Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

'Blessed Are The Peacemakers'.

Sincere condolences. RIP

Sgt. Randy Keenan (Ret)
City of Alameda, CA Police Dept.

January 22, 2015

Thank you for your service, sir. God Bless and Godspeed.

Lisa B.
GEORGIA CIVILIAN LE SUPPORTER

January 22, 2015

IN MEMORY OF DETECTIVE JOHN SCOTT STEVENS

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Detective John Scott Stevens:

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 four hundred and seventy-four Law Enforcement Officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of New Jersey. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Detective John Scott Stevens, of the Ocean County, New Jersey, Prosecutor’s Office; who was critically injured, in the line-of-duty, on Thursday, January 8, 2015, when he allowed his undercover patrol vehicle to cross Dover Road, left of center, subsequently striking a tree on the opposite of the roadway. He was transported to the Jersey Shore University Medical Center where he eventually succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Detective John Scott Stevens. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Detective John Scott Stevens 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 Ocean County, New Jersey, 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 Ocean County, New Jersey, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Ocean County, New Jersey, 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 Detective John Scott Stevens 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.

Now, Detective John Scott Stevens, 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,

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Retired Captain of Police of the Nashua NH (USA) Police Department
Police Chaplain of the Merrimack NH (USA) Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace brother. Thank you for your service.

Cpl. M. Davis #2614
Prince George's County Police

January 22, 2015

RIP

Corporal Jackie Robertson
Lewisburg Tennessee Police

January 22, 2015

I pray for the Stevens family and all of those who worked with Detective Stevens, who put his life before all others for so many years.

May the family and department know and find the light at then of this darkened tunnel.

Peace!

Daniel McGuire, President
CISM Perspectives, Inc.

January 22, 2015

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 “it’s 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.
Officer Jim Weaver (#11452), Los Angeles Police Department retired
12-25-2010

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

January 22, 2015

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 “it’s 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.
Officer Jim Weaver (#11452), Los Angeles Police Department retired
12-25-2010

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

January 22, 2015

My thoughts & prayers go out to the family, friends & coworkers...Thank You for your service...RIP Detective Stevens

Val Naugle

January 22, 2015

May the good lord welcome you with open arms, for you have done your job well.

Chaplain Douglas J. Maykowski
Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #187 Mt. Clemens Michigan.

January 22, 2015

You may be gone...but your work and you will never be forgotten. You're a good officer who was taken from us too early. Your loss is our loss also. God bless you and your family who is left behind with the grief we all share.

Alice Bryner
Disabled Veteran

January 22, 2015

Prayers to the family, friends and his co-workers.

Sergeant D. Lo Russo
GCPO - GGNTF

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace Brother Joseph.

Ofc. Timothy M. Furlong
Nahant, MA PD

January 22, 2015

Det Stevens, rest in peace our brother. You will never be forgotten.

Sgt Richard Eckert
Town of Chester Police Dept

January 22, 2015

Rest, brother.

Cpl Steve Headley
Mishawaka, IN police

January 22, 2015

Our thoughts and prayers to all who grieve at the passing of Detective Stevens. As a former resident of Lacey, with family still living in the area, I am saddened by this news. God bless all of you.
Mary L - Spring Hill, FL

Mary L.
Former Lacey Resident

January 22, 2015

God bless you, your family, & friends. Thank you for your unselfish service.

James P Waggle
Civilian

January 22, 2015

God bless Detective Stevens' family, friends and coworkers and give them strength and peace to get through their grief and pain. Thank you for your service brother.

Sergeant Clark O. Parry
Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office, New York

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace brother. Thoughts are with your family both blue and blood during this difficult time. Thank you Detective Stevens for your 20 years of service and dedication to your community. Rest easy, we'll take the watch from here.

Sgt David Post
Reno County Sheriff's Office Hutchinson, KS

January 22, 2015

Eternal Rest

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

January 22, 2015

RIP, prayers for the family.

Sgt. Ron Cromer
Martin Co. Sheriff's Office

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace my brother of blue.

Officer J. Rhodes
Maize Police Department

January 22, 2015

God, filled with mercy, dwelling in the heavens' heights,
bring proper rest beneath the wings of your Lord,
amid the ranks of the holy and the pure,
illuminating like the brilliance of the skies the soul of John Stevens who went to his eternal place of rest.
May You who are the source of mercy shelter him beneath Your wings eternally,
and bind his soul among the living, that he may rest in peace. And let us say: Amen.

Bill Mann
Civilian Supporter
South Pasadena, CA

January 22, 2015

Leaning on the everlasting arms now! May God grant his family at home and the blue family courage and strenght, be safe out there and God bless you all.

Victim Witness Unit SW
Attorney General's Office

January 22, 2015

Rest in peace brother, we have the watch now. Thank you for your many years of service. God bless the family, friends, and co-workers of Det Stevens during this time of tragic and sudden loss.

Sr. Ptlmn/K-9 Hndlr Donnie Meaders
Wewoka (OK) Police Department

January 22, 2015