Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

REST IN PEACE BROTHER.

Det. Randy Evans
Kansas City Missouri Police Department
Son of Patrolman Robert Wayne Evans
E.O.W 10/14/1971
HEROES LIVE FOREVER

May 30, 2015

Sincerest regards.
God bless you and your family.
Rest in peace brother.

Sgt. Paul Schanno- Honor Guard Member
State of MN Dept. of Corrections MCF-Stillwater

May 30, 2015

RIP Brother

Career Officer(Ret.) Victor Agosto
Chesterfield County Police (Va.)

May 30, 2015

My thoughts and prayers are with your beloved family. Thank you for both your military service and your police service. May you rest in peace with St. Michael at your side.

Timothy Dailey, Retired - Juvenile Proba
Allegheny County Juvenile Probation

May 30, 2015

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

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

May 30, 2015

Rest in peace brother

Deputy Feric Terry
Durham County Sheriff Office

May 30, 2015

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

James Waggle
Civilian

May 30, 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.

May 30, 2015

Detective Heywood -

Thank-you for serving your country and community. RIP brother.

Semper Fi!

Deputy Dave Kosnosky
Snohomish County Sheriffs Office

May 30, 2015

Very sorry to hear the news... Rest in peace. My thoughts are extended to family, friends and fellow officers.

Reserve Police Officer G. Krystof
Los Angeles Police Department

May 30, 2015

God bless Officer Heywood's 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

May 30, 2015

My thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and co-workers of Officer Toure Heywood. Another Hero taken too soon. May God comfort you and your family as you go and touch the face of God.
Your honorable service and sacrifice and bravery to the citizens of Georgia will not be forgotten. God Speed and God Bless. Rest in Peace Sir.

Final Salute

VIPS 750 Jeff Claybern
Alexandria Kentucky Police Department

May 30, 2015

R.I.P. Brother.

Inv. Bowman
Dare Co. Sheriff's Office, NC

May 30, 2015

Prayers to his family and friends. Thank you for your service.

Sergeant Charles Carty
Benton Arkansas Police Department

May 30, 2015

IN MEMORY OF DETECTIVE TOURE HEYWOOD

To the family, friends, and colleagues of Detective Toure Heywood

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 six hundred and seventy-eight law enforcement officers have sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of the State of Georgia. Today, we honor the sacrifice of Police Officer Toure Heywood, of the Georgia State University Police Department; who was seriously injured in the line-of-duty on September 30, 2003, when he was struck by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop at the Georgia State University Campus. His health continued to deteriorate as a result of the incident. On May 28th, 2015, he passed away while undergoing organ transplant surgery to replace his stomach, liver, pancreas, upper bowel and lower bowel. Following the crash he became a member of the East Point, Georgia, Police Department where he served as a detective at the time of his passing.

Lord God, we are grateful for the life of Detective Toure Heywood. He died serving us. Help us never to forget him. Help us celebrate the life of Detective Toure Heywood 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 Georgia, help them to faithfully equip their law enforcement officers with the best tools to protect their state. May their training be adequate to the task. Help the citizens of the State of Georgia to remember to pay their law enforcement officers fairly and treat them with respect. Help the citizens of the State of Georgia 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 Detective Toure Heywood 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 Toure Heywood, 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
Senior Pastor of “The Peacemakers Prayer Ministry”

Police Chaplain Steven R. Closs
Merrimack NH Police Department

May 30, 2015

IN HONORE CASORUM
Our thoughts and prayers are with family, friends, and colleagues. The promise; Always honored, never forgotten.

Sgt. T. J. Jones
Greater Cleveland Transit Police Department, Ohio

May 30, 2015

Semper Fi Officer Toure Heywood.

Rest in Peace.

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

May 30, 2015

Rest in Peace Brother

Brian Sullivan, Cpl. (RET)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

May 30, 2015

Very sorry to hear of the tragic loss of Officer Heywood. Especially knowing that he was a brother Marine. My thoughts and prayers are with you all, at this very difficult time.

Rest in peace brother
Semper Fidelis

P.O. (Ret) Donald Current
NYC Transit PD/NYPD

May 30, 2015

May God comfort your family, friends, and fellow officers at this difficult time.

God bless and protect the Thin Blue Line that protects us all.

Kathryn Felts Family Member of Multiple
Family Member of Law Enforcement Officers

May 30, 2015

Rest in Peace Officer Heywood. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and Prayers go out to your family, co-workers, and friends.

Wm Jean-Paul Rochat
Swiss Army, Military Police, Trafic Unit

May 30, 2015

Rest in peace my brother of blue.

Officer J. Rhodes
Maize Police Department, Kansas

May 30, 2015

Semper Fidelis, brother. Your watch is no longer on Earth, but in Heaven. I pray God's blessings over your family during this heartbreaking time.

Explorer Seth Bonetti
DeSoto County Sheriff's Department (MS)

May 30, 2015

Rest in peace Brother Toure.

Ofc. Timothy M. Furlong
Nahant, MA PD

May 30, 2015

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

Randalyn Benson
survivor daughter of Chief James Leonard Speer

May 30, 2015