Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service to our wonderful and great state. May you have a blessed peace.

PFC John Dill
Oklahoma Army National Guard

February 1, 2015

Our prayers to Officer Dees family and co-workers at his loss. We are sure his service was appreciated by the OHP and his community. May GOD be with his family through this time of loss.

Retired Sgt. Charles Carty
Benton AR Police Department

February 1, 2015

Thank you for your time of service.
I salute you and your family.

Randalyn Benson
survivor daughter of Chief James Leonard Speer

February 1, 2015

My most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Trooper Dees. I have the utmost respect for those men and women who try to keep our roads safe. My prayers are with you all.

Jackie Novak

February 1, 2015

Please accept my sincere condolences for the tragic loss of Trooper Dees. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this very difficult time. I add my best for the quick recovery of the second Trooper.

Rest in peace brother.

P.O. (Ret) Donald Current
City of New York PD/NYC Transit PD

February 1, 2015

Trooper Dees, Thank you for your service and sacrifice. I am sure you were an asset the the OHP. May God comfort your family and your OHP family and we ask God for healing for the other injured Trooper. Our thoughts and prayers are with both families.

Brent Jackson, Communications Officer
Garza County Sheriff's Office, Texas

February 1, 2015

Thank you for your service. R.I.P.

Sgt. K. Cunningham
Oklahoma County Sheriff Deputy

February 1, 2015

IN MEMORY OF TROOPER NICHOLAS DEES

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Trooper Nicholas Dees:

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 thirty-five State Troopers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of Oklahoma. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Trooper Nicholas Dees, of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol; who was struck by a vehicle and killed in the line-of-duty on Saturday, January 31, 2015, while investigating a traffic collision on westbound I-40 at about 2200 hours in Oklahoma. Another Oklahoma State Trooper was also struck by the same vehicle and seriously injured.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Trooper Nicholas Dees. He died serving us. Help us never to forget. Help us celebrate the life of Trooper Nicholas Dees 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 the State of Oklahoma, help them to faithfully equip their state troopers with the best tools to protect their state. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of the State of Oklahoma to remember to pay their state troopers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of the State of Oklahoma to obey the law and treat each other with dignity so as not to add to the burden of crime and pain to their state.

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 Trooper Nicholas Dees 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, Trooper Nicholas Dees, 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 Police Department
Police Chaplain of the Merrimack NH Police Department
The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

February 1, 2015

Eternal Rest

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

February 1, 2015

This man was amazing guy! Never met guy like him! It was honor to meet a guy like him

Firefighter Quintrez Edwards
Strophe Fire Dept

February 1, 2015

Far too young to be taken from those who know and love you best, or from your extended family for that matter.

May you forever Rest in Peace, Brother, and God Bless.

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

February 1, 2015

peace to you and your loved ones

jennifer phillips
widow of sgt ron phillips

February 1, 2015

May the family's fond memories help them through this difficult time.

Terry L. Vice
Patrol Officer (1979-1984)
Greeley PD
Colorado

February 1, 2015

Trooper Dees,
May you rest in Heavenly Peace. May your family be forever watched over and blessed. May your friends and colleagues find comfort. Please watch over us from on high.
We will see you again dear Sir.
Thank you for your service. I will never forget your sacrifice or the sacrifice of your family.
Greater Love Hath No Man....
Prayers for all involved.

Kristi
Surviving Daughter of Special Agent J. Robert Porter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E.O.W. 8/9/79

February 1, 2015

Never forget, God Speed

Sergeant Timothy Long
Long Beach Police Department CA

February 1, 2015

Rest in Peace Brother, we will take it from here...

SLEO1 Robert M. Noel
East Brunswick Police Department

February 1, 2015

RIP my brother in brown. You will be greatly missed.

Trp. Nathan mackey #591
Oklahoma Highway Patrol

February 1, 2015

May you be at peace, and may your family always know that you gave your life protecting those who will never know your name. You are a hero!!

Lieutenant Ken Vanduser
Pottawatomie county Sheriff office OK.

February 1, 2015

RIP Brother

Capt. Roberta Thompson Ret.
Charleston Police Dept. Chas. WV

February 1, 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.

February 1, 2015

I have lost yet another brother, I knew Nick so he was immediate family, I will weep and ask for GOD to watch over his family at home. He was what all would want to protect them, he was a Hero and a good man. We will miss you brother but, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. Rest in Peace

Major Joe Whala (Ret.)
Idabel Police Dept. (Okla.)

February 1, 2015

RIP Brother, Job well done, my prayers for you, your family and your agency. HEROES NEVER DIE. God bless you Nick!!

Philip Callas, Detective Retired Secaucus, NJ PD

February 1, 2015

Thank you for your sacrifice;God Bless

P1 John Welch
Arlington Texas Police Department

February 1, 2015

REST IN PEACE BROTHER. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.

Deputy J. Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

February 1, 2015

Rest in Peace Trooper Dees. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with the Dees Family and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

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

February 1, 2015