & prayers are with the family, friends & coworkers R I P Officer Patrick
Valerie Naugle
July 30, 2014
RIP Brother!! You are a true hero!!
Deputy M Handrahan
Chippewa County Sheriffs Department
July 30, 2014
Rest easy and in peace.
POLICE OFFICER R. BEST (old: #10000 - ne
LVMPD (NV) > Coral Springs (FL) PD
July 30, 2014
our thoughts and prayers to the officers family and department.
God speed.
Deputy Paul T. Thompson
Dane County Sheriff's Office
July 30, 2014
Sad day for many. Rest in Peace. I'm praying for you and your family.
Sandra Araujo
West St. Paul
July 30, 2014
Rest Easy Brother and prayers to your family and department.
Sgt David Tarantino
Suffern PD
July 30, 2014
I remember talking with Officer Patrick in 2011 when I worked security. He would stop by at the vacant Brown College parking lot and chat with me. I remember thinking how cool it was that a police officer would go out of his way to spend a few minutes talking shop with a security guard. He was just that kind of guy. RIP Officer Patrick, you are missed.
Officer L. Kittock
Anoka County Corrections
July 30, 2014
Rest In Peace Brother. The watch will be taken from here by your fellow Officers. My condolences to your Family and the Mendota Heights Police Department.
Sgt Fred Nordt Jr.
Lake Success PD, Long Island, NY
July 30, 2014
Rest in Peace Brother in Blue. You will never be forgotten. We'll take the watch from here. Heaven's streets gained another protector today. Godspeed.
Officer Adam Kladivo
Hibbing Police Department
July 30, 2014
RIP Brother, my prayers for you, your family and your agency. Job well done...HEROES NEVER DIE.....
Philip Callas, Detective Retired Secaucus, NJ PD
July 30, 2014
Thank you for your service, Officer Patrick! Prayers for Family, Friends and Co-Workers.
Kaye Bills, Caring Private Citizen,
Grateful to ALL who had the Courage to Serve and made " The Ultimate Sacrifice!"
Rest In Peace!
July 30, 2014
RIP Officer Patrick. My heart breaks for your family, friends and members of the Mendota Heights Police Department. After hearing the news at work today I began my next meeting by asking everyone present to pray for you and your family and asked that they recognize the important work police officers do for us every day. God Bless you, your family and the Mendota Heights Police Department.
Caryn
Mendota Heights MN Resident and Sister of 3 police officers
July 30, 2014
Thank you for your service. Your sacrifice is not unnoticed. Rest in Peace Brother. Thoughts and prayers to the family of Officer Patrick and the Officers of Mendota Heights.
Deputy Dustin Reichert (ret)
Anoka County Sheriff's Office
July 30, 2014
Rest in peace Brother Scott, you are a true Hero and will never be forgotten for your service and courage.
Son of G. Truman Wortham EOW 7/15/73
Assistant Chief Carl Wortham (retired)
Sand Springs PD Okla.
July 30, 2014
RIP May god be with your family in this time of need !!!
Correctional officer Michael Manski
Calif. Dept. of Corrections
July 30, 2014
RIP!! Thank you for your service.
Chief Deputy Joseph T. Budner
North Judson Police Department, Indiana
July 30, 2014
Rest in Peace Officer Patrick. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, co-workers, and friends.
Lieutenant Robert T. Mote (ret)
Buena Park, CA Police Department
July 30, 2014
R.I.P. Officer Patrick. Prayers to your family, friends, and coworkers.
Wayne Nicholson
Dept. Veteran Affairs Police
July 30, 2014
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