Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Rest in Peace, my Brother of the Badge, God Bless your Family, Friends and Department, Thank You for your service.

Retired Police Officer Bob Reed
South Lake Tahoe Police Department

May 10, 2015

IN MEMORY OF POLICE OFFICERS BENJAMIN DEEN AND LIQUORI TATE

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Police Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate

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, six police officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Police Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate, of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Police Department; who were both shot and killed in the line-of-duty, on Saturday, May 9, 2015, while making a traffic stop of a vehicle occupied by two brothers near the intersection of 4th Street and Gordon Street in downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Lord God, we are grateful for the lives of Police Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate. They died serving us. Help us never to forget them. Help us celebrate the lives of Police Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate and honor their sacrifice. Be with the families, friends, and colleagues of these fallen heroes. Comfort them and give them your strength. Guide those who seek to take care of the families of these heroes. May those empowered to do so, care for them with integrity. In commemorating the death of these heroes, 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 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 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 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to remember to pay their police officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 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 families, friends, and colleagues of Police Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate 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, Police Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate, 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

May 10, 2015

Thank you for making your community a better and safer place. My thoughts are with your family, friends, co-workers and community. Your loss extends throughout the local, state, federal and international law enforcement community.

Special Agent R. Lynch (Retired)
NCIS

May 10, 2015

Thank you for heroism. Your sacrifice will never be forgot. May God Bless your family, friends, community and the Hattiesburg Police Department. RIP Officer Benjamin Deen

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

May 10, 2015

Rest in peace brother. May God bless your family, friends and police department.

Detective
West Bloomfield Township PD, MI.

May 10, 2015

Rest in peace brother. May God bless your family, friends and police department.

Detective
West Bloomfield Township PD, MI.

May 10, 2015

Blessed are the Peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. -Matthew 5:9. Thank you for your service brother. May you rest in peace knowing we have the watch. My deepest condolences to the family and friends of both officers and to the Hattiesburg Police Department. My wife went to college at Southern Miss so Hattiesburg has a very special place in our hearts. You all will be in my family's thoughts and prayers.

Motor Sergeant Matt August
Irvine (CA) Police Department

May 10, 2015

As I sit in Church now I am reflecting on the sacrifice that you and so many of our Brothers and Sisters make to keep our families and communities safe. May our Heavenly Father bless you for your sacrifice and bless your family. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Police Officer II D Mitchell
Burlington Police Dept NC

May 10, 2015

My prayers and thoughts are with your family and friends. God Bless.

Stephanie Harris, LEOW - Spouse of Sgt, LAPD

May 10, 2015

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

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

May 10, 2015

A police officer should be remembered not by how he died, but how he lived! A great man has gone to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you to you, your family and the Hattiesburg Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Anonymous

May 10, 2015

Death in vain... God bless your families.

Deputy
San Bernardino County CA

May 10, 2015

God Bless You, Your Family, & Friends. Thank you for your unselfish service.

James P Waggle, Jr.
Civilian

May 10, 2015

Rest in peace Brother....My thoughts are with your family, friends, and the members of the HPD during this most difficult and tragic time.....

Lt. Joseph Ward, Ret.
Jackson, NJ PD

May 10, 2015

RIP Brother, my prayers for you, your family and your agency, HEROES NEVER DIE, God Bless You Ben.

Philip Callas, Detective Retired Secaucus, NJ PD

May 10, 2015

Rest in Peace my brother it is our watch now.
My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends, and all my brothers and sisters of the Hattiesburg Police Department.

GODSPEED

Officer B. Ruth
Baltimore County Police Department

May 10, 2015

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. You are a Hero Officer Deen. Thank you for doing your job. Rest in peace Dear Brother. God bless. "Heroes Live Forever"

CATHERINE A. GARIBAY SANCHEZ
SURVIVING SISTER of DEPUTY SHERIFF
STEVEN GARIBAY EOW 2/10/1987

May 10, 2015

Rest in peace Officer Deen.

Officer Joseph Bresette
Galesville Police Department (WI)

May 10, 2015

Thank you Officer Deen for your years of hard work and dedication and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in the great state of Mississippi. You are a true AMERICAN HERO !!! My thoughts and prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers. May you forever, rest in peace, my brother.

HEROES LIVE FOREVER...

Sergeant Mitchell G. Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

May 10, 2015

Rest in peace.

Sgt. Jim Russo

May 10, 2015

Rest in peace my brother of blue.

Officer J. Rhodes
Maize Police Department, Kansas

May 10, 2015

Feel His presence as God answers the prayers of many who have fallen to their knees on your behalf. Since the day of my son's death, I have carried every law enforcement officer and their family in my heart.

Every morning I go to my knees. During that time I pray:

“Lord, Be with all law enforcement officers. Keep them safe and free from harm. They are Your soldiers on the front line of the battle against evil. If one should fall this day - wrap their family in your loving arms. Surround them with Your angels, loving family, friends, neighbors and caring people to comfort them. Ease their pain. Help them to mourn well. In Jesus' name and for Your Glory, Amen.”

I have lifted you and your family to God every morning for over four years. Feel those prayers. God is with you; He knows and will ease your pain.

Our faith helps us to see beyond the grave.

Pamela Hotsinpiller
Mother of
Deputy United States Marshal
Derek W. Hotsinpiller
EOW 2-16-2011

May 10, 2015

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF OFFICER DEEN , AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF OFFICER DEEN .
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
HIS SERVICE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND HIS DEEDS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
GOD BLESS

Ret Officer David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Ontario Canada

May 10, 2015

You and your families will be in our thoughts and prayers always. God bless.

Resident Agent in Charge B. Biletnikoff
ATF Tucson

May 10, 2015

May you bask in God's love and light. Prayers to family and Hattiesburg PD.

Sergeant O'Keefe (retired)
NYPD

May 10, 2015