Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

RIP brothers. Thank you for protecting and serving all those in need. Know that you did make a difference to those you touched. You will be missed.

Corporal Mike Metzger
Honolulu Police Department

December 21, 2014

Rest in Peace sir. We thank you for your service to the NY community. May God bless you, your family and members of the NYPD during this difficult time.

Special Agent
Dept of Veterans Affairs-OIG

December 21, 2014

Rest in Peace sir. May God bless you, your family and members of the NYPD during this difficult time. We thank you for your service to your community.

Special Agent
Dept of Veterans Affairs-OIG

December 21, 2014

Thank you for serving your city and putting yourself before others.

Police officers make the ultimate sacrifice.

May you rest in peace.

Christina
Resident of Saint Paul, MN

December 21, 2014

These two officers dedicated their lives to our safety, but they were senselessly and brutally murdered by a coward. They will not be forgotten, as they were among the best of our countrymen. Those who do evil will not prevail, for others will fill the ranks and still more will honor the memory of Officers Ramos and Liu.

COL. (USA RET) Michael Crutcher
U.S. Army, Retired

December 21, 2014

Rest in peace brother we have the watch from here. May God Bless your Family and Friends.

Officer A. OROZCO
ADOT/ECD

December 21, 2014

Rest easy my brother. We got your watch now. May God bring peace to your family and coworkers in this trying time.

Senior Investigator Ralph Alvarez
NYSDOC OSI

December 21, 2014

Ofc. Ramos, Rest in peace, and God bless your family.

Senior Trooper F. Monserrate
Florida Highway Patrol

December 21, 2014

May God bless Officer Ramos's wife, children, family and friends. It's a sad day when a brother in blue is struck down while shielding his community from evil. I'm praying for all my brothers and sisters of the NYPD during this trying time. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9. The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are bold as a lion. Proverbs 28:1

Sgt. Ron Paulk
Tampa Police Department

December 21, 2014

May the good Lord watch over the Families of these brave heroes.

Dave Corr
Father of slain Officer

December 21, 2014

Great job officers , we love you thanks for your service !!!

Wayne carson

December 21, 2014

To Officer Ramos' family,
I am so sorry for your loss. I appreciate the job your loved one did each day. God bless.

CArol Elliott
citizen

December 21, 2014

RIP brother Rafael.

May God bless and be with your family, co-workers and friends at this very difficult time.

Inv. Bevenour
Gettysburg Police Department

December 21, 2014

I send my humblest condolences. You served well and bravely. May God carry you into eternal rest. Thank you I am eternally grateful.

Rachel Bond
Grateful Citizen

December 21, 2014

RIP, our brother in blue, may your family be comforted by your memory and legacy

Po Flynn & Po Vitiello
Retired NYPD

December 21, 2014

Police Officer Rafael Ramos, we are so deeply saddened by your tragic loss, and we will pray for you and your wife and two sons and the rest of your family, your colleagues, and the brave citizens of the city of New York. Keep on watching each other's back ...

another grateful citizen

December 21, 2014

May God give peace to your families and a home for your Souls. You will receive the reward of the Peacemakers and your killer the judgment of the lost.

Lt. Ralph E. Bartley (Retired)
Chesterfield County Police, Virginia

December 21, 2014

To my fellow brothers and sisters in New York City and the family of Rafael Ramos. Words cannot express the heart felt sadness over the senseless death of a husband, father and fellow brother in arms.

May you know and feel God's comfort during this difficult time. RIP Brother.

Officer Mike Lamsma
Muskegon Police, Muskegon, MICH

December 21, 2014

To my fellow brothers and sisters in New York City and the family of Wenjian Liu. Words cannot express the heart felt sadness over the senseless death of a husband, father and fellow brother in arms.

May you know and feel God's comfort during this difficult time. RIP Brother.

Officer Mike Lamsma
Muskegon Police, Muskegon, MICH

December 21, 2014

God bless you Officer and your family. The lord needed you and your partner.

Tony Perfetto Patrol Officer
South Ogden City, Utah

December 21, 2014

Rest in Peace brother. It's because of you and our brother officers that keeps this county from going to hell. May God hold you close forever.

Paul Koekebacker (Sr.Inv. - Ret)
New York State Police

December 21, 2014

Such a senseless tragedy. R.I.P.

D.M.S.
Civilian

December 21, 2014

You are both a reflection of what NYPD and NYC stand for the integration of those Coming to America. May your family find peace and kindness, you will always be in our thoughts and prayers.

SS/Agent Patrolman
ATF / NYCPD

December 21, 2014

IN MEMORY OF POLICE OFFICER RAFAEL RAMOS

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officer Rafael Ramos:

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 eight hundred and sixteen police officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the City of New York, New York. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Police Officer Rafael Ramos, of the New York City, New York, Police Department; who was shot and killed in the line-of-duty, along with his partner, Police Officer Wenjian Liu, from ambush, on Saturday, December 20, 2014, while sitting in their patrol car at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Thompkins Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York City, New York.

“Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Police Officer Rafael Ramos. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Police Officer Rafael Ramos 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 New York City, New York, help them to faithfully equip their police officers with the best tools to protect their community. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of New York City, New York, to remember to pay their police officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of New York City, New York, 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 Rafael Ramos 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. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.”

Now, Police Officer Rafael Ramos, 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.

In His Service,

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

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

December 21, 2014

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

Special Agent MSB
Homeland Security Investigations

December 21, 2014