Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Deputy Sheriff Joseph James Dunn

Cascade County Sheriff's Office, Montana

End of Watch Thursday, August 14, 2014

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Reflections for Deputy Sheriff Joseph James Dunn

RIP Deputy Dunn. Thank you for doing your part to make this world a better place.

Police Officer
Bozeman, MT Police Department

August 16, 2014

Rest in Peace Deputy Dunn - 1042. God bless hi family and fellow Deputies.at this time of great sorrow an.

Det. JP McGrath(retired)
Schenectady Polce Dept., NY

August 16, 2014

R.I.P. Brother, Thanks for your service.
Prayers for your family and co-workers

Deputy Randy Smith
Stillwater County Sheriff's Office

August 16, 2014

OUr thoughts and prayers to the Deputy family and fellow officers.

Deputy Paul Thompson
Dane County Sheriffs Office

August 16, 2014

Thank you for your service to your country and community. Our prayers are with you and your family. RIP.

Retired Asst Chief Robert Mutz
North Palm Beach PD and Juno Beach PD, FHP Auxiliary

August 16, 2014

Regardless of why he ran in the first place, this 'suspect' should face total repercussions for his actions. It cost a valuable life and took a good man away from his family, needlessly.

Deputy Dunn, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service to this nation and Montana. You are a real hero. Rest in Peace, Brother and God Bless you.

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

August 16, 2014

Rest in peace, Deputy Sheriff Dunn. Thank you for your dedicated service to our country and to your community. Your ultimate sacrifice and that of your family will not be forgotten. Prayers for your family, friends, Cascade County SO and many law enforcement brothers and sisters. Godspeed, Hero.

Kathy B
Grateful Citizen

August 16, 2014

Condolences to the family and friends. May the Holy Spirit bring comfort to the family and Belt falls PD. A sad ending but a new day for to absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. 'Til we meet again with those gone on before us. amen

Margaret Hood (ret'd)
Citizen Watch

August 16, 2014

Thank you, Brother, for your service to your our country and your state. RIP. May God comfort those who mourn.

Chaplain Paul Worley
San Antonio, Texas PD

August 16, 2014

Some swear their oath to serve and protect, while others give their life to defend it. You will not be forgotten.

Deputy Sheriff P.M. Benning
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, CO

August 16, 2014

R.I.P. brother. Thank you for your service to our country and with your department.

Cpl Steven Holloway
Eutawville Police Department South Carolina

August 16, 2014

Thank you for your service to our country and your community! May you rest in Peace!

Rich Davey
Air Force K9 Handler (1961-1964)

August 16, 2014

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

August 16, 2014

My prayers and thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP sir.

Stephanie Harris, LEOW - Spouse of Sgt, LAPD

August 16, 2014

Rest in Peace Deputy Dunn. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Dunn Family and the Cascade County Sheriff's Office

Cpl. Gary Hughes (Retired)
Passaic County Sheriff's Office Wayne, NJ

August 16, 2014

Avenue of the Fallen



Standing at attention in their class “A“ uniforms, badges gleaming and shoes like glass, 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 wonderful place. As you march down the Avenue of the Fallen, all eyes focus on you as if to say its ok you’re with your eternal partners. A salute is followed and a tear can be seen on so many faces.

Welcome, you served well.

Now come join us in the ranks, another is coming home.



A brother law enforcement officer



12-25-2010

Officer Jim Weaver 11452. Retired LAPD and Jerome County Sheriff

Sheriff Jim Weaver (Retired)
Jerome County Sheriff's Office, Jerome County, Idaho

August 16, 2014

God bless you, and your family.
Rest in peace brother.

Corrections Officer Paul Schanno
Hennepin County(Minneapolis)-ACF

August 16, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this difficult time, you were taken too soon. May you rest in peace and watch over us with all of other LE guardian angels.

Dispatcher, Brianna Harbolt
Hill County Sheriff's Office

August 16, 2014

Rest in peace Deputy Dunn. Thank you for your dedication and service to our country and communities . My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and colleagues.

Mother of fallen Officer Craig Birkholz,
Wisconsin

August 16, 2014

Thank You Deputy Sheriff Joe Dunn for your service to our Country and also your service to the residents of Cascade Couinty. God Bless your Family, Friends and Fellow Officers and may God Bless you Officer Dunn and take you into his arms. Rest in Peace Officer Dunn.

Ed S.
Grateful Citizen

August 16, 2014

Rest In Peace

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

August 16, 2014

My prayers are with Officer Dunn's wife and children.

n/a Brian Hall
C'd Soil Counseling

August 16, 2014

Deputy Dunn was a true shinning star, at Cascade County Sheriff's Office, as well as at home to his wife and children. He had a disposition that touch everyone he met. God gave him to us for such a short time, which we are grateful. A quiet, unassuming hero that walked among us. RIP my dear precious friend, we miss you greatly.
Chaplain Schearer

Chaplain S.C. Schearer
Cascade County Sheriff's Office, Great Falls, MT

August 16, 2014

IN MEMORY OF DEPUTY SHERIFF JOE DUNN

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Deputy Sheriff Joe Dunn:

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 one hundred and twenty-three law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of Montana. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Deputy Sheriff Joe Dunn, of the Cascade County, Montana Sheriff's Office; who was killed in the line-of-duty when he was struck by a vehicle along Highway 87, that was being pursued by other sheriff's deputies, in Belt, Montana, on Thursday, August 14, 2014.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Deputy Sheriff Joe Dunn. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Deputy Sheriff Joe Dunn 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 Cascade County, Montana, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers with the best tools to protect their county. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of Cascade County, Montana, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Cascade County, Montana, to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their county.

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 Deputy Sheriff Joe Dunn 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.

Amen.

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,

Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police, Nashua NH Police Department

August 16, 2014

Deputy Dunn was a true shinning star, at Cascade County Sheriff's Office, as well at home. He had a disposition that touch everyone he met. God gave him to us for such a short time, which we are grateful. A quiet, unassuming hero that walked among us. RIP my dear precious friend, we miss you greatly.
Chaplain Schearer

Chaplain S.C. Schearer
Cascade County Sheriff's Office, Great Falls, MT

August 16, 2014

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