Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

A true hero.

Sergeant Mark Farley
Dougherty County Sheriff's Office

May 16, 2015

I am so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you at this time.

Jacquie Rebel survivor

May 16, 2015

You have made the ultimate sacrifice, may you rest in peace brother. Deepest sympathies to your family and colleagues, gone but never forgotten.

T/Ch.Supt Simon Hawkins
Hertfordshire Constabulary (England)

May 16, 2015

RIP

Sheriff's Detective Kenneth Seel
San Diego County Sheriff's Department

May 16, 2015

Deputy Smith, So sorry this happened to you. I am praying for you to rest in peace and for your family and department. Thank you sir for your service. These words are not nearly enough, but are all I can think of right now.

Josh Holcomb Former MP
None

May 16, 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 Johnson County Sheriff's Office. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace Brother!

Anonymous

May 16, 2015

My thoughts and prayers to your family and friends.

Reserve Deputy Kim Tryon
Tulsa County Deputy, OK

May 16, 2015

Although my family and I didn't know you or live where you protected the people you were sworn to protect I send my prayer's and a Thank you for giving it your All.
May God comfort your family, friends and the officers that served with, and knew you.
May God Bless your soul, forgive you of your sins and bring you to heaven to be with God. In Jesus' Name Amen.

Patricia Stacey
Russellville

May 16, 2015

RIP Deputy Smith. You are appreciated and will not be forgotten.

Assistant Chief (Retired)
Kalamazoo (MI) Dept. of Public Safety

May 16, 2015

Prayers are with your family and dept.

Asst. Chief Kenneth Hatchett Jr.
Hornbeck Police Dept.

May 16, 2015

I've frequently asked myself how/why some would serve as reserve officers, willingly taking on the risks that full-time officers face daily - but do so as volunteers. Thanks to Deputy Smith and all others who volunteer to assist full-time officers and serve their communities.

Assistant Chief (Retired)
Kalamazoo (MI) Dept. of Public Safety

May 16, 2015

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

Stephanie Harris, LEOW - Spouse of Sgt, LAPD

May 16, 2015

OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OF DEPUTY SMITH , AND ALL THOSE WHO MOURN THE LOSS OF DEPUTY SMITH .
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

Retired PO David Herbert
Toronto Police Service, Ontario Canada

May 16, 2015

Another Soldier taken from us way too early. On the day that our Nation lays a wreath on the White House Lawn as a dedication to our 20539 fallen Officers killed in the Line Of Duty...God Bless You Deputy Smith!

--The Thin Blue Line...

Sgt. Gregg Crandall
Fremont PD

Sgt. Gregg Crandall
Fremont (CA) Police Department

May 16, 2015

Rest in peace brother

Deputy Sheriff Carlos Rubio
Cherokee County Sheriff (Reserve Unit)

May 16, 2015

Rest in Peace brother! May god make it easier for you, your family and your entire agency.

Detective Bahir Mustafa
NYPD

May 16, 2015

IN MEMORY OF RESERVE DEPUTY SHERIFF SONNY SMITH

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Reserve Deputy Sheriff Sonny Smith

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, two deputy sheriffs have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of Johnson County, Arkansas. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Reserve Deputy Sheriff Sonny Smith, of the Johnson County, Arkansas, Sheriff’s Office; who was shot and killed in the line-of-duty, on Friday, May 15, 2015, as he and other deputies searched the woods for a burglary suspect in the area of County Road 1723 in Johnson County, Arkansas.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Reserve Deputy Sheriff Sonny Smith. He died serving us. Help us never to forget him. Help us celebrate the life of Reserve Deputy Sheriff Sonny Smith 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 Johnson County, Arkansas, 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 Johnson County, Arkansas, to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of Johnson County, Arkansas, 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 Reserve Deputy Sheriff Sonny Smith 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, Reserve Deputy Sheriff Sonny Smith, 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 16, 2015

Rest in peace my brother in blue.

Officer J. Rhodes
Maize Police Department, Kansas

May 16, 2015

Very sad. Every so often a cop who works for no pay... pays a price that no one should ever have to pay

Lt. GJG (Retired - Reserve)
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

May 16, 2015

Rest in peace brother.

Detective Sergeant John Valdez
Los Lunas Police Department

May 16, 2015

God Speed, Brother.

P.O. K.Murphy
Union PD, NJ

May 16, 2015

Rest in peace my brother. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.

James J. Scanlon (Retired CPD)
North American SWAT Training Assoc.

May 16, 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 Jerome County, Idaho Retired
Jerome County Sheriff's Office

May 16, 2015

Thank you Deputy Smith for your hard work and dedication,. As our society appears to be becoming more sociopathic, your hard work and dedication to duty has made a difference by I leaving this world a better place than the one you entered. As I look back at the first two weeks of this month and add up all the heroes (7) that have made the ultimate sacrifice to provide us with a safer and more secure society I am saddened and heartbroken. In my heart of hearts, I realize that your sacrifice as well as that of your other brothers has truly made this world a better place. May God and St. Michael provide your family at this time, with the strength required to move forward with the knowledge and solace that you will always be at their side.
Hopefully your family will find additional strength and courage through God's spoken word in the Beatitudes; "Blessed are the peace makers for they shall inherit the Kingdom of God."

Timothy Dailey, Retired - Juvenile Proba
Allegheny County Juvenile Probation

May 16, 2015

Rest in peace Deputy Smith!
You will not be forgotten!

Willie Bell Hopewell VA!
Friend Of All Law Enforcement Officers!

May 16, 2015