Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Officer Stewart, Thank you for your service. Our thoughts and prayers go out to your family, the men and women of your department, and friends. Rest in peace brother, we have the watch. May God bless and protect the men and women that serve in the communities across this great nation.

Chief P.K. Johnson
Millbrook, Al Police Department

December 27, 2014

IN MEMORY OF POLICE OFFICER TYLER JACOB STEWART

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officer Tyler Jacob Stewart:

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 forty-five law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of Arizona. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Police Officer Tyler Jacob Stewart, of the Flagstaff, Arizona, Police Department; who was shot and killed in the line-of-duty on Saturday, December 27, 2014, while investigating a Domestic Violence complaint at a home in the 800 block of West Clay Avenue in Flagstaff, Arizona.

“Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Police Officer Tyler Jacob Stewart. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Police Officer Tyler Jacob Stewart 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 Flagstaff, Arizona, 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 Flagstaff, Arizona, to remember to pay their police officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Flagstaff, Arizona, 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 Tyler Jacob Stewart 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 Tyler Jacob Stewart, 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 27, 2014

RIP brother. Thank you for your service and the ultimate sacrifice for the citizens. We have it from here.

Deputy Erin Burke
IRCSO

December 27, 2014

Rest in peace Officer Stewart. Thank you for your dedication to serve and your bravery. Your life and ultimate sacrifice will never be forgotten. My thoughts are with your family and agency. I pray for strength as they begin the grief journey. May they feel the caring of others who have walked before them and be inspired by hope to carry on.

G. Birkholz
mother of Officer Craig Birkholz, E.O.W. 3/20/11

December 27, 2014

Rest in peace brother, we've got the watch from here.

Ofc. P Bancroft
Smithfield Police Dept.

December 27, 2014

My thoughts & prayers go out to his family, both blood & badge... RIP Brother, we'll take it from here...

Angie Vargas, Sr. Police Dispatcher
Dallas Police Dept

December 27, 2014

Rest easy brother. You are not forgotten

Cpl. Tommy Crowson
Monroe LA police department

December 27, 2014

Rest In Peace Officer Stewart. May your family find Comfort in The Lord. You will never be forgotten.

Citizen Tracy Corley
Louisiana

December 27, 2014

May you rest in piece brother.

Lieutenant Jason Ilgenfritz
NCCC - Marion Ohio

December 27, 2014

Go with God, brother. We've got it from here....

Officer J. Stevenson
Gila River Police, AZ.

December 27, 2014

Rest in Peace my Brother. You are on Higher Ground Now. May God be with your family, friends, and your agency as they try and to cope with this since less act. Prayers go out to you all.

Sergeant Gary Wilson
Henry County Sheriff's Department

December 27, 2014

Blessed is the Peacemaker. And despite what many think of Police Officers...we continue to answer the call. You gave your all. Thank you brother and God bless you. And to his family, my deepest condolences. He is a true hero. And Heroes Live Forever.

Master Police Officer Louis Gutierrez
Yuma Police Department

December 27, 2014

May Officer Stewart rest in peace. Thank you for your sacrifice you will not be forgotten.

LEO Girlfriend Sydney Mills

December 27, 2014

Rest in Peace Brother

Chief Paul Millet
Gonzales Police Department Ca.

December 27, 2014

Prayers for his Family and his Dept. Family

Ricard Hewitt, Retired Lt.
NYS Dept of Correction

December 27, 2014

Heroes live forever. Prayers to family and friends.

BLR
Team Texas

December 27, 2014

GODSPEED my BROTHER!

Deputy Michael Baxter
Williamson County Sheriffs Office

December 27, 2014

RIP Brother!

Cpl. Tre' Howard
Georgia State Patrol

December 27, 2014

Rest in Peace Sir. We will take the watch from here.

SRO Anthony Roberts
New Madrid County

December 27, 2014

Another true hero lost but never forgotten.

Undersheriff Michael Bitnar
Chippewa Co Sheriff's Office

December 27, 2014

RIP Brother

Corporal Jackie Robertson
Lewisburg Tennessee Police

December 27, 2014

GOD'S SPEED YOUNG BROTHER.

Earl Filskov (Ret)
Northlake Police Department

December 27, 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

December 27, 2014

Rest in peace brother. We will never forget.

Deputy Sheriff Kyle Pflager
Tehama County Sheriff's Office, California

December 27, 2014

R I P brother

Austin
FBOP

December 27, 2014